Insurance and Tax Concerns

[thelastbandit]

Ok, now you lot have got me seriously considering an 'ole Ford again, I have some questions for you. At the moment I own a Jap Import which despite being only 2.0L costs me, at 45, over £500 to insure, I once owned a 300BHP Corvette and because it was considered a classic, the Insurance was only £250, so my question is this, if I bought, for example, a MK1 Cortina, then transplanted a Cossie or better still small block Ford V8 into it, is it still classed as a Classic and therefore eligble for Classic Car Insurance and, better still, free road-tax or, because it has a newer, more powerful engine in it, is it classed as a Modified Car. Sorry if the answer to this is a no brainer, but things change so fast these days, it's hard to know what's what.

 

Thanks in advance...

[over_head_cam]

In a nutshell:

 

Yep. Do it. Cheap(er) insurance and if old enough, free tax. You know it makes sense

[james p]

dads prefect went into kit cr class du

e to the mods , that was evan cheaper than classics

[Posse]

yes deffo and osf cars beat japs

[thelastbandit]

Well that seems pretty clear then....

 

Ok next question is, and I hate to admit this, but I'm crap at doing what I call "big stuff" on cars, like engine transplants and stuff, so if I was able to find a suitable basic car, whatever it maybe (but got my eye on either a MK1 Cortina or Pop) can anyone recommend a good place where I can take the car, say put this engine in, put these struts and brakes in and I'll see ya in a few months?

 

I know it's a bit sad that I can't do this sort of stuff myself, but I'm just not mechanically inclined when it comes to this stuff (Computers are my thing)

It took more than a year to put the Rover V8 in my old Consul and in the end I had to pay someone else to fix my **** up, so I vowed there and then never to do it again. Rather have a and watch someone who knows what they are doing.

[over_head_cam]

It really all depends where you are based