Good evening.
I have recently bought a rolling Ruby chassis with V5C, but no body shell, engine or gearbox.
The V5C describes it as an Austin saloon with a 790cc engine, first registered in July 1935. There is no mention of the model of the car or the number of seats.
Leaving aside any considerations about originality and the pros and cons of rebuilding it as an original car, my current thoughts for it are:
Fit a Reliant engine.
Buildi a Rubyesque two seater
Possibly move the seats rearwards in the car and construct a longer bonnet and smaller cab
Style it more like a Lombard coupe
Fit a removable hard-top roof.
I shall be retaining the original, unaltered chassis, axles, brakes, suspension, steering, seats and some of the original body pieces which come with it eg grille and windscreen.
How would this affect things like MOT exemption and are there any other DVLA related matters that I should consider first, apart from notifying them of the change of engine? I have been reading the DVLA guidelines and seem to be getting myself bogged down in a morass of vague definitions.
Regards,
Jamie.
I have recently bought a rolling Ruby chassis with V5C, but no body shell, engine or gearbox.
The V5C describes it as an Austin saloon with a 790cc engine, first registered in July 1935. There is no mention of the model of the car or the number of seats.
Leaving aside any considerations about originality and the pros and cons of rebuilding it as an original car, my current thoughts for it are:
Fit a Reliant engine.
Buildi a Rubyesque two seater
Possibly move the seats rearwards in the car and construct a longer bonnet and smaller cab
Style it more like a Lombard coupe
Fit a removable hard-top roof.
I shall be retaining the original, unaltered chassis, axles, brakes, suspension, steering, seats and some of the original body pieces which come with it eg grille and windscreen.
How would this affect things like MOT exemption and are there any other DVLA related matters that I should consider first, apart from notifying them of the change of engine? I have been reading the DVLA guidelines and seem to be getting myself bogged down in a morass of vague definitions.
Regards,
Jamie.