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Department of Transport Modification Application

As I mentioned in the previous post I wanted this car to remain street legal and as a result I was going to have to get a Modification permit and approval for the level of modifications I was looking at. This means that all of my modifications were going to have to comply with the National Code of Practice for Light Vehicle Construction/Modification.

 The initial stage of the process is to complete a Modification Application which outlined what I planned to do. This stage is relatively simple and is just so they can stop you from starting anything that they will reject straight away. All you get at the end of this stage is "in principal" approval to continue with your modifications. As an engineers report and thorough inspection are required to get the final approval.

I wanted to get this stage started as quickly as possible as it had to be submitted by mail so I knew the processing and response times would be slow. As a result I did some rather quick and high level research and started selecting parts that I may use in my build so that I could fill in the initial application. I would be able to change these parts later in the process and providing they were similar in function the "in principal" approval would still stand. I will also contact an Automotive Engineer to go through this process once I get "in principal" approval so then I can double check with them what will be allowable as I go through the build process.

 To start off I completed the below application (has personal detailed redacted):
Modification Application

 Then while that is being processed I will begin stripping the car and doing thorough research on each part before I go ahead with a purchase.
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