It is getting more and more difficult (if not impossible) to get a Westfield XI registered and roadlegal.
This reflects in the value of the car, roadlegal XI's are getting more and more expensive, and asking prices are going up.
I found this add in Germany, I think it is a bit (read: a lot) overpriced , but in a few years this will be reality.
No problem to get it on the road in Denmark after they have changed the rules for replica's
I got mine on the road in July and it only had to meet the rules as the original had back in 1957
Now that's just plain sensible!! Why can't the EU make that mandatory throughout? They like to dictate about the shape and size of fruit and veg, after all...
DANISH COMMON SENSE,apply the rulings in force when the original was created.Only three nights ago I was discussing my build progress and SVA/IVA hurdles when I stated the obvious that I was trying to recreate ( "lookalike" not a replica) a 55 year old car from a 45 year old donor
whilst having to apply current restrictive regulations. This also considering that the build kit is some 26-27 years old , chassis no. 123. I have previously put a car through SVA in 2008 and had first hand experience ,an "after market" gear knob looked on as a hazard to driver and passenger,cured by drilling and tapping a luminous green practice golf ball and puytting that in place. When asked where I had got it from my reply was "a VW Golf",the response was "Don't get smart it will never pass".
This is the announcement from the Danish Transport Authorities put through Google Translate.
"The reason for the relaxed rules is that there are already a number of replica cars that are wrongly recorded in Denmark, for example. with incorrect indication of the date of first registration. Visual Rules must therefore be clearer.
A new principle means that a replica car that is a good copy of the original car, just have to fulfill the technical requirements applicable for the original car, which is a relaxation of the rules.
The new administrative rules for replica cars shall enter into force on 1 July 2012. You can read more about the changes in Release No. 1970 via the link on the right side."
So you can understand that I was very happy after 7 years of fighting to get my XI on the road, now they only have to adapt the taxation to be a bit more realistic.
At the moment I have paid the same amount of tax that they want for a BMW Z3 coupe from 1999
, but in a few years this will be reality.