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help please on chassis no
perky 91 - 29/8/07 at 06:26 PM

once again im after some help

have sent all paperwork of to sva car yesterday only to recieve a phone call today yes today saying i have used wrong chassis no,, i had used chassis no from donor vehicle, could someone please tell me what or where i get a chassis number from

many thanks

Davg - 29/8/07 at 06:35 PM

Hi , write or take a letter to local DVLA tell em you are building a kit car & proposing you chassis no & ask if O.K. with them. Seems some say ok other will allocate a chassis number for you to stamp.

cheers D

russbost - 29/8/07 at 06:42 PM

If you make up a 17 digit no. composed of no.s & letters which is unlikely to be duplicated this should be satisfactory to them

perky 91 - 29/8/07 at 07:07 PM

great thanks
do i simply stamp up a piece of alley and rivet it to car as a plate (once approved)
thanks again

Davg - 29/8/07 at 07:12 PM

Needs to be permanent on chassis at front end drivers side normally in addition to a stamped plate. Keep it tidy though & minimum size for teaps cant remeber the size at the mo. someone will confirm. as you say once approved!

Macbeast - 29/8/07 at 09:06 PM

When inventing a chassis number, certain characters should not be used - I think "I" (as in India) "O" as on ostrich. But do a searcch- this was covered quite recently

NeilP - 29/8/07 at 09:33 PM

Minimum 5mm letter height and no 'I' or 'O' (substitute 1 and 0 [zero]) as stated

02GF74 - 30/8/07 at 08:29 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Macbeast
When inventing a chassis number, certain characters should not be used - I think "I" (as in India) "O" as on ostrich. But do a searcch- this was covered quite recently



yes it has so I won't bother retyping.


I made a plate and riveted to scuttle; other one was stamped on to a cleaned up area of chassis then varnished over to stop it rusing.

DarrenW - 31/8/07 at 10:54 AM

I stamped a plate and welded to chassis. DVLA dont like rivet on (or at least Stockton dont). I also engraved the number to an easier to access rivetted on plate so SVA man didnt have to go looking.



After SVA and registration i also put the chassis number on loads of components and other areas of chassis inc loads of hidden places.