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P.addy
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PostPosted: 00:03 - 28 Jul 2011    Post subject: Random car questions. Reply with quote
Right.

My Starlet is going in for an MOT Friday.
I paid £50 for it, it means nothing to me, 160k on the clock.
Me and my friend are trackdaying it and then going to just... ruin it for the lulz.

Whats the law regarding rear seats. Laughing This may sound like im pissed... but is there any legal thing stopping me say... mounting the rear seats backwards and installing a TV?

Tried to convince his we should fit a kitchen interior inside.. sink and all.

Its a funny little crap heap that is bright green... and we want some fun... so no spoil sports saying "sell it" or "keep it practical" Wink
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kerr
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PostPosted: 00:36 - 28 Jul 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
aslong as nobody sits on said seats you should be fine Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 01:08 - 28 Jul 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Is it a RWD Starlet?

If it is, advertise it on some stock car racing forums, it could be worth a small fortune!
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P.addy
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PostPosted: 08:24 - 28 Jul 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Shaft wrote:
Is it a RWD Starlet?

If it is, advertise it on some stock car racing forums, it could be worth a small fortune!


Nah FWD... with the idea of whacking the Supra's 2JZ lump in there at some point Laughing

Nobody can sit on the seats? That sucks Laughing
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PostPosted: 08:35 - 28 Jul 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
What ever you do AFTER the MOT doesn't matter.
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PostPosted: 08:45 - 28 Jul 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Breakfast bar and stools.
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truslack
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PostPosted: 10:55 - 28 Jul 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
hellbound wrote:
What ever you do AFTER the MOT doesn't matter.


Umm yes it does, a copper isn't going to let you off with an obvious C&U failure - we welded the doors up on a corsa once (and chopped the roof off) but that had to be scrapped cause apparantly you must have a drivers door, it drew police attention the first time we drove it on the road Laughing
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PostPosted: 11:25 - 28 Jul 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
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G
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PostPosted: 11:30 - 28 Jul 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
truslack wrote:

Umm yes it does, a copper isn't going to let you off with an obvious C&U failure - we welded the doors up on a corsa once (and chopped the roof off) but that had to be scrapped cause apparantly you must have a drivers door, it drew police attention the first time we drove it on the road Laughing

No 'doors' on my MNR, but the sides are pretty low where you get in (ie hang your arm out and it's on the road.)
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thegubner
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PostPosted: 11:54 - 28 Jul 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not sure about mounting them backwards, but I've just been advised that were I to fit seats in the back of a van sideways bench style it would need neither an engineers report or seatbelts for use. But forward facing would require both.

Not 100% certain if that is accurate, but this sort of madness does seem like the sort of laws our government ok's.
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truslack
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PostPosted: 11:57 - 28 Jul 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
G wrote:
truslack wrote:

Umm yes it does, a copper isn't going to let you off with an obvious C&U failure - we welded the doors up on a corsa once (and chopped the roof off) but that had to be scrapped cause apparantly you must have a drivers door, it drew police attention the first time we drove it on the road Laughing

No 'doors' on my MNR, but the sides are pretty low where you get in (ie hang your arm out and it's on the road.)


Okay I should have continued that with "Unless originally designed without any doors at all" Wink
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Kickstart
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PostPosted: 12:12 - 28 Jul 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi

Legally not sure. Suspect you might have C&U issues.

Rearward facing seat should be safer in a crash, but will require mounting differently to avoid pulling itself out of the floor. Quite possible there are regulations for this.

All the best

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hellbound
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PostPosted: 12:34 - 28 Jul 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
truslack wrote:
hellbound wrote:
What ever you do AFTER the MOT doesn't matter.


Umm yes it does, a copper isn't going to let you off with an obvious C&U failure - we welded the doors up on a corsa once (and chopped the roof off) but that had to be scrapped cause apparantly you must have a drivers door, it drew police attention the first time we drove it on the road Laughing


Sorry. let me rephrase that

I doesn't matter what you do after the MOT as long as you are ridiculously stupid and turn it into an obvious death trap
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Daimo
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PostPosted: 13:18 - 28 Jul 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
If your tracking it, is it worth all the bother of welding new mounting points to the floor?

Nothing illegal about rear facing seats. But the law is now that if the car has rear seats, seatbelts must be fitted (hence in a safe way that works, not just bolting them to the floor).

tbh, it'll be a load of hassle. Save yourself wasted time by gutting it of everything not needed (inc half the dash, just literally cut it out). Then just have the front seats.

Saves weight, saves carrying heffers.

And 2 seats only is perfectly legal. Ran mine like that for about 5 years.
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PostPosted: 14:30 - 28 Jul 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
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