New Zealand Car Construction Manual

[JoeC]

Not sure if this has been posted before, did not find in a quick forum search

Looks like there is some good government support for hot rods in New Zealand, here is what seems to be a comprehensive construction manual to help ease certification there

541 pages, free as a pdf, to me there seems to be some good ideas here

https://www.lvvta.org.nz/shop/new-zealand-car-construction-manual-full-version/

Anyone from The Shire have any experience with this?

Happy New Year

 

[PG409]

Good link…thanks Joe

 

[John in Oz]

Not sure if this has been posted before, did not find in a quick forum search

Looks like there is some good government support for hot rods in New Zealand, here is what seems to be a comprehensive construction manual to help ease certification there

541 pages, free as a pdf, to me there seems to be some good ideas here

rsion/https://www.lvvta.org.nz/shop/new-zealand-car-construction-manual-full-ve

Anyone from The Shire have any experience with this?

Happy New Year

The NZHRA set most of that up because they could see future problems, where here in Australia you can't get the states of the AHRA to agree with anything, bloody egos get in the way here. A guy I know sold a car to N.Z and they knocked it on seat belt mounts. I know a man here who build excellent glass bodies an the N.Z system wanted every seat belt mount to be tested and certified but another manufacturer has no worries an dthe belt mounts are very similar. So the guy who builds the better bodies said he doesn't need that B.S so wont export bodies to N.Z unless someone buys them and takes the responsibility for that.\

 

[MGTSTUMPY]

Unlike Australia with six (6) states and territories, each competing against the other, NZ seems to have gotten all their ducks in a row. Down here we have a national governing body with each state having a sub-committe with separate Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), each being subservient to individual state legislation.
Australia has National (Federal) Guidelines, based I believe on my state's existing guidelines, however NOT all state governments have adopted them. As a result each state has it's own individual agenda, there is no uniformity or consistency. My state doesn't require engineers to be involved in the build / inspection process whilst some other states do. In my view, the Australian system is totally dysfunctional and nothing like NZ, we could learn a thing or two from a it's approach. Albeit NZ is a smaller country with no separate states like here and competing interests. The skill set of qualified (Approved) engineers differs from state to state, some would be lucky to be able to differentiate between a gas cap and radiator cap when compared to others who definitely 'know their stuff', much like some TAC members. Transferring registration and inspection processes vary from state to state, what meets the standard in one state may not meet the standard in another state, much like Canada's provinces.
Sadly the hobby is becoming over commercialised at administrative level with groups / individuals profitting financially from voluntary positions to the detriment of the hobby. Many people are becoming disillusioned and seeking independent advise, like me, from competent engineers. My state is the only state, to my knowledge, that mandates membership of the national body as a pre-requiste to registration of your vehicle. Insofar as other states are concerned it is not mandatory so national membership is minimal; there by comparison to my state.
I've been following LVVTA for some time and note that testing etc, yet some deficient items identified there as not meeting relevant standards seem to fly under the radar and get approval here. Off my soapbox, normal service will now resume.
As reference here are the National guidelines (Street Rod manual) for Australia, you can download a PDF copy from link.

 

[351CFalcon]

. Transferring registration and inspection processes vary from state to state, what meets the standard in one state may not meet the standard in another state, much like Canada's provinces.

Even worse in the US