Hi everybody. I'm Ioan from South Wales and a newly registered member here!. I'm nearly at the end of a 10 year SWB Manx build- Roll on the IVA!!
Welcome and good luck with the IVA
Cheers- Guess I'll need it! 😆
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Hello and welcome, post some photos, we like photos!
I built Meyers Manx UK-00-002 in 1999/2000 and still have it.
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Having trouble uploading photos at moment. Technophobe all round! 😆 I'll try again tomorrow! Format I'm guessing!! Arghhh!
Have you got a Postimages account?
A good news thread hope the IVA goes well.
Welcome. Exciting times if you are in the home straight of finishing the build.
Today's PHP vulnerability is causing mayhem on many web sites so I expect you'll be able to post images soon.
Any plans for showing new buggy off in the roads or at shows ?
Postimages account??? That's perhaps why i can't post images. Is this something easy to set up?
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Another buggy in Newport will please Dipsey Deb as she gets lonely at events she is around 20 miles from you in Beaufort
That looks terrific and definitely needs to be seen in action and at meetings.
Really well done.
Quote from: snoopy on October 23, 2026, 07:38:08 AMAnother buggy in Newport will please Dipsey Deb as she gets lonely at events she is around 20 miles from you in Beaufort
Thats only up the road!!
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And I thought i was the 'only buggy owner in the village!' 😆
Quote from: Hugh on October 23, 2026, 07:46:57 AMThat looks terrific and definitely needs to be seen in action and at meetings.
Really well done.
Cheers Hugh! Final hurdles as I'm
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prepping it for IVA!!! Complete rewire this week- wish me luck!!
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Another blank message!!!! Photos are a 'PIG' to get through!!!! Arghhhh!!
It`s a Hi from me. Put my buggy thro iva complete with windscreen, wipers, roll bar and so on. Take a look at my build thread in "members buggies" and navigate to "Birth Of A Buggy". All you need to get through IVA is there in great detail. Then go to the IVA thread where I have uploaded every document for IVA Application, IVA Inspection & 1st Registration with DVLA. Each field of each document is indicated with the correct response. All the documents are downloadable from the.gov site when the site is back on its feet.
Start saving a few bob..... The 1st registration via DVLA will cost you quite a lot more than you might imagine. They require 2 cheques. (This being the only payment method accepted).
Prior to 1st registration make a call to the K & R section at Swansea, (Kit`s & Rebuild`s). Tell them what you are doing and they will assign a "dedicated" co-worker" making contact quick and simple. You will get an instant email with further instruction.
Above all create a build log...... this must have details of each stage of your build along with accompanying photographs. Assemble something that indicates each years progress to the final date of assembly. This is a critical document. If you have the assemblies fitted to your buggy.... original steering, transaxle. VW build engine etc and can meet the " 8 point rule" and will be given an age related plate rather than a "Q" plate. (Free tax... well not initially but that`s another deep story).
Thanks sooooo much for this. I know its a pig of a procedure but ten years in- there's no going back. I'll read and digest what you have referenced. Many thanks again!!
Great to see you on here
We have had a few server issues over the last 48 hours or so due to the stuff going on in the media - hopefully sorted now, so pics should be easy to upload using the link on the bottom left
Cheers Dave!! I'll try posting some later!!