dales isuzu mute 91

[daisy]

isuzurob wrote:Hey dale how do you get on with wof for the rodeo cab swap, as i spent 2hrs on the phone today and it cant be certed for the cab swap as the cab tags dont match the mu chassis number


You need to talk to another cert guy. If you can build a trike or a space frame for a hot rod you can put rodeo cab on a Mu chassis!

[isuzurob]

I have talked to 5 cert people none of them can do it, they say it has to be revinned but both the mu and rodeo are still regod so i dont see the point in derego one of them to revinn it, rung vtnz for revin and they can only revin it as the original vechile not a custom built bits truck, afterall its a mu/rodeo/hilux/bighorn

[dalebroughton]

isuzurob wrote:Hey dale how do you get on with wof for the rodeo cab swap, as i spent 2hrs on the phone today and it cant be certed for the cab swap as the cab tags dont match the mu chassis number my cab tag is the one out of the mu cab and i get some not so legitamate wofs

[dalebroughton]

daisy wrote:isuzurob wrote:Hey dale how do you get on with wof for the rodeo cab swap, as i spent 2hrs on the phone today and it cant be certed for the cab swap as the cab tags dont match the mu chassis number


You need to talk to another cert guy. If you can build a trike or a space frame for a hot rod you can put rodeo cab on a Mu chassis! i agree i mean we have used factory parts i mean the suspention change shure but how is that different to putting coilovers in a car

[dalebroughton]

isuzurob wrote:I have talked to 5 cert people none of them can do it, they say it has to be revinned but both the mu and rodeo are still regod so i dont see the point in derego one of them to revinn it, rung vtnz for revin and they can only revin it as the original vechile not a custom built bits truck, afterall its a mu/rodeo/hilux/bighorn hmmmm i hope that isint the case i kind of didnt look into that when i done my cab give me a week and ill talk to as many certifyers as i can

[isuzurob]

Thanks see what you come up with, i asked cert guy to use mu tags and on cert put converted to ute, but he cant as its a body swap not a body cut

[daisy]

isuzurob wrote:I have talked to 5 cert people none of them can do it, they say it has to be revinned but both the mu and rodeo are still regod so i dont see the point in derego one of them to revinn it, rung vtnz for revin and they can only revin it as the original vechile not a custom built bits truck, afterall its a mu/rodeo/hilux/bighorn

What the prob with revinng it? More cost or is it there more that would have to be done to bring it up to today's standards?

[isuzurob]

more cost when i have to trucks that are regod already, and revin is just that revinning something that was deregod, they cant change the identity of the vechile as the mu chassis number is never going to match up to a ute cab, i cant see why the cert guys cant just cert it as a mu with ute cab as body modification, but they are worried about numbers matching aswell, seems a cert just isnt worth the hassle was trying to own something legal though

[geeves]

Ive made some enquirys on this and if anything usefull comes back I will let you know.
My father in law is in the Constructors car club
You could always swap the vin,chassis plates over from one firewall to the other and say that the firewall is still original Mu Then its only a part body swap

[geeves]

some info
Hi Dave
> This shouldnt be as curly as it seems. This guy is looking at putting a Rodeo cab on a
> Mu chassis The only thing stopping him is that they wont cert it as the chassis
> number/vin on the firewall wont match the one on the chassis. surely this comes up a
> lot on your kitsets.
> Have a look at he last dozen posts on this link for more info.

Hi Alan,

Someone is making a problem out of nothing here.
Why is anyone trying to do this without reading the Hobby Car Manual anyway?

Neither of my 'club' cars even had a VIN number at all to start with - nor do any other
scratch-built or kits jobs.
In my case, and after some discussion, the local testing station at Porirua allocated a
pro-forma VIN which enabled the certifier to complete the paper work - I suggest a read
of
http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/virm- ... g-v3a4.pdf might go a wee way towards answering this
one.