Re: Registering a kit car in Australia
Saab C900 Viggenist
>I'm wondering if anyone has any experience in getting a (new) kit car
>registered in Australia - Specifically Victoria? Do we have anything similar
>to the single vehicle approvals available in the US and UK? Do all current
>ADRs have to be met (noise, emissions etc.), or are any exempt when looking
>at low volume vehicles?
>Also - are British motor vehicle approval standards similar to ours? Any
>major differences? (the car I'm interested in is a kit car manufactured in
>the UK and it currently meets their standards)
I think cars from the UK would be about the closest match when it comes to
meeting ADR's for something that's actually designed to meet UK regulations
(which are probably EU-wide ones these days?).
I've wondered about this myself since I keep an eye on the Caterham website,
etc. and have been curious to know if anyone in Oz has a Caterham that's
been imported here and built locally then complied/insured/registered, or
imported fully-built and put through the approval/insurance/rego process.
Craig.
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Atheist Chaplain
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My daughters boyfriends father recently imported a Morgan from the UK last
year, it was a brand new Roadster in British Racing Green.
it is fully registered and insured in NSW. While I haven't gone for a drive
in it yet, I have sat in it and then cleaned the drool off the tan leather
seats :-)
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Saab C900 Viggenist
>"Saab C900 Viggenist" <c9...@lios.apana.org.au> wrote in message
>news:fvo3e6$mlp$2...@yoda.apana.org.au...
>> "Kwyjibo" <kwy...@ozdebate.remove.com> writes:
>>
>>>I'm wondering if anyone has any experience in getting a (new) kit car
>>>registered in Australia - Specifically Victoria? Do we have anything
>>>similar
>>>to the single vehicle approvals available in the US and UK? Do all current
>>>ADRs have to be met (noise, emissions etc.), or are any exempt when
>>>looking
>>>at low volume vehicles?
>>
>>>Also - are British motor vehicle approval standards similar to ours? Any
>>>major differences? (the car I'm interested in is a kit car manufactured in
>>>the UK and it currently meets their standards)
>>
>> I think cars from the UK would be about the closest match when it comes to
>> meeting ADR's for something that's actually designed to meet UK
>> regulations
>> (which are probably EU-wide ones these days?).
>>
>> I've wondered about this myself since I keep an eye on the Caterham
>> website,
>> etc. and have been curious to know if anyone in Oz has a Caterham that's
>> been imported here and built locally then complied/insured/registered, or
>> imported fully-built and put through the approval/insurance/rego process.
>>
>> Craig.
>>
>My daughters boyfriends father recently imported a Morgan from the UK last
>year, it was a brand new Roadster in British Racing Green.
>it is fully registered and insured in NSW. While I haven't gone for a drive
>in it yet, I have sat in it and then cleaned the drool off the tan leather
>seats :-)
Now that would be a really nice vehicle to drive! It looks horrible on land
rovers, but 'british racing green' suits roadster-type vehicles perfectly.
Do you know what had to be done for it to be registered and insured here?
Was it a simple matter of paperwork or was a full engineering inspection,
etc. needed along with a drawn out process of chasing up government
officials to get the right certifications?
Atheist Chaplain
I'm not sure, I will ask the next time I see him, and this time I hope there
is time to go for a spin :-)
Daryl Walford
You can buy locally complianced Morgans from dealers in Australia, AFAIK
there is a Morgan dealer in Maldon Vic.
Daryl
Malcolm Ball
> Saab C900 Viggenist wrote:
>> "Atheist Chaplain" <abu...@cia.gov> writes:
>>
>>> "Saab C900 Viggenist" <c9...@lios.apana.org.au> wrote in message
>>> news:fvo3e6$mlp$2...@yoda.apana.org.au...
>>>> "Kwyjibo" <kwy...@ozdebate.remove.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm wondering if anyone has any experience in getting a (new) kit car
>>>>> registered in Australia - Specifically Victoria? Do we have
>>>>> anything similar
GTM have an Aus. dealer - if I remember right they use something akin to
our low volume type approval.
Malcolm.
peterlonz
contemplate for one off designs.
There are a number of kitcar suppliers in Oz & each has undertaken this
process so that the builder/purchaser does not have to.
Effectively (as I understand things) they have "Type Approval".
If in doubt contact several & they can give precise & accurate advice.
Regarding the "Caterham", I am pretty sure there is an equivalent look alike
offered in Oz, probably under license.
Pete.
"Saab C900 Viggenist" <c9...@lios.apana.org.au> wrote in message
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Daryl Walford
> The individual "approvals" needed for Oz are too expensive to seriously
> contemplate for one off designs.
Not quite true, I know many people who have made one of "kit" cars and
got them registered in Australia although it is getting more difficult
or I should say more expensive mainly due to the cost of buying a very
late model engine that complies with current emission rules.
> There are a number of kitcar suppliers in Oz & each has undertaken this
> process so that the builder/purchaser does not have to.
> Effectively (as I understand things) they have "Type Approval".
> If in doubt contact several & they can give precise & accurate advice.
> Regarding the "Caterham", I am pretty sure there is an equivalent look alike
> offered in Oz, probably under license.
Westfield, PRB, Elfin, Leitch from NZ, Nota and Puma to name just a few.
Daryl
sg...@hotmail.com
> The individual "approvals" needed for Oz are too expensive to seriously
> contemplate for one off designs.
> There are a number of kitcar suppliers in Oz & each has undertaken this
> process so that the builder/purchaser does not have to.
> Effectively (as I understand things) they have "Type Approval".
> If in doubt contact several & they can give precise & accurate advice.
> Regarding the "Caterham", I am pretty sure there is an equivalent look alike
> offered in Oz, probably under license.
> Pete.
>
> > World-Wide!
> > Alternate: saabon...@gmail.com | Web-forums, galleries, library, links,
> > etc.
At the risk of more or less repeating myself, there's an Australian
distributor for these cars.
http://www.caterham.com.au/contact.htm
and why have we revived a 3 month old thread?
Cheers,
Steve
Kwyjibo
<sg...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> At the risk of more or less repeating myself, there's an Australian
> distributor for these cars.
>
> http://www.caterham.com.au/contact.htm
>
> and why have we revived a 3 month old thread?
>
No idea why this old thread was revived and, FWIW, the kit I was originally
enquirling about was not a caterham.
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Kwyj.
Martin
> "Kwyjibo" <kwy...@ozdebate.remove.com> writes:
>
>> I'm wondering if anyone has any experience in getting a (new) kit car
>> registered in Australia - Specifically Victoria? Do we have anything similar
>> to the single vehicle approvals available in the US and UK? Do all current
>> ADRs have to be met (noise, emissions etc.), or are any exempt when looking
>> at low volume vehicles?
>
>> Also - are British motor vehicle approval standards similar to ours? Any
>> major differences? (the car I'm interested in is a kit car manufactured in
>> the UK and it currently meets their standards)
>
> I think cars from the UK would be about the closest match when it comes to
> meeting ADR's for something that's actually designed to meet UK regulations
> (which are probably EU-wide ones these days?).
>
> I've wondered about this myself since I keep an eye on the Caterham website,
> etc. and have been curious to know if anyone in Oz has a Caterham that's
> been imported here and built locally then complied/insured/registered, or
> imported fully-built and put through the approval/insurance/rego process.
>
> Craig.
>
http://www.sportscarbuilderswa.org/
Martin
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