[Treeve]

G'day Sambo,

That's a fair question, and I guess the detail of my point is missing - I've seen people get unregistered vehicle certificates for ICVs in NSW (which requires a roadworthy) and when I've tested the cars they've been too dangerous to allow them to drive home from the test venue. The same vehicle had made it 4 hours from Sydney through the Blue Mountains though. This is why I'm concerned about missing out on getting full registration with an engineer first - if the car hadn't been brought here, the owner would almost certainly have been in harms way with the vehicle left as it was. After similar events happened on the third car, I do not recommend anyone travel to Orange for certification on a UVP!

Re: the year of certification. Once your vehicle gets a VIN, that is the year of the vehicle. To demonstrate this point, I have worked with a customer who bought a car which has never been registered in NSW as an ICV. The VIN for their vehicle was issued in 03/1991. Therefore I only have to certify the vehicle as if it were a March 1991 ICV.

I guess the point of my post is that I've had several questions from several people about what they can 'get away with'. Simply put - I don't want to see people getting hurt, and even those who build with the best intentions can still make mistakes and oversights - I've been wrong on more than one issue, and I treat it as a chance to learn. What would be upsetting is finding out that someone's chance to learn has come at the expense of vehicle damage, personal injury or worse. The engineering schemes in each state are there to protect all road users, not just those of us building cars. Lets not push our luck or take the right to drive cool cars for granted.

Treeve