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I live in a country..with so many rules and regulations.. its hardly worth while building a car..first off they want you to buy a build manual $250..then you have to have each bit certified ..well stuff them... im building what i want to ... i dont care if i cant use it after its finished or if i may have trouble selling it..im building something ...MY WAY.I am enjoying the actual build experience..its going to be a race car..if it actually ever see's a track is a different story..

Kiwi Dave

Go Get Em Dave!!!

Good Luck!

KS

You mean they don't just certify the finished car? How many "certifications" does it have to have??

if a car is modified in any way..then that modification has to be certified ..so say you buy a car thats already modified it should have a plate on the firewall stating all the modifications and that they have been checked..any subsequent ..mods have to be certified and added to the plate..its costly and a giant pain in the poo poo

Kiwi Dave

Thanks Botbasher..just having a bad day and having a moan..just sick of stupid rules and regulations it was so much simpler when you could just get on with it.....i mean how many home built cars do you hear about crashing from a breakage and the owner being killed ...big fat ..zero...they just want to regulate it so someone is making money out of it ..what a bunch of BULL DOO DOO

Kiwi Dave

Geeze, governments the world over have one thing in common... THEY ALL SUCK!!!

Hang in there, Mate, you'll get it done.

Thanks mate..How true are those words..they are all sucky...Hey ive been watching Moonshiners on sky .. are those guys for real ?..that guy tickle is continually drunk..and that guy popcorn sutton looks like a real character

I would not have thought NZ was like that considering how many 429 Cobra Jets and 454 Chevelles we have lost to you guys.
Bureaucrats = Tin Pot Dictators, the world over.

Al

I haven't seen that show, but it's probably as hokey as the other so-called "reality" TV shows.

I can tell you, from personal experience, that I used to get a peanut butter jar of home-made liquor every year at Christmas time from one of my well-drilling buddies back in West-By God-Virginia. He'd always tell me he didn't know who made it, just found it in the woods. We all knew his brother made it, but everybody played along. Good stuff, whether you wanted to get drunk or clean carbs, that was the stuff to use!

Ahhhh, the good old days...

AAAHHH The memory's nothing like a good old swig of rocket fuel

yep you would be right there raceral..The only way we here in NZ can import left hook cars from the U.S. Is if they are low volume cars or of special interest,

Hey JD heres some of the stuff from the ltsa on building cars all these need certification


note; this list is common examples only. If in doubt read the Certification Threshold Guide, or contact us.
Scratch-built cars, kit cars, trikes, and low volume manufactured cars.
Seat or seatbelt modifications.
Engine re-powers with increased capacity, power, weight and different fuel or engine type.
Engine modifications leading to 20% or more power, including addition of turbos, supercharger, different waste gates, re-chipping of computer chips on turbo cars.
Suspension modifications, e.g. lowering under 100mm road clearance, spring changes (non-Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) items), shock absorber changes, brakes and steering modifications.
Left to right hand drive steering conversions.
Wheel and tyre changes (non-OEM items), e.g. wheels wider than the bodywork, or with spacers or a different offset to the OEM design. Tyres with more than 5% greater rolling circumference than the OEM tyres.
Modifications to doors.
Frontal Impact modifications, e.g. removal or disabling of airbags, changes to crumple zones or energy absorbing areas e.g. bull-bars may affect the frontal impact design.
Motor home modifications.
Cars with disability controls.
Vans fitted with extra seats and seatbelts.


PIC IS OF CERT PLATE THAT GOES ON FIREWALL

Yup, I don't miss the Oz 'Nanny State' one little bit.

you from here cheap racer ?? where you live now?? would seriously love to live in the states
probably to old and grumpy now

The "Oz" bit didn't give it away?? Football, meat pies, kangaroos and Holden cars ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGW-WX77zjY

Yeah, missus and I have been seriously discussing living in the US of Americaland part time if our Daughter ends up working there, they seriously overate themselves but seem like a decent bunch overall. (waits for bites ).

I am over the restrictions of living in Oz along with the rampant cynicism and whining and like the Septic Tank's accepting and encouraging attitude much better. My best mates in Oz have always been Kiwi's for similar reasons, Kiwi's really do "Just do it" (good as gold!).

But I wouldn't live in NZ, why there's no snakes or lizards (my favorites) and only birds that don't fly!

Grumpy or not... you'd find a sponsor here... no problem!! Hell, you'd fit right in with the old grumpy bunch I work with!!

Cheers!

KS