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PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2015 10:18 pm 
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Hi I'm new here. I'm Irish but been here 7 years and a citizen now. I had my first mini at 18, a 1979 inca yellow 998cc Leyland round nose. For various reasons I sold it and always regretted it. At age 26 I needed one again. I bought another 1979, same colour same make, everything. This one got stripped to the shell and fully rebuilt, new sub frames, adjustable suspension, neg camber, adj tie rods, 10 inch disc brakes on front etc etc. it was nearly finished and then I decided to come to Australiia. Now 7 years later and 36 years old I've just been reunited with it again. I got it shipped over in a container. Now just the process of registering it here. And also remembering what I need to finish on it, and what has been damaged in the last 7 years!
Up for helping anyone with there car to gain experience again and also keen for help with mine. Based in oatley area of Sydney.
Hopefully get to meet some of you guys.
And thanks for all the help so far. I will be asking a lot of questions,,


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PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2015 10:29 pm 
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Welcome mate. Have you organised the people to engineer it for rego over here?

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PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2015 10:56 pm 
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No I havnt why? I just emailed rms for a step by step guide! There's compliance, pink , blue and green slip, ahhhhhhh!!

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PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2015 11:12 pm 
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Yeah, one of the more difficult states of Oz I have ever dealt with for anything to do with registration and licensing. I was just curious who you might be working with.

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PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2015 11:13 pm 
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Is there a broker or something I need?

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PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2015 11:25 pm 
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Someone who is certified to engineer and comply minis to the local registration requirements. Someone for example like these guys : http://www.ozcooper.com.au/

We have a protected market, and push personal imports through a local compliance process before allowing registration to happen. It can be a little painful.

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PostPosted: Tue May 05, 2015 5:03 am 
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The rules are easier if you bring your own car from overseas.


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PostPosted: Tue May 05, 2015 12:11 pm 
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Morris 1100 wrote:
The rules are easier if you bring your own car from overseas.


and could become even more relaxed if this NEW car initiative gets up...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-16/c ... rs/6396048

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PostPosted: Tue May 05, 2015 4:53 pm 
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It is my own car, I've owned it for 10 years, does that make a difference?

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Dubguy wrote:
It is my own car, I've owned it for 10 years, does that make a difference?

Yes, it makes a huge difference.

Take a look at... http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/vehicl ... s/pis.aspx


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I've split this off from the intro thread. It stands on its own two feet as a topic.

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PostPosted: Tue May 05, 2015 7:44 pm 
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Thanks mick

For that option it had to be in the first 6 months of me being here. It's been 7 years!

And it still needs to be compliant.
I met a compliance guy today. Says because it's 1979 it needs rear seat belts, child restrain anchor points, none of which I have r needed in it. And also side impact bars in the doors!
Seems extreme to me. And it's $600 just for him to asses it and make recommendations and the. Pass it after I've done the work!

Wow

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PostPosted: Tue May 05, 2015 7:51 pm 
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The ozcooper guys can probably get it all done as a package far cheaper than you working out each bit along the way...

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PostPosted: Tue May 05, 2015 8:47 pm 
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Dubguy wrote:
Thanks mick

For that option it had to be in the first 6 months of me being here. It's been 7 years!

And it still needs to be compliant.
I met a compliance guy today. Says because it's 1979 it needs rear seat belts, child restrain anchor points, none of which I have r needed in it. And also side impact bars in the doors!
Seems extreme to me. And it's $600 just for him to asses it and make recommendations and the. Pass it after I've done the work!

Wow


Hmmmm I thought that 89 was the trigger for all that nonsense :roll:

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PostPosted: Tue May 05, 2015 10:24 pm 
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Me too, I thought if it was pre 89 it didn't matter.

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