Originally Posted by Jayen4
Yes,but what I was talking about,was from before the days of the SVA test !! If I remember correctly,the SVA test was only introduced in '04....
The current situation re the use of second hand shells is pure politics !!
But these rules would be applied to a car TODAY if it was found to have non matching VIN's.
Today the only way round this is the new shell route or kit car route where you will end up with an "age related registration" that you can transfer your oldplate to.
Also there is much greyness with the word "new" sometime meaning "as new" or "reconditioned to as new standard". The same goes with "unmodified" being interpreted to mean structurally unchanged, ie bodykits and a weld in cage ok as they could be removed in theory, or with the shell being new from ford as in the motorsport shells.