test ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 9:06 PM Subject: Re: How to log Book a race car.
> Hey Dominic, > > Got any pics of the car? > > Mark. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dominic Votano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "GtiR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Datsun Club" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 4:26 PM > Subject: How to log Book a race car. > > > > > > > > I have just completed log booking two dedicated race cars and thought this > > topic may be of interest to anyone that is thinking of doing it. To > compete > > at higher levels of motor sport your car must be log booked > > > > For a registered car > > > > The 1977 Datsun Stanza was purchased as a road registered but not CAMS log > > booked rally car. It was bought with a full Roll cage (ROP Roll Over > > Protection) and suitable for most forms of Rally or racing, It is a > > Production car containing nothing built after 1977 and nothing that could > > not have been fitted in a Datsun of that Age. Brakes, gearbox and > > suspension are permitted certain freedoms. > > > > You firstly call CAMS and ask for a log book if the car is already > > registered, simple forms are filled in with the only complex form being > > accreditation of ROP. You must have a 2S or higher cams license and be a > > member of a CAMS car club. The fee for a log book is $63.00. > > > > The certification of ROP requires someone to take ownership of the cage > and > > certify that it is built to CAMS requirements. Thickness, strength etc are > > all taken into account and a drawing of the cage and supports is needed. > > Generally certification should only be done by an engineer or the actual > > manufacturer of the cage. > > > > For an unregistered car > > > > The 1991 GtiR has no compliance and is imported with race or rally > approval > > only. These cars are commonly available for about half the price of a > fully > > complianced car. The log book is still completed the same way. The car at > > this stage has no ROP and is usable as a club car. IE Supersprints, > > motorkhana, Grand Prix Rally. (Just about anything that you only need a > > level 2 license for) > > > > When the log book arrives (approx 14 days) you take the car to a dual > > purpose Blue slip provider such as MRT who fills in the rest of the forms > > and provides you with a completed blue slip. CTP and REGO are still needed > > and cost the same as if the car is fully registered. The car becomes a > > dedicated rally vehicle (even if used for circuit racing). This allows the > > vehicle on public roads only to go to and from and during CAMS sanctioned > > events and to and from mechanical repairers. > > > > > > I hope this helps anyone wanting to log book a car. > > > > Dominic Votano > > www.premierstrata.com.au > > www.unitliving.info > > Premier Strata > > Ph 9630 7500 > > Fx 9630 1915 > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
