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There I was thinking this thread was about the Great British Land Rover Show Stoneleigh.

I wouldn’t bother going on the Saturday….. It‘s a Sunday only event😁

It might be worth contacting foley to see if they would be interested. You might get a bottom line value for it to give you an idea of the minimum you would take!

If you were considering buying something to see what it looked like, your best bet would be to get some 30mm spacers. You could put these on to see what you think. Possible get a full set of 4 spacers and once you have sorted everything, sell the spacers. Cheap set of 4 spacers are £120. There...

Is it a standard fit wheel? What offset do your wheels have? They could well be zero offset already.

With no mention of width you cannot say how much difference the offset makes: standard old steel wheels were 5.5 inches, 33mm offset. if you want to keep the same steering lock when you fit 1 inch wider rims - guess what - the inside edge needs to stay where it was! so, the centreline of the...

So, it looks like we all agree, if you modify a chassis to fit coils instead of leaf springs the correct route would end up with type approval and a Q plate!

There are plenty of things you can do - but the legality and resale can be very questionable. If you choose to ignore the rules that are specific about altering a chassis - then I, and many law abiding people with a conscious will not touch the result when you choose to sell it on. devalue a...

so how exactly can you change from leaf springs to coil springs without altering the chassis?

You often see them for sale as complete vehicles on ebay. But really they should be on Q plates as they have had a major component change that isn’t allowed - unless of course it was 30 plus years ago. Q plate and type approval is the correct route, if a chassis is modified or replaced with a...

I parked the front of mine on a couple of breeze blocks, when I didn’t have the back covered. They were about 4 inches thick, and I put a bit of 2” thick wood in front of that as a bit of a ramp.

My thoughts are this is a 130, maybe or maybe not of military origin. This has then had a pulse body put on the back. This has had the camper conversion before or after the rear was installed. This was not a pulse ambulance from the outset. Unless it has had a front end replacement. So, I would...

That is not the case. There was a new law…. The AA make it simpler reading and say the following: Unless you've registered your vehicle as off the road (Statutory Off Road Notification/SORN) or it's in the process of being transferred to a new keeper by DVLA, it must be insured. The offence...

Technically - you will need to do a SORN. It must be insured if on the the road, and by default you are saying it is on the road if taxed.

It may well have changed recently - so I may not be correct. But last year, and 2 years ago, it wasn’t possible to do a tax class change on line. It is so simple at a post office - so just do it there. My friendly village post office man always knows what to do, and just sorts it. Don’t even...

My belief is you have to tax the vehicle to get a tax class switch to historic.

If your V5 has on the front of it near the bottom, vehicle declared date of manufacture #### then this can make things completely different.

So, from the reg date (what ever day of the month it was registered) in August 2022, it did not require an mot - if it hasn’t been extensively modified. It still needs to be roadworthy, and you may have to fill in a declaration saying it is roadworthy and hasn’t been modified when you tax it. It...

Just to add - the mot rules are slightly different. Hence the question - what is the registration date on the V5?

The taxation class would read historic, if it was historic. It will always need a road fund license (road tax) to be driven on the road legally. It may cost nothing, but it is still needed.