After two years and two months (mostly on weekends and Public Holidays), it is time to take the Landy Rover down to the local garage for them to 'mark all of my homework' and perform a safety check on the vehicle. Due to the Landy Rover being born in 1960, this is before the first Australian Design Rules (ADR), so the rules are quite forgiving and not as stringent as cars after 1969 and more modern cars. Back in 1960, seatbelts were not mandatory, so technically, they were not needed for the test; however, I have installed them because it is pretty crazy not to have them.

I did concede defeat on the brakes after getting through 5 litres of brake fluid, bleeding, rebleeding, replacing everything, rebleeding again and using multiple bad words at it, I took to the repair garage for them to resolve the brake issues.
What was the issue? I didn't install the lower bolt on the master cylinder tightly enough, and vibrations from the few test drives made it fall off. How embarrassing is that!

Now that the Safety Certificate was received, it was time to go to Queensland Transport to pay the registration fees, the rather expensive Third Party Insurance and a bit of tax to get her registered!.

The challenge with this was that Queensland Transport was 56 km away, and the Landy Rover had only ever driven 14km in one go. Not willing to risk any issues along the way (still in baby steps mode!) I drove there in a modern car, expecting them to say they needed to inspect the vehicle, but they didn't care. They just asked me to complete a Statutory Declaration to say that I purchased the car and didn't steal it (I didn't have a receipt), paid the money and then left. How easy was that!