I was considering ditching the VLT project I had planned and go for an XY 351, after seeing my mate's one lol. Just wanted to know, is it legal for P-platers to drive this? and will I be able to get insurance?

Yeah should be able to mate, its power to weight and they would way roughly close to 2 tonnes? correct me if im wrong. You should be right if you dont work it too much.

im not too sure how much they weigh, all i know is that its alot lol and yeah roughly close to 2 tonnes, not sure bout the power output of the 351 though, thanks for the help, but if anyone could give me a definate answer i'd appreciate it. Just wanna be 100% sure ya know Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Unfortunantly its a big no, my friend bought one when he turned 18 for his p's then was told he wasnt allowed to drive it before he was off them. He waited in pure agony to get his full liecense and has been driving it ever since thren. Oh yeah hes ford crazy!

pffth of course u can drive it, might not be permitted by law but IFFF you got caught you'd only get a small fine.

just say its a 302, you should be ok, i was!

yeh u should be sweet man 1 of my mates had a xy ute wif a 351 in it he drove it for ages and never got in to trouble i dunno bout insurance though ??

my good mate has a xy 351, gt replica and he just says its a 302 or a 302 with minor work, he has spoken to a fair bit of police officers and most say its ok to drive a worked 302 but if it was the genuine 351 gt then no

my mates got an xb 351, in the original owners manual the 351 has 240kw stock but im not sure about the weight. BTW, we got pulled up one night and the cops were more interested in going over our mates stock mx6 with all the usuall wings and crap than the 351 with the shaker out the bonnet, they told us to take off and checked out the mx6 for about 10 mins.

XB GT had 224kW stock.

haha yeah sorry i meant to type that , came out wrong

just make sure u dont have rocker covers with a big '351' on em lol

What's an XY without the 351 badges?!

u wouldnt want big 351 badges if u were trying to tell the johnny hoppers its a 302

lol...so with a 302, its ok then?

Also if your in Melbourne you may want to find out the new rule about p plates not alowed to drive v8 or some crap, comes in sometime next year. Im not sure what it is, could be a crock of **** too, but thought id mention it.

Yeah heard bout that law, it sux, vic government is a bunch of losers.

XY's are fair collectable these days, and more so if you get a genuine 351, so don't expect any miracles when it comes to trying to get insurance. But luckily the Clevo's had the same block, so essentially a 302 is a 351 with new crank, rods n pistons Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

get the rocker covers with "302" printed on them they look crap but u know whats really under the hood Some original photos have not been recovered yet.