Old vehicle rego exemptions

[Coyote]

My brother recently bought a 1972 Holden Kingswood Ute. It was first registered in 1972, rego has been on hold for the last year. I remember hearing bikes registered before a certain time didn't have to have indicators and several other things. I was wondering if my brother's car was exempt from anything on the warrant sheet?

[scumdog]

My brother recently bought a 1972 Holden Kingswood Ute. It was first registered in 1972, rego has been on hold for the last year. I remember hearing bikes registered before a certain time didn't have to have indicators and several other things. I was wondering if my brother's car was exempt from anything on the warrant sheet?

Meh, not a lot less than it came with.

OK: No airbags, ABS, hi-stop, rear seat-belts....all the stuff 'modern' cars require for a WOF.

[Subike]

the car only has to have fitted to it what was fitted at the time of manufacture .
If the vehicle has been on hold, then a std WOF is all that it needed.
If the vehicle is up for reregistration, then it has to be complianced, that include a "on the hoist wheels removed" inspection of the brakes.
Pre 1965 vehicles dont have to have seat belts in some models
You will find that the 72 holden ute,HQ?, need seatbelts, they were fitted in the factory with them.
Im sure others will add to this.

[Motu]

Whatever front seat belts it had OE are ok,no rear belts required.Doesn't need a laminated windscreen,toughened is cool.No park lights required....something that could come into it with an HQ - some HQ's had park lights in the bumper with the indicator,some were in the headlamp.So you could end up with both or none if someone has been swapping parts.You'll have to replace the steering idler.

[koba]

also you will get cheap rego in 2012.

[imdying]

You'll have to replace the steering idler.

Hahahah, now you're showing your experience

[Coyote]

Whatever front seat belts it had OE are ok,no rear belts required.Doesn't need a laminated windscreen,toughened is cool.No park lights required....something that could come into it with an HQ - some HQ's had park lights in the bumper with the indicator,some were in the headlamp.So you could end up with both or none if someone has been swapping parts.You'll have to replace the steering idler.

It's got working park lights and it doesn't have a rear seat. What's a steering idler?

Are reverse lights needed? And no lenience toward smoky motors I assume?

[Motu]

Reverse lights have never been needed,the only regulations are on switching.Red motors don't smoke - unless really really really really rooted.Unless it has a V8...but who would choose an unreliable V8 over the indestructible 202? The steering idler is the worn part in the steering.

[Coyote]

Reverse lights have never been needed,the only regulations are on switching.Red motors don't smoke - unless really really really really rooted.Unless it has a V8...but who would choose an unreliable V8 over the indestructible 202? The steering idler is the worn part in the steering.

It has a 186. It's meant to have more power than a 202 apparently, higher compression. Sounds excellent. But if it's rooted, a 202 is a cheap replacement. 80's Commodores have fuel injected ones that fit straight in from what we're told (though I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm going to get told otherwise...).

The car has been half arsed checked by a local mechanic who's meant to know his stuff. Apparently it just needs the foot down at top gear to clear the crap out since it's been sitting around for a while. Several other backyard mechanics we know agree with that.

[Motu]

It must be an HG then,rather than HQ...maybe a late rego? HG was the best Holden ever made.

[cs363]

Definitely a 186? Some HQ's had 173's, unless of course someone's done a swap at some stage?

Which one of these does it look like?

[Coyote]

It must be an HG then,rather than HQ...maybe a late rego? HG was the best Holden ever made.

Definitely a 186? Some HQ's had 173's, unless of course someone's done a swap at some stage?

Which one of these does it look like?

It's definitely an HQ. Dad had a sedan when I was 4 (earliest memory is the ash tray on the back of the brown vinyl bench seat, good times) and I've restored a couple lately. So we're not too ignorant and know that much.

And it has 186 cast into the side of the engine block. Has a 202 rocker cover for some reason

This is the car. It's rougher looking than it appears in the photos. The seats you can see through the window were what they came with but my brother has since put in an original seat from Pick-a-part. Slightly torn but much nicer and only $30.

[James Deuce]

186 ain't stock, and the 173s were Belmonts, I think. The 202 rocker cover will be from the original motor that was probably part of a short block exchange. Because it had asploded.

I had an HT with the shittiest 308 ever. Everything blew in that motor. Shoulda kept the 253.

[bungbung]

I had an HT with the shittiest 308 ever. Everything blew in that motor. Shoulda kept the 253.

Should have bought a ford

My first car was a XC ute

[Dealer]

I had an HK with the 186, and a Landrover 88 with a 179 which i replaced with the 186. Good motors in both, never gave me any problems, apart from timing cogs. Did my best to cook the 179 but it never gave up. Oh and snapping valve springs in the Landrover 186.