UK Rules worth reading?

[Ian Anderson]

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From another forum but may apply if MOT man thinks you car is too far modified

Ian

[Martin]

They are truely trying to destroy our hobby.

[Mark]

Copied from the article linked by Ian;

"Theses specific rules apply only to cars with a monocoque chassis"

If that sentence is correct, then this would not effect us space-framed chassis types.

I agree though with Martin's sentiments.

[Ron Earp]

Holy sheet. I hope you guys have some sort of organization like SEMA to fight this mess.

[Mark]

I can't find the information sheet INF 26 on the .gov website.

[Ian Anderson]

Originally Posted by Ron Earp

Holy sheet. I hope you guys have some sort of organization like SEMA to fight this mess.

I believe that is called the General Election

I hope someone sorts it out

Ian

[Mark]

That's it Ian. While you wait for a Polititian to sort it out, I'll be busy tooling up a small factory ready for the big order I've been promised for Chocolate Toasting Forks. Easy money I reckon. I love a dead-cert.

[Mark]

Been researching this on the web which leads to greater confusion the more one reads.

Any idea where a chap would stand if his car was first registered in '94, (pre sva), but he now decided to change the engine for a different type. (ie. 8cyls to 12)? Clearly a car such as that would not pass BIVA, SVA IVA or any other such 21st century test for reasons not connected with the engine swap, but perfectly standard to the original design as first registered.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by Mark Pickford

Copied from the article linked by Ian;

"Theses specific rules apply only to cars with a monocoque chassis"

If that sentence is correct, then this would not effect us space-framed chassis types.

The above seems not to be accurate. Seperate chassis are included apparently.

[Martin]

What gets me is that this comes in under the radar.
I'm feeling more and more as the years pass that our freedoms are being eroded. We don't need more regulation or legislation. What we need is less Government.
I feel like we are all being micro managed with far too much power being taken by the state. We need a change of Government that's for sure, even it it will just stem the tide for a while.
I haven't seen one benefit from being closer to Europe. I don't want closer ties. In fact I'm very glad we have a stretch of water between us and the continent.
Bottom line is they don't want old cars on the road. They want us all to be driving diesel euro boxes.
Martin

[Mark]

click.............. BANG..............thud

The sound of me blowing my F***ing brains out.

100% agree with you Martin. Whenever I am in the U.S, I hate the way we Brits are refered to as Europeans. NO I AM NOT. And neither are half the other countries that clammered to be in the EU.

Eurovision song contest! Despite it being C**P, half the countires that enter the competition are from the middle-east! At least as far as my compas and globe are concerned.

It can all be summed up by the fact the the EU is run out of a place that is named after a vegetable that makes you fart!

I'm going now before I hurt myself!

[Roger]

Originally Posted by Mark Pickford

I hate the way we Brits are refered to as Europeans. NO I AM NOT.

I'm British and a European. My solution to EU regulation was to move to the US though