T3 Syncro 14'' or 16" (and Advice) Wanted Please

is that Neil from SA's old van ?

Having the following work completed:

Re Spray (inlcuding painting handles & wiper arms)
New clutch
Service MOT
A bit of minor welding under slider door where the roller channel has rotted
compression test/tune engine
New leisure battery
Rear seatbelts fitted
4x4 overhaul
New steel frame R & R bed for saftey
New Rear lens
Elec overhaul on leisure side
New decals

I am also having a new fridge and swivel base fitted to passenger seat, cant tell you exactly what it is costing, the mrs might be looking, but a few less than my original budget.

A couple more pics for you!

Just to be clear, Have these new/tighter DVLA rules on conversions/alterations to vehicles come in yet or are we still in the talking stages?

ghop99 wrote: It has a basic camper interior that I can upgrade to westy later on if needed

Edited by jed the spread - 17 Jun 10 at 01:08

Syncrospares by any chance?
Looks nice. (Well it will when you lose the high top. )

Pics or it never happened.

Edited by Beelzibus - 16 Jun 10 at 19:20

Here's a Syncro Caravelle that I know,
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-T3-T3-SYNCRO-CARAVELLE-CL-2-1inj-/320546948410?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4aa216453a
I don't know who has it now, I do know that recently it has had a couple of owners, but that aside it's a good van with a great spec, ideal I'd have thought to turn into a camper, especially as it's a sunroof van.
As far as the other subject goes, lets just say that my Syncro Westy is not the only van I own.

Edited by Beelzibus - 13 Jun 10 at 21:07

ghop99 wrote: Thanks. I best play it safe and document as much as possible then. If I can get a 14" LHD Westy then that's ideal I guess. What a minefield, I know a lot of bay and split owners that couldl fall foul of this.

Tell me about it.

Q plate is reserved for any vehicle (not just kitcars) where the identity of said vehicle comes into question. As far as the rules are concerned you must have 8 points to retain a vehicles ID before mods put that id into question. You get 5 points for an unmodified chassis or in the case of a T3 the monocoque. If you can't get those 5 points because you've grafted in a roof, or modded the front of the chassis for a Syncro front subframe then it's game over.Assuming you have the 5, then you need another 3, made up from any of the following, axles, transmission, steering, suspension, engine. You get 2 points for each category bar the engine which gets just one. So if all your suspension is OG that's 2 points. If both axles are OG that's another 2, so no probs with an engine and box change, plus a PAS upgrade for example. However turn a 2wd into a Syncro and you're dead in the water, hence the best way to go is to start with a Syncro and convert that into a camper.

As far as the implications go, well first off if you can't ake the 8 points for whatever reason you need to pass a BIVA, the SVA replacement, so there's cost involved and everything has to be upto spec, as I said earlier with a T3 this shouldn't really cause any problems because it already has things like a collapsable steering column, safe switches a soft steering wheel, belts and the like. However insurance companies don't like Q plates much, and typically they're worth less than comparable vehicles.


Edited by Beelzibus - 08 Jun 10 at 22:54