Roadworthy in VIC for cars eligible for Club reg.

[Magee]

I may be wrong but I thought there was a bit of leniency for older cars that were to be on club reg. I am not referring to safety items only compliance issues such as emissions and minor modifications.

I have one car on club reg for over 5 years and another that I hope to have on the road this year.

I recently had chat with several roadworthy guys and was told pretty clearly there are no concessions for club reg cars. The car must be complaint to the year it was manufactured and is treated the same as any other vehicle. Since my ute is a 1978 model. I need to fit all of the emissions gear that was on that model.

Second if there are issues due to the lack of new replacement parts and the example used was a torn door seal. You still need to find a solution and cannot argue that I cannot buy new or good second hand parts. My car is okay since rare spares stocks the seals for my model but there are many other bits you cannot buy new.

Not sure if this is recent change to crack down on the clunkers that are out on the roads every day with club reg, but I would be interested to hear if anyone has taken their project car in for a Roadworthy to get club reg and had the same feedback.