Re-shelling a car...which VIN, V5 etc?
nick205 - 8/11/13 at 10:02 AM
Tried searching, but not finding what I'm after!
If you re-shell a car, i.e. take a shell that's V5 registered and declared SORN and transfer all the running gear, interior etc from another V5
registered car, which identity does the resulting vehicle take?
Ideally I'd like to retain the identity of the original vehicle and not the new shell. Can this be done by changing the VIN on the original
V5?
Thanks
loggyboy - 8/11/13 at 10:11 AM
Started again because of thoroughly confusing myself!
You need to have a brand new shell.
https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-registration/radically-altered-vehicles
nick205 - 8/11/13 at 10:20 AM
OK - so it would have to take the ID of the shell being used. I guess then its a case of getting the engine no. changed on the V5.
loggyboy - 8/11/13 at 10:30 AM
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Originally posted by nick205
OK - so it would have to take the ID of the shell being used. I guess then its a case of getting the engine no. changed on the V5.
yes, but you technically would also need 3 points from other items (ie steering & suspension) HOWEVER as it looks the same on the outside, I doubt
anyone would notice if it was just the shell.
and yes (if you want to be 100% legit) but ive never updated engine numbers on the countless cars ive changed engines on and its never been an issue,
even when it came to insurance claims (providing the engine size is same).
nick205 - 8/11/13 at 12:11 PM
Agreed, suspension, axles steering etc would all be identical anyway and are not serial numbered in any case. The engine no. change would really be
to keep things in order should the car be sold.
mcerd1 - 8/11/13 at 01:34 PM
as above once a shell has been registered it'll keep that id till its scrapped
quote:
Originally posted by nick205
Agreed, suspension, axles steering etc would all be identical anyway and are not serial numbered in any case. The engine no. change would really be
to keep things in order should the car be sold.
sounds good to me 
....besides there is no law against replacing any number of worn out parts with either new or second hand ones 
you could do a cherished transfer to keep the reg. number - but the old shell would need an MOT for that....
[Edited on 8/11/2013 by mcerd1]
nick205 - 8/11/13 at 06:31 PM
quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
as above once a shell has been registered it'll keep that id till its scrapped
quote:
Originally posted by nick205
Agreed, suspension, axles steering etc would all be identical anyway and are not serial numbered in any case. The engine no. change would really be
to keep things in order should the car be sold.
sounds good to me ....besides there is no law against replacing any number of worn out parts with either new or second hand ones
you could do a cherished transfer to keep the reg. number - but the old shell would need an MOT for that....
[Edited on 8/11/2013 by mcerd1]
It has one now, but the next one might be a challenge
[Edited on 8/11/13 by nick205]
mcerd1 - 9/11/13 at 12:20 AM
get the plate off it now before the MOT runs out (doesn't cost much to keep it)
then transfer it onto the other one once its rebuilt
[Edited on 9/11/2013 by mcerd1]