There are many different ways to reach the end, having your car on the road, legally and not falling foul of the hairy arm and checkered hat! This is what we did in order to comply with all the red tape, others may have done it differently, some I am sure have been misled and could have found themselves on the wrong side of the law.

I am 100% confident with this advice even though I have from time to time had duff information and had to persist even asking the same question of some authorities three times to get what I will call the logical quantified answer, unfortunately you almost need to know the answer to qualify their answers as "GOOD", when you do hit a rich vein of knowledge you know almost instinctively.

Please verify what I say but do heed any significant contradictions.

Quite a simple form to fill in, tick the boxes for what you want. The wheels and tyres were a good price. We purchased a sheet of stainless steel extra and made our boot lining and lid from this as well as the petrol tank mounting straps.

I see no problems here except the total cost.

We did our built in a rented municipal garage. The thought of not insuring was never contemplated. Prior to ordering the kit I enquired about build insurance and our intended location but without a specific garage address, assured there was no problem we ordered our kit and a municipal garage. The week prior to collection I went to evoke the insurance and - No you can't do that, the garage must be at your address! Five phone calls later back with Adrian Flux we had our insurance. What went wrong with my 2 earlier calls I don't know to this day but the consultants (females) were adamant , the last call was the manager (a man) no problem and it wasn't.

You can get build insurance on the Vin number, the engine number or the invoice number. Now you can use the Vin number and stamp the chassis for added security, well peace of mind.

Six weeks prior to our selected SVA date I took the Build Up Vehicle Inspection Report form to DVLA Reading with the Application to register and licence our Robin Hood. I was assured there would be no problem with the inspection as there was plenty of time. Our SVA date was 2 weeks later than we planned due to staff training. The week prior to our SVA I rang and rang and rand and you know rang. Eventually I got through on Friday and we are at SVA on Monday you better come now - No, you should have asked earlier - I did 8 weeks ago - Oh, in that case we will ask SVA Yeading to do the BUVIR.

Build up vehicle inspection form

Fill in the serial number of the chassis using the VIN as described above other wise the form is simple.

Now the norm is to pay about £30 for a days insurance to cover that special journey to the SVA center. Most Insurance companies can arrange this for you. The insurance will be issued on either the chassis number as above or the purchase receipt number.

We took an alternative insurance a bit of a risk, we had to pass SVA within 30 days or we would for fit all the policy premium. It is obvious the Insurers wanted to limit their exposure as they were not getting £30 each time we went to SVA and it's easy to see that if our car would not pass in that time then the insurers would not want to hold it on cover at all. All the small print is in the big paragraph below.

On the community pages you will see some owners say they have had insurance for over the 30 days. I feel all insurance companies will follow a similar type of clause, they want to make money, they are not there for your benefit, they will calculate risk. Yes there will be some better policies and terms but look close at the small print. My best guess is the donor vehicle registration number was used

Single Vehicle Approval. A topic with its own pages for the actual test.

Vehicle Information Page Kitcars paragraph 46

SVA home page

SVA application form you can fill in the SVA form with the numbers below.

Q1	VIN as detailed above
Q2	Robin Hood
Q3	Sports Car
Q4/7	Your details and preferences
Q8	Passenger
Q9	A
Q10	Class A requires 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17 only
11	Date the donor was registered
12	Petrol, Non-Turbo, 1998cc, Manual, 4, 2
13	a) 95MPH b)4200
14	ABS Yes/No?
15	400, 350, 750,
17	Date engine made, You can use the Barton Catalogue for proof on UK ford engines. Show the catalogue and give the tester a copy.

 

 

After SVA you register the car and have a registration number.

Note, you will now be given an age related plate if you have a single donor vehicle and have fulfilled the criteria in the build up inspection. DVLA no longer give you the donors registration number, you can transfer it but there are costs and you must have registered it as a cherished number while the vehicle had an MOT.

The DVLA will give you a form like this one.

Take this to your local number plate manufacturer with your identity, driving licence, and domestic bill and you can purchase your number plates.