Introduction and request for help (1 Viewer)

[NickTarn]

Hi all

Just joined and after some advice and help.

We have a Compass Cruiser 750 (2001) on an extended (by ALKO) Peugeot Boxer base vehicle. it is a UK constructed vehicle and is RHD. We are trying to register it in France and have hit a series of problems.

The three main problems are to do with the braking, the rear field of view and the forward facing seatbelts in the back.

The braking problem has been solved by ALKO

The field of view and rear seat belts could be solved by a letter from Erwin Hymer but they are unwilling to provide a document saying that they meet EU type approval. They say they cannot identify the vehicle as we cannot provide the SGE number, I have since found that pre about 2002 the number was not etched on the vehicle windows. We have none of the original vehicle documents.

As I understand it when a Motor home is first designed it has to obtain class approval, which would involve a field of view test and a destructive test on the rear seatbelts.

A type approval number is put on a plate under the VIN. We have found our VIN plate but there is no type approval number on it.

Does anyone out there have a Compass Cruiser 750 and could let me know if there is a type approval number on the VIN plate and does anyone have the original documents with reference to the rear seat belt mounting and fixings.

We are reading a stage where we might have to bring the vehicle back to the UK and sell it.

Best Regards

Nick

 

[Vipar]

Greetings peeps welcome from Bexley

 

[David and Sally]

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[Swifter]

Hello and welcome

 

[rnb100]

Hello.

 

[ambulancekidd]

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[DBK]

Welcome! I think you know the answer, bring it back to the UK where it will be snapped up and then buy another in France.

 

[NickTarn]

Hi DBK

Yes I think you are right but we have spent over a year trying to get this done and it seems a shame to give up now.

Regards

Nick

 

[Lenny HB]

The problem with vehicles of that age there is no Certificate of Conformity so I think you are fighting a losing battle. Best to throw the towel in and sell it in the UK.

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[jonsea]

Hi and

 

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[Gromett]

Hi and welcome.

I know it's not what you want to hear but I suspect your best option is as others have said. Sell it in the UK and buy a French van. The UK market is pretty hot at the moment so you shouldn't have any issues selling it quickly and should get a very good price for it.

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[Grumpyfrog]

Hope you get sorted one way or another.

 

[Mountain man]

Hi welcome from the Highlands of Scotland

 

[davidbaldam]

Hi and welcome to FUN.

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[HugoBNB]

Welcome

 

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[Nanniemate]

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[AndyPK]

Welcome from Ciren!
(come back to the UK to sell.........)

 

[f6c]

Welcome aboard

 

[Snoopy]

Hi and welcome

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