the story goes, a guy named Alex (not sure on surname) raced it and my uncle naved it. he hit a tree damaging it. my uncle then rebuilt it mainly to hoon about the beach and bush.
of course all thats changed from then and i want to race it.
my uncles name is Dale Roper, he also naved for Neville Boyes as well as driving.
i think he never thought to grab the log book, guessing he wasnt going to race it. so now th pipe work over haul begins.
and can anyone tell me if using the existing bottom rails is ok by cams? anyone know of someone i can call around here (newcastle area) for advice? i was planning on seeing Phill and getting him to introduce me to John Towers.
1: download the relevant parts of the manual from the CAMS website, print them out and sit down with a couple of highlighters and colour in any areas which seem to be a concern with your frame. It's not the easiest document understand with quite a few cross references. Start with GR-9 in the OFFROAD GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. Not having the logbook means you have to comply with current rules for all of it, If you can get the logbook some things only need to comply with the rules when the logbook was first issued. However there are some rules which apply to all frames no matter when the logbook was issued such as the side intrusion stuff.
2: the new biennial inspection thing requires the frame to be inspected without the floor in, plus your floor could easily be too thin, so start with removing the floor skin and see how bad the rust is. I'd go as far as suggesting you completely strip it and get it sand blasted to bare metal then give it a coat of WD40 and go over the bare frame carefully checking for tube sizes, weld quality, cracks and any rust pitting.
3: please stop calling it "pipe" that's what is used for plumbing, structural stuff is called "tube" It may sound pedantic but there is a very big difference, if you use pipe in your frame they wont let you race. Also if you find any pipe in critical parts of your frame you'll need to replace it with tube. It's not too expensive at about $20 a metre.
4: before spending any more money apart from the sand blasting develop a work list of everything that is required to bring it into compliance and budget it out, you may find that purchasing a used, logbooked vehicle will be cheaper.
I dont mean to put you off, I just want to save you money and disappointment if you sink a bunch of hours and dollars into it to find it's still not able to race.
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