New SWB Buggy and rego??

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

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.

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

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.

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.