Moron
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Exactly..............
Buying a stolen recovered 110 GJ61 FTA
- Thread starter Neville Lowry
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Gmacz
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Jusy get a standard vin plate and stamp the number on it yourself, no need for a land rover one. Chassis number modified, just run a grinder over it and clear it. You just need one way to identify for an mot, vin number stamped on a plate will do it.
Doesn't necessarily make it worthless. My 1998 is on a Q plate and it's been valued at £7000.
LifetimeLandy
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Once a vehicle has been allocated a 'Q' plate you will not be able to transfer any other number on to it. DVLA have the Vin numbers of all Q plated vehicles and will not allow it.
LifetimeLandy
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As you know part of the MOT requires the tester to verify the Vin number, what's he going to think if he sees the Vin has been tampered with ? The law requires that every vehicle must have a Vin number.
The DVLA send out inspectors who drop in unannounced on MOT stations to check that the testers are carrying out their inspections correctly. So even your friendly local MOT guy in those circumstances will be forced to flag up no Vin or dodgy Vin stamping with the inspector looking over his shoulder.
Land Rover have the Vin numbers stamped in particular places and an MOT tester with Land Rover knowledge will expect to find the Vin there.
Kit cars can have original Vin numbers if enough of the major components of the doner car have been included in the build but these must include the original unaltered chassis or monocoque bodyshell. In their case they will be allowed to retain the original registration number.
What you have said is true, BUT for the car to have been sold by the original insurance company they have had to prove they own it to the police who recovered the stolen car.
Therefore the identity MUST be traceable . There is no law that says you must have a Factory VIN plate just that the car needs a corresponding Vin plate to match its V5
The car in question retains enough original parts to be qualified to keep its original Reg plate
