another top quality motor on its way
I hope so Lord Sessford!
Found out that when doing this sort of work for a road going vehicle, it has to be BIVA tested and approved, but mine should pass OK.
Been on to ACE and had this as a reply:
Hi Pete, you are allowed to modify cars to a certain extent before requiring any form of additional test ( DVLA 8 points system) .
Any substantial modifications to the chassis or monococque immediately take you outside of this ,clarification below.
http://www.the-ace.org.uk/Chassis-and-Monocoque-Modification.htmlA production car 'simply' modified into a pick up leaves you in limbo due to the way the regulations work.
http://www.the-ace.org.uk/BIVA-Pickup-problems.htmlYou ARE able to use the BIVA system only if you do a photographic history
of further work to the vehicle, ie further engine / suspension swaps.
We hope this clarifies the situation but if you need more feel free to recontact us.
cheers
Kev Rooney (ACE Admin Team )