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Originally Posted by robert  Less obvious to some might be how they go about completing and registering their newly imported “turn key minus”. Having spent a large amount of money for a company abroad to produce you a near complete car minus the engine, to maintain Cat. ‘A’ amateur status you could find yourself having to completely dismantle it and rebuild it again taking photos along the ways as proof.
Or alternatively you assign the job over to a company to complete, they cannot use Cat ‘C’ as it does not use parts from a previous UK registered donor so it has to be put through as Cat. ‘L’ - but of course this means the car will then need an emission friendly engine which would put the car in catagory "L".
Category C = Vehicle built by a person in the business of building vehicles using parts of a vehicle registered in Great Britain The engine and at least one other major part must come from the same donor vehicle. You must provide the donor registration number, engine number, and a list of parts used. The emission test will be based on the engine age.
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Cheers Rob (And Andy too).
However. The section above in bold is not quite right/complete.
In the case of a Turn key minus, The car can be submitted as catagory "C" so long as the engine and gearbox (Not supplied in the "Turnkey minus" kit package. (The "Minus" refers to the engine and transmission)) have come from a vehicle previously registered in GB.
What it really means. Build agents, can build cars for people no problem. So long as the (Used)engine and gearbox have originated from a British regd. car. A bit of a pain in the rear but not impossible as there are plenty of breakers of American cars here in the UK to get the parts from ready for reconditioning. This is the method that I am using when the customer has not specified a fuel injected Cat emissions engine.
I think that pretty much covers all the bases.
