Horney's 'James Shead' 1988 BTCC Golf GTI replica build.

[Horney]

Coming on quickly mate!

That looks like a good excuse for a composite roof  

I lost my temper with the sunroof this morning and was quite tempted to chop the roof out!

Where are you going to tag the cage to the shell? 

Are you putting in harness bars to the cage? 

Are you still planning on MOTing it? New rules appear to state seats have got to be adjustable back and forwards.... might be a bit tricky if you cut the rails out 

Cage is going to bolt in for this year as it'll be coming out again over winter for further works. It'll then be welded in and tied to the A and B posts as well as the roof over next winter.

Harness bar will probably go between the rear turrets but that'll be decided once the seats are in and we can see where the belts will go and the angles.

As for MOT regs it'll be fine as they don't apply to purpose built track vehicles that are road legal.

Nick

[Diamond Hell]

As for MOT regs it'll be fine as they don't apply to purpose built track vehicles that are road legal.

You mean like a log-booked rally car? 

Not just a Golf2 with a cage bolted into it?

I'd want to be pretty confident on that before cutting the seat sliders out. 

[Horney]

I spoke to a man from VOSA and my MOT station, both confirmed they will happily pass the fixed buckets.

Also this transcript was posted on a forum which was an email received from VOSA:

Dear Mr Price,

Thank you for your e-mail enquiry dated 4th December 2011, concerning new MOT regulations.

We are aware that the inspection of many of the new testable components may adversely impact modified vehicles. We have therefore made provision for most modifications to be accepted, provided that the vehicle is in fact extensively modified to meet a particular purpose, rather than simply modified on a whim and a fancy.

The Introduction of the 2012 MOT Inspection Manual will therefore be amended at the end of April to coincide with the commencement of testing the new components. It will state:

Modified Vehicles

Where a vehicle has been extensively modified or converted, Reasons for Rejection for components missing where fitted as standard should not be applied, for example:
a car converted for rally use (i.e. rear seats removed and fitted with a roll cage and full harness seat belts etc.) may have been converted so as not to require a brake servo or power steering
a car converted to a stretch limousine may no longer be fitted with curtain airbags

Additionally, Section 5.1 of the Manual will be amended to state: "An adult harness belt comprising a lap belt and shoulder straps bearing an FIA, British Standard or European approval marking (an upper case ’E’ or lower case ‘e’ and a number) is an acceptable alternative to any of the seat belt types listed"

It is also worth pointing out that Section 6.2 of the Manual, on Seats and Doors, already contains a note in the Information Column which states: "Original design characteristics and specialised modifications (e.g. to enable wheelchair access) are to be accepted"

It must be remembered however, that modifications can only be accepted so long as they comply with the Road Vehicles (Construction & Use) Regulations 1986 and the Road Vehicles (Lighting) Regulations 1989 as amended. In this regard a hydraulic parking brake is not permitted on vehicles first used on or after 1 January 1968 and will therefore remain an MOT failure.

I hope this information has assisted you with your enquiry, but if you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us again.

Kind Regards,

[JC]

lets hope the tester aint a fat and tall fcuker then 

[Horney]

Nah he's a little old fellow.

Nick

[VeeDubGTI16v]

It was funny watching him balanced on the lip of my bucket seat just so he could reach the pedals 

[Horney]

It was funny watching him balanced on the lip of my bucket seat just so he could reach the pedals 

I'd forgotten about that!

Nick

[Horney]

Another day, more gringer work.

Trimmed back and tidied up all the brackets I cut off yesterday:


IMAG0168.jpg by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr


IMAG0169.jpg by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr


IMAG0170.jpg by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr


IMAG0171.jpg by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr

Also hacked the one of the seat rails but didn't get any pics of that.

Finally I removed the back box (Which took an hour, it was proper stuck on!). I'll be cutting the tail pipe off and welding on something a little more in keeping with the car.


IMAG0167.jpg by Nicholas R Horne, on Flickr

That's it for this weekend, off to France @ 5am for work tomorrow but I'll be back on it next weekend. The car is booked in for 26th and 27th for Marcus to fab up and weld in the stands for the cage.

Nick

[VeeDubGTI16v]

the scooby exhaust is going hurrah!

[Horney]

the scooby exhaust is going hurrah!

It's getting new pipe on the end.



nick