Pickup conversion

[Connor]

Right, i have had these mad thoughts in my head on converting my 4dr loon into a 2dr pickup :d :thumb:
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z36/fizzy-kid/n840779450_291530_7651.jpg
^^^^^^^^^^(not my car btw lol)
As it will be probably coming off the road when my insurance runs out for work that is needing to get done on it soon.
Anyways, my question is how would you go about in declaring it on the logbook and insurance etc,
Also the engine will be getting changed in it so how do you declare that (school boy question i know but meh :p )

Taa in advance

[Nobby]

i believe to be fully legal it will require an sva check as its a chassis modification?

[Connor]

i believe to be fully legal it will require an sva check as its a chassis modification?

How would that work lol would it be similar to a vic check?
i dont know anything about things like that

[Jack]

Extensive modification to the monocoque, so will more than likely require a Q plate.

[Connor]

Extensive modification to the monocoque, so will more than likely require a Q plate.
:cry: :cry: :cry: may have to think about it then

[Jack]

Mm. But think about how many pickup conversions have been done on here. How many of them are Q plates? lol

[Connor]

Yea was thinking that lol
i remember that f reg green/flip painted one on ebay a while back
which sparked these crazy thoughts.

Think i will have to do a bit of research before i get the grinder out :d

[AlexW]

Dont do Q plates anymore?

It would just need a SVA test keeping the original plate from what i understand.

Best thing to do to a more door loon imo.

[dj_wudgey]

that one at the top looks mad as nuts!!

[novasrikev]

thats the best looking pick up conversion ive ever seen

[muzzy]

Legally you will need the car SVA'd but there's plenty about that obviously haven't been through one but then again I'm not sure how many I've seen that aren't unfinished projects.

[novasrikev]

there should be something online about it pal they can be a pain so many regulations

[nova_saloon]

hmmm tempted myself to get a more door and do that to it.! your fueling me now!

[L14MNP]

Extensive modification to the monocoque, so will more than likely require a Q plate.

This. (to be 100% legit) Pompy have more points than you would get in an IVA test too. lol

TBH though, build it strong and tidy enough and there's no reason for that to flag up. It's only likely if the MOT tester considers it dangerous or you get caught in a VOSA stop-check.

[burgo]

when i did my i went and asked at a MOT garage and they said it was not a chassis mod so therefore only needed MOTing as normal. as for insurance good luck, i had great fun explaining my estate conversion to the insurance and it put it up by £500 !!!

[Bubba]

im planning the same with my more door

[dj_wudgey]

sod it go for it matey there are others done so will be able to sort it!! id say do it!!

[draper]

id say dont bother as you'll be ruining a nova but its only a 4door granny salon so meh, as you were son

[burgo]

i assume you are aware the 4 doors are alot harder to do due to not having the proper B pillar

[ste porter]

buy a corsa do it to that this was my corsa pick up

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/porter/SV103309.jpg?t=1197658926

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/porter/SV103310.jpg?t=1197659032

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/porter/SV103312.jpg?t=1197659065

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/porter/SV103315.jpg?t=1197659138

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/porter/SV103316.jpg?t=1197659173

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/porter/SV103320.jpg?t=1197659239

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/porter/SV103325.jpg?t=1197659498

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/porter/SV103330.jpg?t=1197659556

corsa shells are alot cheaper and if it goes wrong and you end up scraping it you havent scraped another car which is now getting few and far between

[Connor]

meh its a 4dr loon shell, it wont be for a while but it is definitely a good possibility, i even told my mum about it she was like:
Mum- 'so let me get this straight, you wanna chop your perfectly working car, to make a pickup out of it'
Me- 'well yea thats the plan'
Mum- 'well your mad but if you want to do it i am not going to be able to stop you" :d
Its not the most desirable, if i funk it up, i funk it up
dont think me or anyone on here will lose any sleep over it lol

[Connor]

saying that i will probably go to sleep and wake up thinking it was the most stupidest thing i have ever though of! lol

[Jack]

when i did my i went and asked at a MOT garage and they said it was not a chassis mod so therefore only needed MOTing as normal.
Technically it is, as the nova has a monocoque not a separate chassis/body. The DVLA have recently tried to clear up the rules regarding modifications to the chassis/monocoque for Q plating etc, but it would be fair to say your MOT man probably wasn't aware of this. Most aren't lol

[mikeGTEnova]

that red nova pickup is cool as f**k!!!

[General Baxter]

Mum- 'so let me get this straight, you wanna chop your perfectly working car, to make a pickup out of it'
Me- 'well yea thats the plan'
Mum- 'well your mad but if you want to do it i am not going to be able to stop you" :d
lol

that just sounds like a day at the baxters dinner table lol

[Connor]

glad my mum supports me though,
she just offers her shoulder to cry on when i realise what i have done lol

[burgo]

i did my pick-up conversion when me mum was on holiday lol

[Connor]

i did my pick-up conversion when me mum was on holiday lol

legend, i can't imagine her face when she realised that you had turned it into a pickup. i reckon it would take my mum about a month to realise lol

[mark69]

who ever decides to do a nova pickup. ive got a mk2 astra boot lid here, like what i think burgo used for one of his....

[General Baxter]

i did my pick-up conversion when me mum was on holiday lol

thats nothing, remember my black one, i hid it under a tent my, mum come out and said what the ****, not again,

connor if the cars in derby, im willing to help :thumb:

[Connor]

thats nothing, remember my black one, i hid it under a tent my, mum come out and said what the ****, not again,

connor if the cars in derby, im willing to help :thumb:

Don't tempt me baxter.
It wont be yet but i will hold ya for it :d

[Adaz_blud]

what metal would u use though ?

[Graeme]

what metal would u use though ?

I'd imagine some sheet steel intended body repair and some cold drawn tube for a roll bar if it was to have one

[dj_wudgey]

get it done dude lol