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Duncan Grand Master

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yeah pretty much. you need a CAMS scruitineer (and a heap of patience) for the initial rego but after that all you need is the license.

no chance of a URL, this is CAMS we are talking about. The paperwork they sent out for me was for a system that had been shut down about 18 months before. Anyway, call the state office and tell them you need to register an uncomplied/imported rally car - see if they have updated the doco.

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Thought I might chuck my 2 cents worth in.

I like the towcar/trailer way of doing it. It means you don't have to fill the car up with all your gear.

Lets face it,,, older GTR's are not the most reliable thing (or for that matter any racecar/track car) and driving to somewhere close like eastern creek

and breaking something can turn into a real hassle on a Sunday afternoon at 4.00pm.

Personally I see nothing wrong with buying a 2nd hand trailer. We bought our new one in 2004 cost just over 4 grand and it has never let us down.

Having said that it will be for sale soon and whoever buys it is going to get a bloody great trailer.

Racewerx trailer was a piece of shit to start with and no amount of money is going to make it great. It is dubed the "Death Trailer" for good reason.

The tow vehicle does come with issues if you buy the wrong car. Late model IRS utes are a joke. Everybody I have spoken to curses themselves as the rear end never stops sagging.

One guy uses a ba ute,,,tows a Mini on a single axle trailer and he lives at the dealership getting the rear end fixed all the time. It has even rubbed the bottom of the mudflaps.

Which ever way you jump you NEED insurance. Car and trailer or just the rally rego car.

Have fun.

Neil.

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yeah pretty much. you need a CAMS scruitineer (and a heap of patience) for the initial rego but after that all you need is the license.

no chance of a URL, this is CAMS we are talking about. The paperwork they sent out for me was for a system that had been shut down about 18 months before. Anyway, call the state office and tell them you need to register an uncomplied/imported rally car - see if they have updated the doco.

So can a registered and complied vehicle be deregistered and then re- registered as race rally use..

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Yeah the cars jus gotten to the point where i dont drive it on the road at all anymore jus to much hassle, and no point really. Hard to justify the price of rego for the few outings it gets to OP and workshops. Do i need a certain CAMS liscence or is L2S enough to obtain race/rally rego.

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Duncan Grand Master

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best thing to do for sure Mal is to contact the brokers and get them to look for you. They won't put most rnr cars on their wesbite because the market is too small, but they would be offered cars like that all the time.

I would (and did) talk to Jo@Powerplay Imports and see what she can find for you. For instance....she found a Group A gtr for Terry AShwood a couple of years ago. He didn't end up buying it but it gives you the idea. There would be lots of old super gt cars around, would love to pick up one of those one day.

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best thing to do for sure Mal is to contact the brokers and get them to look for you. They won't put most rnr cars on their wesbite because the market is too small, but they would be offered cars like that all the time.

I would (and did) talk to Jo@Powerplay Imports and see what she can find for you. For instance....she found a Group A gtr for Terry AShwood a couple of years ago. He didn't end up buying it but it gives you the idea. There would be lots of old super gt cars around, would love to pick up one of those one day.

hmmmm....what Group A GTR was that do you know? Was it the won bought back recently?

Trust33 Grand Master

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Thought I might chuck my 2 cents worth in.

I like the towcar/trailer way of doing it. It means you don't have to fill the car up with all your gear.

Lets face it,,, older GTR's are not the most reliable thing (or for that matter any racecar/track car) and driving to somewhere close like eastern creek

and breaking something can turn into a real hassle on a Sunday afternoon at 4.00pm.

Personally I see nothing wrong with buying a 2nd hand trailer. We bought our new one in 2004 cost just over 4 grand and it has never let us down.

Having said that it will be for sale soon and whoever buys it is going to get a bloody great trailer.

Racewerx trailer was a piece of shit to start with and no amount of money is going to make it great. It is dubed the "Death Trailer" for good reason.

The tow vehicle does come with issues if you buy the wrong car. Late model IRS utes are a joke. Everybody I have spoken to curses themselves as the rear end never stops sagging.

One guy uses a ba ute,,,tows a Mini on a single axle trailer and he lives at the dealership getting the rear end fixed all the time. It has even rubbed the bottom of the mudflaps.

Which ever way you jump you NEED insurance. Car and trailer or just the rally rego car.

Have fun.

Neil.

what does the rally insurance cover? whats the cost like? and is it like road car insurance where people pay more or less depending on their age?

Duncan Grand Master

Duncan

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no he didn't end up agreeing on a price i think.

and its rally rego not rally insurance. My car runs rally rego with limited klm comprehensive insurance from shannons, it is super cheap, around 700pa for 35k agree value

Trust33 Grand Master

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no he didn't end up agreeing on a price i think.

and its rally rego not rally insurance. My car runs rally rego with limited klm comprehensive insurance from shannons, it is super cheap, around 700pa for 35k agree value

thats good on the full comp rally rego with insurance.

is that covered only when u are driving to and from events? and did you get insurance for the GTR in case somthing happens like. say the gtr gets damaged in between events whilst you are out on the streets while getting trailered 2 and from events?

Duncan Grand Master

Duncan

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its full comp insurance, there is just a 5000klm per year limit on usage. so theft, breakage, damage, street driving ont he way to events etc etc.

we have claimed the windscreen when it broke while we were working on it (oops), and could have made a claim (but chose not to) when this goose ran up the back of it (don't know how you can miss a yellow and purple race car?)

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