Long story, but having trashed my 1986 LR90 in small increments over a couple of years of trialling I decided to rebuild it as a proper trialler. I took it off the road last spring, stripped off the bodywork and rebuilt the V8 with new cams, a head overhaul and recon SUs. I then sent it off to a local magician who chopped the chassis down to 88", fitted a space frame body, added an auto box and painted it a fabulous orange (not unlike the Tangiers Orange of the G4 vehicles) with black frame. I went to collect it this morning and have been playing all afternoon. It's absobloodylutely brilliant.
No reason for this post, except to share my unbounded joy with the group.
Actually, there is a question:
The vehicle now has had all its road-going stuff removed. I quite fancy making it road-legal again. What is the minimum required to get it back on the road? It has (technically) a current MoT certificate and is taxed. I'm guessing that I will need brake lights, rear view mirror, speedometer and indicators as a minimum. It has a wire mesh windscreen, so I guess I don't need wipers or washers, and I've heard you can get a "daylight only" MoT so I can do without head and sidelights etc. The body colour has obviously changed, but do I need to inform DVLA about anything else? I want to stay within the law, but I only need it to be on the road for odd occasions - getting to events, the odd outing in summer etc. I'm assuming one of the specialist insurers will be better than my usual NFU.
Has anyone done this, or has any advice, URLs etc?
Many thanks. Just waiting for the morning...