Rego for the Towdster!!!!!!!!!!!Help Help Help

Am i having trouble or what tring to rego the Towdster in QLD as they are saying i will need to register it as an individually constructed vehicle of which standards we dont think we can meet.Crazy considering that it has been registered for the last 34 years in NSW under the HOMEMADE banner that the RTA uses to rego buggies with an inspection every year, but now in QLD they want it to meet 2004 standards including seat belt warning light emision/sound control and 110 other adr's they will creat to make it hard. Anyway i spose i am just looking for some suport to keep a great car on the road(seeing as it is the ONLY one in OZ on the road).Any ideas greatly appriciated or words of support PS the RTA and QLD Transport need blowing up:cry:cry:cry:cry

[Edited on 3-5-2004 by A Westwood]

So i am guessing it says home made on the rego papers somewhere?? But yeh an interesting situation. Surely there has to be an easier way around it then the indivdually constructed way as that will just suck but I can not think of one as yet🙁 have you spoken to anyone a bit higher up the ladder then the tossers at the DMV counters.

Not yet but come 8.30am tomorow i will be back at beenlieh armed with alot of info i have ganed in the last 72 hrs plus a phone call to mod dep't tomorow aswell

Yeh but just remember this time wear your jacky how singlet, stubbies and thongs, and DO NOt talk to fast for them🙂

i tryed to get a manta registed here but they said if i could not prove that it was previously registed ,that it would have to be registed as 2004 vechical.i went to a engineer
and he said the same thing .the toad is diffrent to a manx ,manta
so maybe talk to an engineer. did you show them the n.s.w registration papers .

:vader good luck with it, I am of no use regarding homemade vehicles, just homebrand ones. Steal a toyota emblem and stick it on, they are obviously so caught up in thier own self, paper pushin impotance down there, they prob won't notice the difference, just tell em it's a bottom of range plastic fantastic with out the optional extras... "yeah the seats are sposed to sit like that, I just chose not to get the stone protect spray on tinfoil layer". Dazzle them with tekkie terms etc.. if all else fails go to tandy and buy a load of flashing lights and switches..... they will grow bored with listening ur long winded descriptions of each and every switch,, and end up rubber stamping it anyway!

The amount of shit they allow on the roads as is.... GO GET EM😀

may the bouncy god of buggies be with you :bounce

$2.63 homebrand baja wrote:paper pushin impotance

arrhhh haaa harrrdy harrr harrrr...oop's ImpoRtance honest typo :thumb

All right A n d y i will s l o w my talking down and wadd yes it does have current rego but there is no class to put it in in QLD like a manx or manta as it is a fabricated car NOT a rebodied vw and here lies the prblem

$2.63 homebrand baja wrote:

$2.63 homebrand baja wrote:paper pushin impotance

arrhhh haaa harrrdy harrr harrrr...oop's ImpoRtance honest typo :thumb

I think you got it right the first time😀

A Westwood wrote:there is no class to put it in in QLD like a manx or manta as it is a fabricated car NOT a rebodied vw

how would they know. surely it is just as much a rebodied vw - make unknown as a cut & shut manta etc.

they should have a generic vw beachbuggy category. if you got a rellie in the bush, use them & go out country, away from the head up arse penpushers and tell them its a vw beachbuggy 10 times stronger & safer than a hyundie.

ps (edit) if you cant get it lic, how much do you want for it??😉

[Edited on 3-5-2004 by helterskelter400]

helterskelter400 wrote:

A Westwood wrote:there is no class to put it in in QLD like a manx or manta as it is a fabricated car NOT a rebodied vw

how would they know. surely it is just as much a rebodied vw - make unknown as a cut & shut manta etc.

they should have a generic vw beachbuggy category. if you got a rellie in the bush, use them & go out country, away from the head up arse penpushers and tell them its a vw beachbuggy 10 times stronger & safer than a hyundie.

ps (edit) if you cant get it lic, how much do you want for it??😉

[Edited on 3-5-2004 by helterskelter400]

Hmmmm the tube frame might give it away.......

Helterskelter400 i am sorry i cant post a photo but this car has no vw floor pan so it does tend to stand out in a crowd and also eliminates the rebodied factor as if you could see it you would understand.

NOT FOR SALE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This shows you the lack of floorpan.....

and this

lol thats a jump will andrew jump it like that🙂🙂 if so im comeing up 2 c that

Cam thats the jump that resulted in the damaged right front guard plus a brocken windscreen.

Mick H wrote:

helterskelter400 wrote:

A Westwood wrote:there is no class to put it in in QLD like a manx or manta as it is a fabricated car NOT a rebodied vw

how would they know. surely it is just as much a rebodied vw - make unknown as a cut & shut manta etc.

they should have a generic vw beachbuggy category. if you got a rellie in the bush, use them & go out country, away from the head up arse penpushers and tell them its a vw beachbuggy 10 times stronger & safer than a hyundie.

ps (edit) if you cant get it lic, how much do you want for it??😉

[Edited on 3-5-2004 by helterskelter400]

Hmmmm the tube frame might give it away.......

i understand guys. my feeling is that if you took one of our country inspectors out & got some of that air & it held together (as it should) and it stopped, indicated had a windscreen & wipers & a rv mirror, he'd give it a go.
can hope anyway

Sorry Helter no garanties on the screen after another jump like that considering that photo was taken when the car was on the way back down from prob 5ft higher than that.

I reckon you should sell it to someone in NSW . Did I mention I'm looking for one 😉

thort that would of been the jump'' looks good tho lol we just need ''2 find'' more toad s so yours isnt so lonely hay

I say give up and I will give you $1000 for it as is where is 😎

why not keep it registed in n.s.w. and live in qld every year go back to renew the rego might be the only way .all you need is a address in n.s.w to send the renew papers to....😉
might work :beer:beer

oh, i see... its an auction now.

i'll see brad & raise $500....😉

$1 505, and 2 slightly stripped wheel nuts :thumb

$1506.............and I already live in NSW!:P

jump

landing

that is serious shit!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think the idea of keeping it regoed in NSW is a good idea....even if u got the rego changed over into a relitives name and got all the papers sent to them and then they fowared them to u in QLD......just name yourself as the primary driver and your rellie as the secondary and youre sweet

ps: ive seen the towd.....and i doubt u are getting that thing registered anywhere in QLD mate

why not bring it down to nsw, get it rego'd, take me for a blast at port stephens, and use my sydney address for paperwork

u need proof of residence though dont you?.......thats why i suggested putting it in a rellies name

Country inspectors are far more relaxed than the city ones.
Try taking it out into the country somewhere and get it done.

No offence, but I don't want one- however growing up as a child at Echo Valley in Tmba a Towd held the hillclimb (dirt track) record for a few years, this was some 20 years ago... The bloke who owned it is still active in the racing scene and was looking for it- said the last he heard it was on some farm out behind Goondiwindi, though had been rolled years back and was in a shed somewhere out there..and yes it was a Towd, cant recall it being registered though.

he did say.....the only registered one so i think he would know there are others out there but not on the road apparently.....would be cool to find one....i reckon they look great

Buggyboy wrote:No offence, but I don't want one- however growing up as a child at Echo Valley in Tmba a Towd held the hillclimb (dirt track) record for a few years, this was some 20 years ago... The bloke who owned it is still active in the racing scene and was looking for it- said the last he heard it was on some farm out behind Goondiwindi, though had been rolled years back and was in a shed somewhere out there..and yes it was a Towd, cant recall it being registered though.

Was it a black one at all
I was only talking to a guy the other day and he gave me a similar storie about a black one out that way.
It was only pub talk. We where talking about sandrails and he told me about the tow'd.
I wondered if it was true or not because he said he hated vw's but yet he new what a tow'd was.

As a few people have suggested, transfer the rego to a relly in NSW and keep it in Qld. You'll have to pay Stamp Duty but you'll keep the car.

[Edited on 3-5-2004 by Oasis]

I tell ya just sell it to me and I will go and register it in my name and let you drive it sometimes when it is cold. It will look good with a set of QLD Manx Club plates on .

hey andrew. talk more to brad... not about the selling idea, but the rego stuff. he is part of it and has all the right info.:sandrine

There's a guy who lives near me with one registered and regularly driving...

OvalGlen is a friend of his.

I'm sure his has some kind of belly pan tho.

Got any more info on thsi other Tow'd ??? I have heard about it but no one has yet been able to confirm its existance....

I hear the rego issue is progressing well so all should be fine :>

It came on a Krispy Kreme cruise last year. The owner's name is Paul. He is a friend of OvalGlen maybe he can get us a snap...

Yes that is serious shit, but hey the car was built for it, NOT to be some show pony and yes every body it looks like the QLD T/Port dep,t is going to FULLY register it as a B.F.Meyers & Co Towdster which will be what i really wanted all along as aposed to being regoed as a modifided VW of which it is NOT,so fingers crossed after an inspection is done by the T/Port Dep't soon.🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

Ok so I am curious to know if it goes through as that does that in turn meen that if I just happened to find a Tow`d and it had never been regoed in AUS I would be able to get it through the same way??????????????????

Sorry Andy it must have current rego to get threw and trust me it is'nt easy (boy my nee's and suck are sore )

The one that I knew was a yellow- guess it was popular a popular colour. I have a few leads as to what happened to it, so will chase it down and let ya's know. I will also get onto the original owner and see if he has any old photos.

11CAB wrote:jump

I took those last two pics of the tow'd. They aren't actually pics they are screen grabs from my video camera. Although I was the first one up that dune, I wasn't about to try and out-jump Kevin or Mike. I didn't feel like walking the 1000kms home. 🙂

hmmm, gotta get to Stockton again...

Mike's Jump;


One of my jumps;


And yes they are big dunes;


[Edited on 5-5-2004 by Baja Wes]

NOVEMBER :bounce:bounce:bounce

:cry seeing stuff like that makes me realise how puss my engine really is!

someone build me a bigger one so I can fly in nov too..... (ahh well as usual I will have to do it myself!)... I wanna fly too damn it!!!!

hmmm
step 1: Take stupid 1600 and swear at it profusely
step 2: pray to the buggy god for a bumper harvest this year
step 3: buy lotto ticket
step 4: realise I will probably be just sitting at bottom of dune watching everyone else have all the fun!

:thumb :bounce

i am sure if you ask nicely someone will let you go passenger as long as you do not get to the end and go:puke

😀 pwomis not 2 spew.. could take the passenger option (which is not the same)...orrrrrrr.........take the 1600 and do some modifications b4 then:thumb:P

[Edited on 5-5-2004 by $2.63 homebrand baja]

Great pic Heather from an even greater Australian Cult movie ,Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior.

:thumb sorry bout the hijack.lol

First time I saw the Mad Max movies (as a whippersnapper), and was told about the maurauders hooning round in vw's????,,,,, that aint like nanna's beetle,, hehehe, I developed a strange fascination for the offroadie side.

now at age 30 I am ready to let those hidden desires surface.....muhwahahaha... from tow'dsters to megamanx's... this is just giving me ideas.... mmmm, just waiting on cash.lol.

"we now return you to our regular thread"..... Tow'd gets legal!

😎

It's always been legal we are just registering it QLD for the first time.

A Westwood wrote:It's always been legal we are just registering it QLD for the first time.

:o sowwy, tow'd moves to sunshine state......... did not mean to sound like it's illegal or bad in any way, just poor choice of wording!

($2 now dissapears back into cyberspace b4 more bad posts come back to haunt me!.."it wasn't me-ee just some hackers.....)🙂

let us know the end result andrew

Someone say MAD MAX?

I'm a Queenslander - I remember growing up there and we would ogle at what the roaches could get away with on their roads! Blowers, 17 inch lifts on 4x4's, 4 spot lights across the roof top frying roos at 1.268 kilometers in an instant.

Now I live here I have to greep slip my ride every year and once its defective I have to take it off the road. Up in queensland at least you can rego a car and only take it off the road when it snaps, bends or has killed someone!

Licencing would be far easier if it was federal. Then again thats a whole new bag of worms.

I was relieved to hear that DOT was going to come to the party. I can put ways my blueprints and fuses :duh

I can understand why they are strict - i wouldn't want my signature on a potentially dangerious car - especially if it's health was not going to be checked yearly like in NSW's. Fortunately it seems DOT are adding a level of reasoning to their rules and regulations. Unlike the forum they don't have 'guidelines'.

Bronze.