Thread: Need help on bus origins.
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03-03-2013 04:36 PM #1
It's a b***dy farce.
Justin can do nothing...it's well out of his sphere now...LVVTA (Justin's crowd,) are completely out of the picture, Land Transport are controlling every facet of it now.
I can't blame Noel McMillin; he can only do what LTSA tell him to do.
And it appears to me that one fella in LTSA has a snitch on either Noel or myself.
We have never before had a vehicle take more than three days to go through certification.
First off was their (read 'his',) insistence that it had to be classified as a 'heavy goods vehicle'.
Okay, I don't like it; but I can live with it.
Just let it be certified!
But no.
The next 'requirement' was the pink slip for the pick-up truck that the donor chassis came from.
We managed to get it.
Okay; now certify it!
But no.
The next 'requirement' was the FMVSS (Federal Moto Vehicle Safety Standard) sticker from said truck.
I'd got shot of that cab over two years ago, but managed to track it down.
Thankfully it was still intact, and I was able to get photographs of the FMVSS tag.
But why oh why would such things be needed?
The body now on the truck chassis does not resemble in any way, shape, or form the initial body.
So the FMVSS is now totally irrelevant.
And essentially, in New Zealand, the pink slip is meaningless.
Prevarication?
I drew my own conclusions.
So now certify it!
Sigh.
The K member we put in to support the gear-box has been okayed.
And the drive-shaft loops.
The jury's still out on the steering.
And that's where things stand. (Stand being the operative word!) It's still not certified.
I'd thought of contacting my local Member of Parliament about it, with LTSA being a Government entity; but was told by those that know and understand how the 'system' works that that would actually prove to be a negative move.
My hands are tied...there's nowt more I can do...until the next stupid demand sends me off on another meaningless wild goose chase.
Its gone past ice cream...we're in rum territory now!
And doubles at that!
.johnboy
Mountain man. (Retired.)
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'47 Ford sedan. 350 -- 350, Jaguar irs + ifs.
'49 Morris Minor. Datsun 1500cc, 5sp manual, Marina front axle, Nissan rear axle.
'51 Ford school bus. Chev 400 ci Vortec 5 sp manual + Gearvendors 2sp, 2000 Chev lwb dually chassis and axles.
'64 A.C. Cobra replica. Ford 429, C6 auto, Torana ifs, Jaguar irs.
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