relaxed national hotrod laws!

blackers10 · 01-10-2006, 03:42 AM

hey guys
i was told by my dad today who was informed by my uncle(who has a tbucket) that the laws on hotrods have been made national..
and that you can now put a supercharged 454 big block into anything that weighs more than 1200kg or was it 1500kg.. anyway.. and it can be street registered not just restricted registered!!

anybody know any more info?
time to plan that 32 tudor sooner than i thought

Josh_XC · 01-10-2006, 12:40 PM

Sorry to say i aint sure if thats true, it would be great if it was, but i dont see it been a national thing. (i could be wrong)

VSSII · 01-10-2006, 06:23 PM

3rd hand information? Got anything to confirm this? There are no national regulations or Acts so you may be misinformed.

BJ · 01-10-2006, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by blackers10

hey guys
i was told by my dad today who was informed by my uncle(who has a t bucket) that the laws on hotrods have been made national..
and that you can now put a supercharged 454 big block into anything that weighs more than 1200kg or was it 1500kg.. anyway.. and it can be street registered not just restricted registered!!

anybody know any more info?
time to plan that 32 Tudor sooner than i thought

You are Qld aren't you. I might please you to know that the law up there never changed.
As for the rest of the country it isn't so and never will be. Until i have the paper work in front of me i will never believe it.
All car's that are built 2006 or what ever year it is built will have to comply with the current ADR's of the year of build weather it is a Hot Rod or street machine. I suggest you get your info from the governing bodies instead of second or third hand. Bj

blackers10 · 01-10-2006, 07:48 PM

well my uncle who is in the hotrod association.. told my dad who told me
but ill ask my uncle for the info tho.. so i can give you some idea where it came from
and yes i am in QLD..

agony · 01-10-2006, 07:52 PM

I think I will just keep building mine to the plan I started and get SR plates on it.
Cheap rego, cheap insurance and that many events that it can be driven to and from that I dont see it worring me either way!

Allen · 01-10-2006, 07:58 PM

lol, they really need to change the definition of a hot rod to pre 78... :P Give the average person doing up an older car a lot more freedom...

Wont go down well with purists though...

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agony · 01-10-2006, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by fairlane_ghia

lol, they really need to change the definition of a hot rod to pre 78... :P Give the average person doing up an older car a lot more freedom...

Wont go down well with purists though...

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Dont think that will happen!

Isnt it at pre 48 at moment?? if so thats how it should stay.
50's 60's and 70's should stick to the rules like they do now.

Allen · 01-10-2006, 08:09 PM

yep its pre 48...

Not gunna happen, but wouldn't the build on your cusso been so much easier if it was classed as a hot rod??

We can only dream of relaxed rules... never going to happen though :P

Melz · 01-10-2006, 08:14 PM

As far as I know currently Vicroads is looking into the situation of modified, classics, veterans, vintage, etc cars down here... but no word until their meeting in a couple of weeks

agony · 01-10-2006, 08:14 PM

In a way it is mate. Mine is on SR plates and fairly free from rules and regs!

lowltd · 02-10-2006, 06:12 PM

Try this link to the Road Vehicle Certification system site with the Street Rod Manual for modification.
http://www.dotars.gov.au/transport/s...treet_rod.aspx
Should answer some of your questions.

bartaxr8 · 02-10-2006, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by fairlane_ghia

yep its pre 48...

Not gunna happen, but wouldn't the build on your cusso been so much easier if it was classed as a hot rod??

We can only dream of relaxed rules... never going to happen though :P

Not trying to nit pick but it is actually pre 49 cars, i.e 1948 cars are considered hot rods. Pre 48 means 1947 and earlier cars.

cedric · 02-10-2006, 11:01 PM

in queensland you can get full rego for most hot rods, but no big blocks or blowers,some miner polution gear (charcoal canister),wipers if a look through windsceen and covered fan belts ,heat gaurds for exaust etc.
hey BJ hows that toothless tiger going. looks like qld has the best rules AND the best footy team

blackers10 · 03-10-2006, 01:43 AM

was just askin my dad who my uncle got the info from and that was from the inspectors and some director or somthing for the QLD ASRF...

blackers10 · 04-10-2006, 03:06 AM

ok got word from my uncle
its for hte QLD part of hte ASRF which is voteing at the moment to join the national part(i think its all the eastern states at the moment or somthing)

as he got a letter in the mail about voting and yeah

the write up is on the asrf website in the members section on the last page i think.
ill get a link or the info when i speak to him next.