What all of em?
Basically the Locost must meet the Australian Design Rules current at the time the vehicle is registered – but the Department of Transport makes some consessions for home -built vehicles. I strongly recomend you telephone the Department on (08) 9351 1681 and specifically ask for Reno Marchesi (the ‘kit and custom vehicle man’ as at January 1999) in the Vehicle Safety Branch. Warning – don’t ring the 13 11 56 ‘recorded information’ number and don’t ring the 9320 9320 number and ask a ‘general’ question, as you will be ‘on hold’ for almost an hour (true! been there – done that!). As the Department probably gets a lot of telephone calls from dreamers and tyre kickers, they ask you to write in briefly describing your project and to request a copy of the “Guidelines for Kit and Custom Vehicles”. The Guide lists applicable Australian Design Rules and briefly outlines some consessions concerning alternatives to full ADR testing. It also includes a ‘Wheel Tyre fitment guide’ and a diagram on R
