Sonic 7 Build in the Netherlands

[Knoxville[NL]]

Hello everybody,

my name is Daniel and i live in the Netherlands, in a small village called Giesbeek near Arnhem.

Last week i bought myself a MEV Sonic 7 kit. I bought this kit from a fellow member of the mevowners forum. The kit is almost at the start position, so enough work to be done. It came with almost all donor parts including an engine, which is already fitted (1.8L Zetec)

Of course i'm gonna keep a build log. I don't have end date in mind, but i'm thinking about 1 a 1,5 years.

Below some first pics of it's current state...








Cheers

[avantkiwi]

Welcome to the wonderful world of Sonic building Daniel. Its a great build. Enjoy.
Shout if you get stuck.

[andybaird]

Hi Daniel

Welcome to the Sonic Family. I hope you have lots of fun building your Sonic Its great fun. Looking forward to seeing lots of photo's.
My Sonic is at RTR for it's IVA test at the moment.

Andy

[arjen]

Hi Daniel,

Welcome at the forum, I'm building a rocket and live in Eefde near Lochem in the Netherlands as well.
Enjoy your build and I hope you've got more spare time then I've !!! My time slot has already past the 1,5 year and still not ready

To busy with work and building a new house

cheers,
Arjen

note: If you want to take a look at my build feel free to contact me by pm

[moz]

Hi Daniel glad to see you got home ok,I have to say there is a very sad looking empty space in my garage now but i wish you all the best in your build and will be watching your progress with envy Andrew

[Knoxville[NL]]

Jul 4, 2012 9:49:27 GMT moz said:

Hi Daniel glad to see you got home ok,I have to say there is a very sad looking empty space in my garage now but i wish you all the best in your build and will be watching your progress with envy Andrew

Thank you Andrew. It was a quite a long trip, but worth the while. I got home around midnight. Emptied the van first. We got the sonic out with no real problems and without an enginehoist.

Now starter to sort everything out and calmely start building. I will keep a build log, so you can follow my progress..

[dutchkitrider]

watch out to build euro 5 engine to get approved in holland next year so dont use this one. also de-coat the complete chassis to get it inspected and vin stamped before registration and get proof of origin of all parts and a tank and axle certificate to get dutch registration. I had to do this with the rocket too to get registration
tax isnt getting cheaper here to get kits registered, kind of a nightmare , The sonic wouldnt pass the dutch seatbelt test, thats why I chose the rocket at the time