At the moment you couldn't talk to the dvla even if you wanted to they're still not working.
The speedo/Odo is a Td5 item, the Odo is LCD.
The odo is digital though so later.
That chassis number looks professionally done to me.
Legally, probably not but you could ask, what have you got to lose? Just say you don't like the Defender, too noisy, slow, thirsty etc etc.
Just googled that and there seems to be a great variety, some obviously faked but still several fonts.
The windscreen might have been taken out/replaced so they could remove the 'tinfoil' chassis plate fixed to the dashboard on Td5 models.
I think he would have to swap it back cos its misrepresented and he probably knew that.
If the dumb iron has been chopped off the Tdi then welded onto the Td5 chassis it would have to have been done a distance away from the chassis number as I can't see any obvious repair weld on the photo.
thats what i was asking, is it a feasible job to cut off flush then butt up to the new chassis and weld on? or would it not be strong enough? would it stand out like a sore thumb?
Very feasible I would say. Done in the 'right' place it wouldn't stand out at all to a 'newbie' or if you weren't 'looking' for it.
