New SWB Buggy and rego??

Dub-Buggier Seriously Crusin Dubber

157 posts · joined May 2004 · 11 Sep 2005, 8:22 pm

#406628

i have been told that you cannot rego a new SWB buggy with the old VW motor and other ADR rules....
little help ... possibly a bit peaved (just bought a fiberglass top to drop on the VW pan.)

cheers dub

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 11 Sep 2005, 8:32 pm

#406629

Last time I heard, u couldn't. Cause to fit the swb body, u need to shorten the VW pan, and therefore becomes an Individually constructed vehicle, which therefore must be compliant to the current design, engine noise and emission standards.

All in here anyways:

http://www.sharpbuilt.com.au/longwheelbasebuggygen.htm

(This is the comments from an aussie provider)

& Apparently no VW engine will be able to comply with these standards.

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Dub-Buggier Seriously Crusin Dubber

157 posts · joined May 2004 · 11 Sep 2005, 8:38 pm

#406636

yeah i saw that too ,... how is everybody getting around the rules / or are they buying buggy's that have been regod Somewhere sometime .....

MikeM Buggy Head

1,429 posts · joined Aug 2003 · 12 Sep 2005, 10:33 am

#406789

Dub-Buggier wrote:yeah i saw that too ,... how is everybody getting around the rules / or are they buying buggy's that have been regod Somewhere sometime .....

Yeah, everybody is buying buggies with rego history.
In QLD you need modification papers approving the buggy.
QLD transport stopped approving them in 2000.

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Dub-Buggier Seriously Crusin Dubber

157 posts · joined May 2004 · 13 Sep 2005, 2:03 pm

#407321

heres an idea .. take it for a wander to NSW to get the shortened chassis approved and then get the rest of the modifications approved locally in QLD ... ?

is it plausible?? *eeep* possibly shouldn’t have started component collecting until AFTER the rule book got read.

any suggestions for a Queenslander wanting to do a pan up rebuild for a Regoable buggy??

Cheers all
dave.