Trying to sort out an SVA question but seem to be getting conflicting 
answers. This is all hypothetical at the moment, we have a car that the 
chassis is rotten on. We build a space frame chassis out of tubular 
steel. We reuse the original car's engine, gearbox, steering, both front 
& rear suspension including brakes, lights, dashboard possibly the 
seats, basically everything but the shell, but making it a 2 seater 
instead of 4. To legally put the 'car' back on the road what do we have 
to do?

Same scenario but make the vehicle into a pickup type vehicle with a 
flatbed at the back, again same question?

We intend not to use any parts from any other vehicle, but may use new 
suspension parts if worn & similar with the brake parts if worn.

Hope someone has the right answer, it was so much easier in 1982 when I 
built the Dutton.

"Trevor"  wrote in message news:46rf3lFclhvpU1@individual.net...
> Trying to sort out an SVA question but seem to be getting conflicting 
> answers. This is all hypothetical at the moment, we have a car that the 
> chassis is rotten on. We build a space frame chassis out of tubular steel. 
> We reuse the original car's engine, gearbox, steering, both front & rear 
> suspension including brakes, lights, dashboard possibly the seats, 
> basically everything but the shell, but making it a 2 seater instead of 4. 
> To legally put the 'car' back on the road what do we have to do?
>
> Same scenario but make the vehicle into a pickup type vehicle with a 
> flatbed at the back, again same question?
>
> We intend not to use any parts from any other vehicle, but may use new 
> suspension parts if worn & similar with the brake parts if worn.
>
> Hope someone has the right answer, it was so much easier in 1982 when I 
> built the Dutton.

The only way to not have to SVA it, is to replace the chassis with another 
of the same design and from the original manufacturer.