MOT test

16th April 2007

The day I had been dreading was here and I had previously booked an MOT with the most extensive tester in my area to ensure that my Beach Buggy was reliable and safe. The MOT station was a good 15mins drive away so I intended to have a nice drive down to the tester as there where some nice straight roads on route.

Although I was testing the Beach Buggy for road usage it was in no way finished as it still needed an interior and a good respray.

The morning of the test was a sunny one and I had time to look over the buggy to see if there was any problems that I had missed. I noticed that the side pods where a liittle wobbly on the rear of them so I bent some stainless up and made some small brackets which firmed the side pods up tremendously.

The MOT took and hour and I walked into the nearest town. On my return the buggy had failed on several points. I had not placed spilt pins in the steering assembly and the headlights where out of alignment.

I drove the buggy home and booked up a re-MOT the following week.

I had to admit defeat on the headlights and took the buggy into a garage to have the headlights adjusted.

The spilt pins was a 1hr each side to fit as the steering system had seized.

23rd April 2007

MOT passed with flying colours