Been to Oldham SVA centre today in the Locost, brilliant drive over the Pennines to the dark side (BTW can anyone recommend some goggles, I feel daft wearing my old lid) :)
Got there 1/2 hour early, tester was sound, four hours later... a failure certificate, but it's not as bad as it sounds :)
It failed on; Rear foglight too low, no problem, I'll remove one of the reverse lights and replace it with the fog. Speedo underreading, easy fix, just take off the needle and rotate it, it doesn't have to register below 10mph ;) Need a couple of locknuts on the upper wishbone balljoints. A couple of "contactable items" weren't radiused to 2.5mm, front hubs, bottom of the coilovers (being exposed) and exhaust.
To me that's a moral victory, after 3 1/2 years of building with no previous experience, jumping through governmental hoops when they don't even know the rules themselves, SVA rules changing every few months, oh, and not actually owning an SVA manual ;) I'm chuffed :)
Should be all sorted on Sunday, ring 'em Monday morning for a retest, a 40 min test later and I should be on my way to Leeds DVLA office for a reg no. :)))
Time for a celebratory smoke I think 8)