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Vin Plate
Steelman - 22/12/08 at 10:18 AM

Is it a SVA requirement to fit a Vin Plate on a kit car which details chassis number engine number registration

A1 - 22/12/08 at 10:43 AM

nah, you just need to put a plate with the chassis number and you need to stamp the chassis too, all on the offside.

mistergrumpy - 22/12/08 at 11:00 AM

Not even that. You only have to stamp the chassis or stamp a plate and weld that to the chassis. On the offside.

marshall - 22/12/08 at 11:21 AM

i thought you could put the chassis number any were in the engine bay as long as it is visable unless the sva has changed the rules..
as i did on my avon i put it on the side rail were the bonnet sat. driver side

[Edited on 22/12/08 by marshall]

mistergrumpy - 22/12/08 at 11:29 AM

The letter I got fromDVLA said to put it on the offside so you may have accidentally got it right when you put yours on the drivers side.

COREdevelopments - 22/12/08 at 04:22 PM

mines on the nearside and sva man was happy with that. also believe its a minimum of 5mm character size?

rob

omega 24 v6 - 22/12/08 at 05:07 PM

quote:

The letter I got fromDVLA said to put it on the offside so you may have accidentally got it right when you put yours on the drivers side.


My letter from dvla did not specify anywhere in particular or side in particular. Now there's a surprise NOT.

Mark Allanson - 22/12/08 at 10:24 PM

Major manufacturers are now putting the stamp almost anywhere these days, so maybe the offside rule may not be applicable (nobody understood it anyway)