But what period is it?
It's perfectly legal to modify a vehicle after testing, as you'd modify any normal vehicle, as long as it still complies to the construction & use/MOT regulations & you notify DVLA of any major changes, like engine size or colour.
Yes Chris, news from the vallieys today.
I contacted Ifan in Cardiff last week -is that the valleys, or the hills? Anyway, it's been exactly a year since I gave him my doors to modify & after an initial day of activity, there's been no progress. To be fair, he did say he'd fit them in between other jobs, but even if I had everything else finished, I'd be going nowhere without them.
So a few days ago I told him I'd be over to collect them next Monday, (I've got a week's holiday), & this morning I booked a hire van for next week.
Ta-dah! They're done. We'll, mostly. Still a few bits to finish, like the 1/4 light frames need re-shaping & welding, but the bulk of it's done.
He's welded in the metal 1941 Mercury interior window trims that I bought on eBay -I chopped them into sections & reworked them to suit the chopped window openings.
They have integral 1/4 lights, so when the trims are removed, the 1/4 lights come out with them -but not now cos they're welded in.
He's welded in the new bottom panels with the reflector recesses in them, made for me by Hornet.
He's welded in the new window runners I had made up.
He's currently modifying the Pop window winders to work with the shorter windows.
Tomorrow he's cutting the bottoms out of the doors & replacing them with removable panels, to make fitting the glass easier by sliding it up from underneath.
I'm not sure if he's trimmed the door edges back & welded them where the outer skin was coming apart in a couple of places -I'll talk to him about that tomorrow. He also hasn't fitted the new 1/4 light latches I bought, to replace the unobtainable able original that I stupidly broke.
So a few jobs left to do on them, plus I may have to recess the front corners of the interior trims to clear the ends of the dashboard, but won't know for certain until I fit them.
He tells me they're free of charge because they took so long, but I'll pay him anyway. I don't expect anyone to work for free.
So another piece of the puzzle coming together at last