http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271277860149

could have a lot of fun embarrassing some pretty potent machinery in a "non handling" astray

 

Q-plate cause rwd conversions on normal plates are illegal? Don't think that's right is it?

 

Nice thing.Would of been mad when it had the proper cossie engine in it lol.

 

Yep. Bollox aint it. The garage a few doors up asked my if i was going to have my P100 IVA'd because ive changed it from leaf to IRS and its now sat on cossie running gear. But of course i haven't done that and i have photoshoped all of the pics in my build thread to make it look like i have

Read the DVLA website, its all to do with how many " major components " you change.

2. Vehicles that have been
rebuilt using a mix of new
and/or used parts
To keep the original registration number:
Cars and light vans must use:
n the original unaltered chassis or unaltered monocoque
bodyshell (that is, the body and chassis as one unit);
or
n a new chassis or monocoque bodyshell of the same
specification as the original. A receipt from the dealer
or manufacturer is required.
AND the vehicle must have two other major components
– as listed below – from the original vehicle.
n Suspension (front and back)
n Axles (both)
n Transmission
n Steering assembly
n Engine
If a second-hand chassis or monocoque bodyshell is
used, the vehicle must have Individual Vehicle Approval
(IVA) or Single Vehicle Approval (SVA) (see section 11). A
‘Q’ registration number will then be issued (see section 7).

 

RWD conversion will fall foul of this;

"the original unaltered chassis or unaltered monocoque
bodyshell"

Unless there was already an engine size hole in the boot floor when it came off the production line

 

So the many rwd converted cars are
Running illegally as no Q plate?

 

not sure if i'm missing the irony in your post seeing as they do a bolt in rwd v8 conversion for the focus with no chassis mods

 

I thought my post was pretty back and white. I guess the Gray area would be like and escos converted to rwd or a 2wd saph converted to 4x4 as no chassis mods are needed.

 

depends on who looks at the car doesn't it?

if you can rwd a car with just a few welds who's to say it wasn't done without major chopping and changing?

it's not as if he's put the engine in the boot, and even then, you'd have to ask chip if that required an sva and a q plate, dont think it did though

 

LEWIS will want one

 

5 grand and no engine??? I think someone's having a giraffe.

Is it a vauxhall? Is it a merc? Is it a ford? No it's all of them

 

Just found this thread again

I didn't realise that welding in new floor pans and transmission tunnels was an issue. I thought that as long as the majority of the car (roof, chassis legs, pillars, windscreen, doors, tailgate etc) all stayed the same that would be enough to keep it on its original plate as long as the engine capacity was changed on the logbook.

I suppose just through ignorance and the fact I've never been involved in a conversion like this before. Every day's a school day.