[stephen low]

A thoughful piece Baz.

With an RMC clone in the G-Force I would concur with the apparent observation that there doesn't appear to be too much documentation being kept by some manufacturers on a chassis by chassis basis.

I had some similiar but far less in-depth questions asked and clearly the generic testing was also being used to support my chassis's design capabilities.

By the grace of a less officious and demanding Vic-Roads and quite perhaps the engineers I was using, the validities of the tests for my chassis were accepted. Must say though my chassis was quite old so probably close to the original version, if any changes had been made.

It may push the price up for manufacturers to better document the process but as you say, the manufacturer, owner and traffic authorities then have a far easier time getting approvals done. This in the end negates the extra expense anyway.

Appears things are a whole lot better up there with the bureaucracy now so one can only hope that future builders are less hamstrung.

Anyway enjoy the car now that you are there.

Cheers

Steve