There's been no change to the rules - you always needed to put body conversions through the test, but in the early days it was often possible to register a body conversion without a MAC certificate.
These days, the rules are interpreted more consistently. There's no reason a convertible Veranti couldn't pass an SVA test, it's just that Verant's MD John Barlow chooses to avoid the hassle by selling coupes with don't need an SVA to be registered.
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