Sparty Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 The TSSC is listed as The Club for all Triumph enthusiasts, but what about kit cars ,I may be getting a Vitesse based Spartan ,which uses chassis engine & all running gear from a Triumph. Just not sure if this is accepted by the club or frowned upon because an original Triumph would have been destroyed in the past to build it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 the club has many specials and kit car members and a whole section the monthly magazine "the courier" dedicated to specials Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparty Posted March 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Thanks thats great to hear . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Groves Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Trevor Collett is the Specials Secretary (and my cousin-in-law), he'd be delighted to hear from you and maybe get some details of your car for a feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 A slight word of caution re the spartan. Check to see if it is registered as a spartan, of if it still says vitesse. This may be important, do your own research. (ie you can't insure it as a vitesse, but if it says vitesse on the V5, it will be nigh on impossible to change it I expect, though there may be a way) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Check when the Spartan was last on the road. Legislation killed off a good few that were incorrectly registered, and it all but impossble to get them on the road now. I was lucky with my Moss, The LVLO changed it when it had not become an issue, many were not so lucky. It is not usually possible to get an old kit-car through an IVA/SVA. You could always convert it back into a Vitesse.. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparty Posted March 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Registration seems ok ,it is registered as a Triumph Spartan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparty Posted March 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 I have now rang DVLA & they definitely have it registered as a Triumph Spartan, so far it all looks good so looks like organising transport to get it home now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 That looks handy then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparty Posted March 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Thanks for all the great advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 Just not sure if this is accepted by the club or frowned upon because an original Triumph would have been destroyed in the past to build it. If it kept another car on the road then it was worthwhile… senseless destruction of good cars i.e. banger racing are one thing; breaking an end-of-life car to save others helps us all. Done it myself more than once… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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