Oops.

more like £ooooPS!

If that car is to make it as a race car, then I suspect it will swallow even more money, other than just a pretty paint job.

correct, it will. The paint is being done now so that it can go to Scottish Modified as planned and not look like the total dog it used to be

new update in post 1

looking good

update page 1 people!

:morepics:
:please:

oi ya cant tease us like that

we want more and better pics

I'm still in the middle of the north sea so have no control over the pictures

ahhh right lol

so youve obviously painted it white what else is happening with it

oooo lots of other fun and exciting things!

New update on post 1, and it's the one you've all been waiting on!

looks really really nice, but i did like the black with the green stripes better

Ross, Am disappointed mate, I thought you would have had some exciting paint job done!, just looks like a body kitted ZS with a huge boot spoiler, doesn't look anything as special as it was before!

Comments aside, it does look good and fresh.

What white was it done with, looks like UPOL white to me?

I liked it too, but wasn't going to shell out for a full respray to make a replica of a car run by a company that doesn't exist any more

Plus a black track car would have been far too expensive to keep looking good

It needs to be subtle as it will be run in on the road... don't want too much attention from the fuzz - hence why the spoiler is now removable too

It'll be getting viper stripes again before it hits the track :happy:

It's actually Vauxhall Ice White... it was the brightest I could get

How are you gonna get it road legal?

zs
 

can we see some more pic's including the engine bay and inside the car

Which coilovers did you go for? Looks very subtle

Trade plates FTW

No, because those bits are still in progress :construction:

Had to get AVO to custom make a set for me, so are fully adjustable. I've not slammed it yet as they've not been set up and half the engine & interior is missing.

It might go a bit lower when finished but to be honest while it looks good it creates more problems than it's worth

looking good

Trade plates are to drive with no tax arnt they???

looking good ross,quality 2nd name on the back door windows anaw,where did ye get the sunstrip done

Trade plates cover everything ross

what a car with no mot or tax? or being road legal i.e it wouldnt pass a mot?

TRADE LICENCES
A trade licence is a concession available to a motor trader or vehicle tester to enable him to use, on a road repairable at public expense, a motor vehicle which is (a) not Licensed or (b) not licensed at the correct rate of duty, without contravening the legal requirement that a vehicle licence be in force for the vehicle. A pair of trade plates is issued with the trade licence for display on the front and rear of a vehicle and they can be transferred from one vehicle to another.

They are issued under Section 11 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 and a person may hold more than one trade licence. The licence and trade plates can be used only for a business purpose and one which is authorised by Part V of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 1971. Many operators and drivers believe that the use of trade plates on a vehicle provides exemption from many legal requirements. That is not the case. The only blanket exemptions for a vehicle used under a trade licence are from operators' licensing and, if used unladen, from plating and testing. A, trade licence gives no exemption itself from drivers' hours and tachograph rules or from LGV driver licensing requirements but the vehicle driven could come within a general exemption contained within these rules according to the type of vehicle or its use at the time.

AUTHORISED PURPOSE
A motor trader must not use a motor vehicle under a trade licence for any purpose other than a business purpose and an authorised purpose.

A business purpose is one:

1. connected with his business as a manufacturer or repairer of or dealer in mechanically propelled vehicles;

2. connected with his business as a manufacturer or repairer of or dealer in trailers carried on in conjunction with his business as a motor trader; or

3. connected with his business of modifying vehicles (by fitting accessories or otherwise) or valeting vehicles.

An authorised purpose is:

(a) test or trial of the vehicle or its accessories or equipment in the ordinary course of construction, modification or repair or after their completion.

(b) going to or or from a public weighbridge for finding the vehicle's unladen weight or going to a place of registration or inspection by a person acting for the Secretary of State;

(c) test or trial of the vehicle for the benefit of a prospective purchaser, or going to or from such test or trial;

(d) test or trial of the vehicle for the benefit of a person interested in promoting publicity about it, or going to or from such test or trial;

(e) delivering the vehicle to the place where the purchaser intends to keep it,

(f) demonstrating the operation of the vehicle, its accessories or equipment when being handed over to the purchaser;

(g) (i) delivering the vehicle from one part of his premises to another part of his premises,

(ii) delivering it to or from his premises to the premises of, or between parts of the premises of, another motor trader, or

(iii) removing it from the premises of another motor trader direct to his own premises;

(h) going to, or returning from, a workshop in which a body or a special type of equipment or accessory is to be, or has been, fitted to the vehicle or in which it is to be, or has been, painted, valeted or repaired;

(i) going from the premises of a motor trader to a place where the vehicle is to be transported by train, ship or aircraft, or going to the premises of a motor trader from a place to which it has been so transported;

(j) going to or returning from any garage, auction room or other place at which vehicles are usually stored or usually or periodically offered for sale and at which the vehicle is to be or has been stored or offered for sale;

(k) going to or returning from a place where the vehicle is to be or has been tested or going to a place where it is to be broken up or dismantled.

In (a) to (k) above, a motor vehicle which draws a trailer is deemed to be a single vehicle. This means that if the trailer comes within one of these purposes the motor vehicle does too. A motor vehicle manufacturer who keeps a motor vehicle for research and development can use it on a road under a trade licence for research and development purposes only. A vehicle in his temporary possession can be used for purposes a. to k.

A vehicle tester can use a trade licence only for testing motor vehicles and trailers, or their accessories and equipment, in the course of his business as a vehicle tester.

CARRIAGE OF GOODS
A motor trader may not carry goods on a vehicle used under a trade licence except the following types of goods and only when the vehicle is used for the authorised purposes specified:

1. a load for testing or demonstrating the vehicle, its accessories or equipment and which is returned to the place of loading (except when demonstrating its equipment, in case of accident or if the load consists of water, fertiliser or refuse) when used within (a), (c), (d) or (f) above;

2. a vehicle used or to be used for travel from or to the place of collection or delivery when carried by a vehicle being delivered or collected within (e) to (j) above,

3. a load built in as part of the vehicle or permanently attached to it,

4. parts, accessories or equipment designed to be fitted to the vehicle and tools for fitting them when used within (g), (h) or (i) above,

5. a trailer when the carrying vehicle is used within (e), (h) or (i) above.

A motor vehicle manufacturer or vehicle tester can carry in a vehicle only (a) a load for testing the vehicle, its accessories and equipment and which is returned to the place of loading without having been removed, unless it is removed in testing or in case of accident or (b) a load built in as part of the vehicle or permanently attached to it. For the purposes of the restrictions on carrying goods, an articulated vehicle is deemed to be a single vehicle.

CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS
The holder of a trade licence must not use a vehicle under the licence to carry a person on the vehicle who is not carried in connection with the authorised purpose.

THE LICENCE HOLDER
A trade licence can be held by: (a) a motor trader, for motor vehicles from time to time temporarily in his possession in the course of his business as a motor trader. A motor trader is (1) a manufacturer or repairer of, or dealer in, motor vehicles; (ii) a person whose business is wholly or mainly in collecting and delivering motor vehicles; (iii) a person whose business is that of modifying vehicles (whether by fitting accessories or otherwise) before the vehicle's first UK registration; or (iv) a person whose business is valeting vehicles. (b) a vehicle tester, for motor vehicles submitted to him for testing in the course of his vehicle-testing business. A vehicle tester is a person, other than a motor trader, whose business is to regularly test, on roads, motor vehicles belonging to other people; (c) a motor trader who is a manufacturer of motor vehicles, for vehicles in his possession as a motor trader; for vehicles kept and used by him for research and development in the course of his business as a manufacturer, including other manufacturers' vehicles submitted for road tests. A trade licence cannot be held by a person whose business is solely to do with trailers.

Also this too, excerpt from DVLA Guidance Notes on Trade Licences:

So, you cannot use the car in any way, it has to be towed/trailered to anywhere you wish it to go.

The guy that owns Autotechnique also owns a graphics company so they did quite a few of the stickers. To be honest I'm n ot that impressed with the quality of the cut graphics, but the sun strips seem to be good

Got them for free so can't complain :angel:

Need to update the website with more pics!!! Looks very professional!

What were avos customer service like? I need to get my coils refurbed and heard bad things about their customer service. Wonder wether to go to else where to get them done.

Ross this is looking great! Cant wait to see the rest!

Hmm,

I agree with most, the previous colours really suited it, but i guess that is because we are used to seeing it in that livery.

White does suit the zs, but i think the touring car will need something more to make it look right.

Looks a good job though !

George

Yeah the KWR MG looked really odd in white too. Less in your face I suppose but still looks good.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...13_86291_n.jpg

I think it suits it

Looks pretty good Ross, nice boot badge ;)

i love it :D

not so keen on the spoiler but its to your tastes

a subtle nod using a combination of a ZS badge and a ZT badge :yes: Still got a few graphic to stick on the back... I think it looks a bit sparse :sad:

You need to send me some stickers for it dude

It came with it :blush:

A little know fact is that the spoiler actually doesn't do much for downforce... it's more there for looks :slap:

will do Ross, i will get my mate to make me some up :)

I like this project, awesome track car when its done!