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I think I managed to do the former by a combination of trial and error, brute force and ignorance, whilst I was trying to do something like the latter via the user control panel thing (which failed).

Simplification in a sense: spoke to my MOT garage this morning. With a minimum of persuasion they agreed that if I presented them with an N-reg chassis containing an H-reg motor, they would test emissions according to the rules for the H-reg. Hopefully that was therefore a false alarm. When I mentio...

So hopefully the only problem will be, if I am obliged to turn up with an N-reg vehicle, to get the MOT man to go by H-reg emission rules. Or preferably find a way to retain the H-reg reg. Either way there is going to be a conflict with the mileage shown on the speedo! I could be had up for clocking...

As I understand it the chassis VIN number is linked to the vehicle reg no. That would mean that I can't keep the original H-reg and still play by the rules? If not then that would mean persuading the MOT man to go by H-reg emission rules for the motor but N-reg rules for the rest. I can see myself n...

I "saved" by mistake a draft reply which I had typed in a thread but not sent. It seems to have vanished without trace!! Where are saved drafts hidden?

There's hope yet ... So you kept the original chassis number which was linked to your reg no but "persuaded" the MOT man to go by the engine spec? Was much "persuasion" required? I could imagine some not playing ball unless some form of proof or authority or what have you was pro...

That could be crucial since there are obviously differences of views over this even among the restoration community. Due not least to the fudge put out by the DVLA. I'll have to get my facts sorted out so if anyone can talk from factual experience and say how / how not to go about it, when confronte...

I've a vague unsubstantiated feeling that that is but one step further from the Robsey solution which might have been something along the lines of: Tell them everything and if that leads to nowhere then drive blindly on. But the MOT man might not play ball in which case I am no further on.

I can remember getting bogged down with DVLA re procedures and regs that apply when re-shelling. Not a topic for the faint-hearted. Another point: If I "transfer" an N-reg shell to my H-reg SRi (monocoque) then according to one interpretation it becomes an N-reg vehicle. If it's N-reg then...

[this is really branching off topic ..] This takes me back to my current conversation with the Automark specialists who are responsible for rebuilding my 20SEH. They inherited a "Stage 1" cam but he has always maintained that a milder cam (possibly not the bog standard) would give me impro...

James McGrath wrote: A real problem is the engines these days. Due to emissions laws it's impossible to find a naturally aspirated petrol engine above 1.8 any more. I suppose that within General Chat within the Lounge one is permitted to wander off topic without getting shot. According to my long-s...

Think of it as you drive around: If they removed the badges from all the cars on the road you would be hard pressed these days to distinguish many from each other or identify what the marque is. With a few honourable exceptions, those I suspect without Japanese connections.

Except that it's a YouTube ..

Sounds like the DVLA might have to re-program their computer to allow for www.vauxhallcavalier.com as a substitute for K-regs etc. Might help confuse the trail for them what have committed traffic offences.

Great minds definitely think alike. I latched on to or rather remembered Vimeo 2 days ago and have now used it for the reasons you have outlined. I think it is the classic case of this being a dedicated video sharing application rather than a pic-sharing application that tries to be all things to al...

I revisited the site with the aim of doing single uploads, only to see that apparently 4 videos (2 duplicated) were already "there" in the album. The good news. HOWEVER my intuition was to click on one of the thumbnails over the ">" to preview and get the thing to run. This cause...

I gave up in the end - it seemed to be stuck on "44%" but with nothing actually showing in the target album. Clue popped up momentarily as I was on the point of exiting: "502 Bad Gateway. The server returned an invalid or incomplete response". As a conversation-stopper that takes...

I have 6 short video clips say 1 minute or so each (50 - 100 MB each), in mp4 format on my hard drive which I am trying to put in a Photobucket album. Overnight it is telling me that it has managed to complete 44% of the upload, very slow progress obviously. But there are 6 red crosses at the bottom...

I am getting contradictory messages about whether or not I can upload mp4 videos to Photobucket. Can anyone shed any light on this?

To point one: Yes Point 2: There's quite a lot of things listed but these may become sub jud .. But when amongst these you read for example... strip out interior and door shells, repair and paint as needed ... any reasonable person is entitled to believe that restoration means restoration. If there ...

Planning to drive up to Pitlochry from the south this coming weekend, but not this time in the Cav

I am looking for a replacement idle control valve for the 20 SEH 8-valve if anyone knows of one in good nick looking for a home. One aftermarket one I saw on eBay said that it was made in China

Unfortunately in this case, if you were to go the legal route, the endlessly draining fine details are what will be called into question. Not trying to let air out of the tyres or anything but what one mans "full restoration" is will be different to what another man calls a "full res...

You're most likely right. The very basic point is this though (there is a Catch 22 parallel somewhere in the Hitchhiker's Guide ..) It can hardly be up to the little old lady owner-driver to spell out to the specialist car restorer in detail what needs to be done to deliver a "full restoration&...

Yup I suppose that's what the legal guys are paid to sort out taking the evidence into account. If it was "shades of grey" that would be a different matter.

If having done the work he didn't allow for "drainage" - "I rest my case" as they say (even if I don't)!