Mark Allanson
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 06:05 PM |
|
|
Nice day out in Exeter!
SVA at 8:00am this morning, took 3 hours, and passed first time. I didn't get picked up on anything which was a nice surprise.
Got down to Exeter DVLA by 11:30 and registered and taxed by 1:00 with an age related plate, plates ordered by phone and picked up on the way home
(110 miles!), Adrian Flux sorted, plates fitted and on the road. Phew!
At the risk of sounding like an oscar winner, special thanks to:-
Ian (robinbastd) for being the support vehicle, verbal vallium etc
Barrie and Hilary Sharp for putting us up overnight and going over the car, beautiful cooking and hospitality
Terry, the SVA examiner, a really nice chap, reassuring, helpful, and makes a really nice cup of tea.
 
Rescued attachment Finished SVAd.jpg
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
|
|
|
|
|
theconrodkid
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 06:19 PM |
|
|
and to think you were worried,well done that man
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
|
|
|
flak monkey
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 06:22 PM |
|
|
Well done Mark!
Enjoy your car this summer! But be careful 
Look forward to seeing you at some shows next year!
David 
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
|
|
|
phelpsa
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 06:24 PM |
|
|
Looking good Still got the glittery wheels? I expect at least a thousand miles on it by the end of next week
Adam
|
|
|
Mr G
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 06:42 PM |
|
|
So your the one who cursed the weather here in the afternoon!
Savour that feeling
Cheers
G
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a
car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes
and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
|
|
|
David Jenkins
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 06:49 PM |
|
|
Well done, Mark!
Now just take it easy for a while until you get used to driving it...
David
|
|
|
Northy
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 06:49 PM |
|
|
Well done Mark. Are you sideways in the picture or just parked up?
Quick aren't they?
Have fun.
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing!
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
Built 2L 8 Valve Vx Powered Avon
|
|
|
Danozeman
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 06:56 PM |
|
|
Congratulations mate. Superb job.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
|
|
|
tom_loughlin
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 07:41 PM |
|
|
Congrats mate, must be such a huge relief!
only one small problem left now - what to build now
Summer awaits now, what good timing!
Tom
|
|
|
wilkingj
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 08:04 PM |
|
|
Super job... Well Done on the Pass...
I hope to come and see it for real in August, when I am down that way..
Maybee I could hook mine up to the back of the caravan, and leave it at yours(for a couple of weeks) for one of theose lovely interiors
Well Done mate!
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
|
|
|
Petemate
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 08:17 PM |
|
|
Hi Mark.
Very well done. I'm not surprised you passed first time, an excellent build.
Thanks - I got my harnesses from Sabelt OK - unlike yours, the top fitting isn't direct into the shoulder straps, but seperate with a long strap
which I've had to pull right up and roll up, just like the unsuitable ones Rally Design sent. BUT - as I requested, the shoulder straps are
shortened for kitcars with top mounts behind the seats, and the harnesses fit a treat.
BTW, I had a look at your photo archive with the build pics, and reckon you've done a top job.
Petemate
|
|
|
colibriman
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 08:33 PM |
|
|
well done!!!
need a bike engine? - www.colibriman.com
SVA ready Mk Indyblade possibly for sale.....if the offers good...!
|
NOTE:This user is registered as a LocostBuilders trader and may offer commercial services to other users
|
Lightning
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 08:46 PM |
|
|
Weel done. Sorry I didn't get back in time to meet you
Steve
|
|
|
andyps
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 09:00 PM |
|
|
Congrats - but if yours didn't pass the rest of us stand no chance.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
|
|
|
Peteff
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 09:02 PM |
|
|
Happy days
Nice one Mark.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
|
|
|
robinbastd
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 09:05 PM |
|
|
Mark,
Stop being so bloody modest. The examiner told you that he'd never passed a kit car (let alone a scratch built car) without something needing
doing to it during the test.
The car full of tools,rubber trim,roll bar padding and spare underwear was unnecessary.
It was nice to discover that SVA testers aren't demonspawn after all!
I'm delighted for you mate and I hope you get to enjoy the car to the full driving to and fro Carnal Downs now you have the time to teach me to
weld! All I have to do is find the time to learn.
Ian
Only a dead fish swims with the tide.
http://smuttygifts.com/
|
|
|
Mark Allanson
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 09:14 PM |
|
|
Welding help is guaranteed, tomorrow, I am going to get Pat strapped in and do the St Ives - Zennor - Pendeen - St Just - Porthcurnow - Lamorna run.
That has got to be the best Locost run in the world
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
|
|
|
robinbastd
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 09:18 PM |
|
|
And on Sunday you'll do the other half of the north coast road.
Only a dead fish swims with the tide.
http://smuttygifts.com/
|
|
|
Mark Allanson
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 09:23 PM |
|
|
No chance, not with Royal Cornwall Show on!!
Lizard looks promising though
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
|
|
|
Fozzie
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 10:03 PM |
|
|
Well done Mark! Most excellent!
Enjoy, enjoy enjoy.............
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
|
|
|
billy
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 11:11 PM |
|
|
well done m8, have lots of fun in her now
luego-lo-cost finished,vauxhall 16v 2.0,twin 45s de-dion rear set up
|
|
|
givemethebighammer
|
| posted on 10/6/05 at 11:18 PM |
|
|
Excellent !
Well done - great feeling isn't it, but driving it will be even better !
Enjoy it but like others say, take it easy at first, my car caught me out a few times in the first few weeks - scary.
here's to a good summer
|
|
|
Scotty
|
| posted on 11/6/05 at 07:12 AM |
|
|
great, glad for you
look forward to seeing on the roads around here
PLEASE NOTE! All comments made by this person are to be considered "Tongue in Cheek" and are not meant to be taken seriously in any way - so there!
|
|
|
907
|
| posted on 11/6/05 at 07:44 AM |
|
|
Hi.
Will your next post be:-
Bulk buy on tyres ?
Well done, a very neat car.
ATB Paul G
|
|
|
wilkingj
|
| posted on 11/6/05 at 08:02 AM |
|
|
quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
Welding help is guaranteed, tomorrow, I am going to get Pat strapped in and do the St Ives - Zennor - Pendeen - St Just - Porthcurnow - Lamorna run.
That has got to be the best Locost run in the world
Is that the little B road that runs along the coast south from St Ives down to Cape Cornwall (ish) past the Tim Mines about half way up the Cliff
side.. Its a great run in a Land Rover as well.. I usually try to do that on a sunny day as the sun is going down over the sea at about 7-8pm...
Such fantastic views.. at that time of the day.. Grrr making me feel jealous already!.
Go and Enjoy.. You have earned it..
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
|
|
|
