Panda (Classic) Satan's Rodent (NCF Road Rat kit car)

[lewey]

I would kack my pants if that thing came up in the mirror.

 

[default_user]

With excitement or fear?

 

[lewey]

Little bit of both, but it would be too late to wonder.

 

[Blurredman]

it would be cool if it was road legal..

 

[lewey]

it would be cool if it was road legal..

It is.

 

[AppleSei]

It is.

It doesnt have a tax disc or a windscreen from these pics so it cant be road legal.

Are these old pics?

 

[default_user]

Technically it's not road legal right now but when it's finished the rebuild all I need to do is tax, test and insure it and I can take to the public roads in it. So it is a road legal vehicle. For those wondering how it's because it is not subject to SVA, as it was originally built and put on the road before SVA became a legal requirement.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Why does it need a windscreen legally

 

[AppleSei]

Why does it need a windscreen legally

isnt that a bit obvious?

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

isnt that a bit obvious?

Err, no hence asking.

It not come under same things as quads and tricycles? They don't need windscreens!

 

[lewey]

Don't know if it is a legal requirement these days for new cars, but two examples from my fleet:

No windscreen on my Westfield, just a 2" strip of opaque plastic angled at 45 degrees on the scuttle. No-one ever complained to me. Been stopped loads of times by coppers and they never wanted to talk about the windscreen and it passes MOTs.

I could just fold the windscreen onto the bonnet in my Land Rover as it was hinged (if I wanted a face full of flies).

 

[L7 KVV]

The Ariel Atom, The Radical R models, The KTM X-Bow.

Theres only a few of the many windscreenless road legal cars

 

[Blurredman]

Err, no hence asking.

It not come under same things as quads and tricycles? They don't need windscreens!

indeed, nor did older landrovers!

 

[Adrian Bravo]

Hey Default User make sure the copper pipe your using in the road rat is upto standard, household pipe cracks under vibration. Something todo with the metal its made with.

 

[default_user]

Actually, it is ordinary 15mm domestic heating copper pipe. I didn't know that. Can you get automotive copper pipe in 15mm? To be honest, if it does crack it'll be a five minute job to replace it so I'm not too concerned but thanks for pointing it out.

 

[albert011163]

There is no legal requirement for a car to have a windscreen, often when people are building a kit car they do not fit a screen for the sva test to avoid the problems regarding window wipers and design of the screen and frame. Once the car has been through the sva test the owner can then fit these items if required.