Originally Posted by
botters
those are just guidelines used in the salvage and insurance industrys,
a salvage yard is not allowed to sell a cat b vehicle complete, but a private person in possesion of a cat b vehicle can repair it, take it to a vic test and get it reclassified to cat c, all flood damage cars for example are automatically cat b but the majority are repaired, reclassified and resold, i myself have handled some of these and had them put back on the road, the vic test is a lot more involved than one for a classc or d vehicle
im pretty sure james at motorsport developments used to vic test class b's and will confirm what i am saying. or you could just contact your local vic centre and they will tell you all you need to know
i was reading about this sort of thing on "honest john's" website, about a chap who bought a cat-b BMW Z3 with water damage (fresh water) and he is fighting to get the car reclassified because it has no structual or body damage, no electrical damage as such, no dirty water (sewage) all it needed was a new interior and to dry out