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[fatmini]

2004 it was rebuilt but there is a very blured history surrounding it before then ,and most parts were new !

not wanting to drop myself in it but how/when will the need arise that i have to prove its had 1 ?

after i crash it !!! lol when the insurance wont pay out !!! ha ha ha

is there any way of finding out by phoning SVA records or somthing?

[hashi83racing]

Check reg with online Reg Check like with RAC. Usually proper regd kit card com up with no resutl for model+make but wit al other info.
In case of crash, if any questions com up, jst say car was converted by previouse owner & was done befor SVA was introduced.
As long car insured properly wil hav no probs.

[Jammy]

To answer one of your questions fatmini, I would assume after you've built your car, you would need the SVA certificate to either tax or insure your car.

[The Matt]

Well ther is no need for SVA, as long car was built before SVA test was introduced.

So if anyone asks (any kit car that was around befor SVA eg Mini Marcos) jst say it was built befor SVA ws intorduced & no other questions wil be asked.

Obviously it wil need to be insured properly.

My minus is insured through adrian flux.

That's just lying to the authorities though! We are talking abot the legalities of new composite shells here, not little get-outs to the laws of people registering kit cars.

Yea for sure, but so is "reshelling" tax except cars that seaming to happening to many minis.
Anyway, jst thought would be good to mention, as some people dont know bout that loophole.

Wont bother with SVA myself, unless you want to have Mini Minus printed in V5 & want to be 1000% sure that car is upto road standards, but MOT test should cover that bit anyway.

Not bothering with having an SVA will mean that the car is not road legal though won't it?

As for the MOT covering whether a vehicle is up to road standards, no it won't, not at all. The MOT is test of vehicle condition, not of how road legal said vehicle is. This is exactly why there is a requirement for vehicles to have an SVA test after being radically altered.

[The Matt]

Please see this site!

It's VERY useful for answering all of the questions asked in this thread.

[koss]

All the time and effort prepping for an sva you finally get your cert. Then the dvla take it off you when you register your car.
An sva cert looks like the old style mot certs.

[The Matt]

All the time and effort prepping for an sva you finally get your cert. Then the dvla take it off you when you register your car.
An sva cert looks like the old style mot certs.

Yeah I read up a bit on this last night (on that site I linked above) and it advises that you take a photocopy of the SVA cert for a bit of memorobilia!

It's also something that is deffo worth keeping as build documentation IMHO.

[fatmini]

so if pushed u could get a copy from the dvla then ?