Hi,
I assume that a tidy 80" tub is worth a few bob? Back axle? I wouldn't bother with the original springs.
Way back in my days at DVLA, I pondered (in my own time) on the legality of converting the back end of a van into trailer. I had read something in the DVLA rules (VED offences, and presumably insurance) that a motor vehicle does not cease to be a motor vehicle, just because the engine has been removed.
I have also read that a vehicle on a ROW (and presumably anywhere else that the public have a RIGHT to access, even if they have to pay) must have registration plates, and a V5. Would that imply an SVA, if the chassis had be altered?
, so I kept my mouth shut ... until now.
And then there is the matter of brakes. The ACTUAL LADEN WEIGHT of an unbraked trailer must not exceed 750kgs, nor 50% of the kerbweight of the tow car. Probably irrelevant, but keep it in mind. I suspect (no more than that) that Sankey brakes are related to Series hand brakes ... rod operated and single leading shoes.
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