Joyce, The 1981 Rouge Castille Dyane
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J-dub
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 Re: Joyce, The 1981 Rouge Castille Dyane
I believe to a frame a car it has to be road legal ie insured taxed mot'd so youd be betterboff driving it there!! Did you make the bit out of fibreglass or fibreglass onto the metal,? Nearly there convince the old boy to keep at it 
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May 29th, 2012, 1:44 am |
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Emily
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Joined: June 9th, 2010, 6:47 pm Posts: 116 Location: Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
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Jameswallace wrote: I believe to a frame a car it has to be road legal ie insured taxed mot'd so youd be betterboff driving it there!! Did you make the bit out of fibreglass or fibreglass onto the metal,? Nearly there convince the old boy to keep at it  Well it was a-framed back from Croydon to Wisbech in 2010, no questions asked I believe it was fibreglass onto metal, not that there was much of it there, it looks like new now though!
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May 29th, 2012, 5:02 pm |
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Jonathan
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I think it depends if the car has an engine fitted or not. Without an engine fitted it's a 'trailer' so no need for insurance etc. (I could be wrong though, I usually am  )
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May 29th, 2012, 7:06 pm |
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J-dub
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Me and Chris where discussing this last night and I'm sure it's illegal unless road worthy and drive able Only really ok for 'recovery'
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May 29th, 2012, 7:51 pm |
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Russell
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I doubt most of the plod know the rules anyway.
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May 29th, 2012, 7:55 pm |
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JamieW
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 Re: Joyce, The 1981 Rouge Castille Dyane
I've done this loads of times and so long as there is a trailer board with working lights and the correct number plate of the the tow car this shouldn't be a problem, providing the car being towed isn't shedding parts as it goes down the road! 
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May 29th, 2012, 8:14 pm |
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Emily
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JamieW wrote: I've done this loads of times and so long as there is a trailer board with working lights and the correct number plate of the the tow car this shouldn't be a problem, providing the car being towed isn't shedding parts as it goes down the road!  That's what I've always assumed was okay!
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May 29th, 2012, 8:33 pm |
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meshking
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As far as I'm aware, it's very hit or miss. I wouldn't want to be the person to test it in court. A framing is a real grey area, with no defined rules to say it is legal to do anything more than recovery, in which case the car would have mot and tax.
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May 30th, 2012, 9:37 am |
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Joolz
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I think if you were to read the letter of the law carefully, then any vehicle registered for road use, with it's wheels on a public road, needs to be taxed (with a few exceptions,eg pre-booked MOT). However I'm not sure how it gets enforced. In the past some friends needed to move a project car and asked at the police station if it would be ok. The reply was that, though still a grey area, as it had no engine fitted it shouldn't be a problem, and that as they had asked first, they definitely wouldn't get any trouble. They towed it over 10 miles with just a rope and no bodywork forward of the bulkhead.
Even with the front wheels off the ground, eg a towing D*lly, I think the law is just as murky. But I know plenty of people use them for unroadworthy cars.
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May 30th, 2012, 11:08 pm |
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J-dub
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 Re: Joyce, The 1981 Rouge Castille Dyane
I geuss as long as your not taking the piss...
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