Although I am a bit out of it now, I suspect that much of it has to do with personnel on board at the time. Rather like a change of government, the incumbents need to front up and maybe, just maybe, there are people there now who are more pragmatic rather than idealistic?

In the case of Dave Silcock's Jag and my own car, they COULD have signed them off if they wanted to and all would be a lot rosier. How many others got caught in the same trap but just walked away from the sport? How many cars are just parked up in sheds because of their attitude and rules, not to mention gross overcharging at every step?

I still cannot see why my car is parked next to the car of the person who built my cage and my engine, as well as his own, and his not only has about double the horsepower, but competes in circuit racing and Targa type rallies, yet his cage is still legal and mine is not, yet mine was only ever built as a road car, with the expectation of maybe an occasional sprint or hillclimb, but it made sense to put in a cage whilst the bodyshell was stripped and to partially futureproof for any subsequent owner. Not submitting the paperwork in time as an excuse for not passing it, (even tough they'd already given permission to paint the car years earlier), is not helping anyone. Arse covering? They would have been in far deeper doo-doo if I'd removed the cage and full harness belts and then had a fatal!

What really irked was that although I applied for a logbook which was granted, apparently, when MSNZ found out that the LVVTA had passed the cage, they were going to cancel the logbook! Encouraging us to participate? I don't think so Tim.