Geoff build Ireland

[DOC]

Hi geoff. Just wondering if you are still heading to the phoenix park on sunday. Dave

[ecowindman]

Hi All

winter here again and most kits will be garaged for the next few months unless we get a couple of fine days

SO Are there any plans for Mod over the winter ,Is there any more Mevs going to appear on Ireland's roads next year

Geoff

[ecowindman]

Hi all

Has any one photos or plans on hinging the bonnet ??

Looking to do something with it


Geoff

[stubbers]

I did this.




I'll take a few photos when i get back, the was a bit of trial and error to get the pivot point correct but works nicely now.

Rich

[ecowindman]

Thanks stubbers look forward to photos

Geoff

[ecowindman]

A bit of experimenting over the weekend another bit of trial and error. Managed it get this far






Just Have to plan how it will fit under dash and connect up and wire it ?

[ecowindman]

Well it in and plumbed & wired and it produces heat in the foot wells



I have to duct it to foot wells. the heater sucks air in from the engine bay behind the expansion tank



Flow & return pipes through bulk head to heater



No more cold feet & legs

[gwnwar]

Very nice job.. was thinking about adding a heater but using an add on hot rod type.. Do like your use of the old unit ..

[ecowindman]

Hi guys

I still have the standard steering wheel in the Exocet and am looking to change it for something sporty, what needed or what has been used

Looking for ideas


Geoff

[ecowindman]

Got the Exocet out for a spin today, weather very cold here . Getting ready for the big trip to stoneleigh next month .will have to clock a few more miles over the next few weeks to make sure all ok looking forward to hopefully seeing a lot of Mevs on show

Geoff

[mathew]

Mar 18, 2013 16:23:17 GMT ecowindman said:

Hi guys

I still have the standard steering wheel in the Exocet and am looking to change it for something sporty, what needed or what has been used

Looking for ideas


Geoff

Whats your budget?

Mine is at the cheaper end of the spectrum, i got it along with the boss kit off ebay for about £50.

[casesensitive]

Hi Geoff,

I read with interest and a little fear about the VRT people; it really doesn't seem like they want us to register MEVs here. I'm planning to build a Rocket in Dublin; but I looked up my donor, and with its 212g/km CO2 that would put it in Band F for VRT, which sounds like 36% of whatever they think the car's worth.
A rocket chassis from RTR is nearly €2800, the comprehensive kit about twice that, but more if they choose to make it 36% of the full road-going price (€25k or so) I'm screwed. Would you mind posting full details of how they arrived at your tax liability? OR PMing them?
I'm planning on joining IKCC, just to get details; I think my wife'd murder me if she thought my toy was going to cost €8k and another €3k to get it road-legal..

[casesensitive]

Also, sorry to hijack again, were there any issues using a crashed donor? I would like to use a UK Cat C or D damaged Focus for my Rocket build, but it'd a be a giant PITA if my choice of donor ended restricting me to Mondello a few times a year.

[ecowindman]

Casesensitive Hi when I decided to build the Exocet I was lucky to have sourced the doner witch was off the road for some time as you see in my first page of my build .the log book had not been transferred to any body name and still to this day is still registered to the previous owner but when I went to get the Exocet registered the only information they wanted in relation to the doner mx5 was the engine number & the CO2 of the engine. The only way I got the co2 info was from the last NCT cert of doner

And they never queried any thing about this .I feel I could of give them a lower number that would reduiced my tax and vrt charge but it might of come back to bite me at a later stage .
Before I started building I was in contact with revenue in rosslare and there never had been a new kit car build in 2 to 3 years go through the system so I was the guinni pig . I had lot of questions for them and when they got the answers they would contact me to let me know what the next step to take .

In the end it had to be regertered before April ad the whole system was going to change and ad you can see they want you to jump through hoops of fire with you're eyes closed because they still have not got a clue on what to do , There a new build Westfied in Dublin that was told he would have to bring the car to Germany to get the co2 test done and when the owner asked cold he bring it up north to get the car tested by doing the IVA they said They can't guarrentee the test from out side the duristriction cold be accepted it a minefield ,why can the just follow the uk model

The MEV Exocet is now a regertered vehicle in our revenue system ,

If you have any other questions give me a ring

Geoff 0876221319

[mattapo]

Apr 1, 2013 16:18:19 GMT mathew said:

Mar 18, 2013 16:23:17 GMT ecowindman said:

Hi guys

I still have the standard steering wheel in the Exocet and am looking to change it for something sporty, what needed or what has been used

Looking for ideas


Geoff

Whats your budget?

Mine is at the cheaper end of the spectrum, i got it along with the boss kit off ebay for about £50.

Just be ware of cheap wheels, I have seen to many of them break due to the use of substandard materials