NeilF355 – My donor car is not old enough to quality for VHI yet.
However, I appear to have a different interpretation of the rules to you.
I start here:
https://www.gov.uk/historic-vehicles
You do not need to get an MOT if:
- The vehicle was built or first registered more than 40 years ago
- No ‘substantial changes’ have been made to the vehicle in the last 30 years, for example replacing the chassis, body, axles or engine to change the way the vehicle works
So for a Sammio the change of bodyshell does NOT change the way the vehicle works.
Then I go here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...ption-criteria
Where body shell is not listed in the Section 3. ‘Substantial change’ criteria
I note the section you quoted above, but again, that doesn’t apply to Sammio.
As whilst we call them kit cars, the DVLA allows them to keep the donor car registration number not based on the kit car rules, but the rules for “Radically altered vehicles”.
My car has the full 14 DLVA points, so in NOT radically altered and can keep its original registration number.
In terms of “general appearance” my car continues to be a two seater sports car.
I
think this refers to kits that would turn a VW Beetle into a Beach Buggy.
Similarly, I consider my build to be a rebody, rather than a body conversion.
Where rebodying is a 100 year old tradition based on Rolls Royce type coach building.
I know the above sounds like splitting hairs on small words and their meanings.
But following the consultation process, I believe room for interpretation was left there on purpose.
Unfortunately, I can’t personally test my interpretation until 2021.
So I will be interested to see how
Wharfdale gets on.