Originally Posted by
tommytwotanks
talking of q plates, what happens if you have a 1992 cossie, and you prang it and you write it off, but you've spend a lot of money on it, so you decide to re-shell it using an 1989 cossie shell, does that 92 kreg become a 89 g reg because the shell id says its a 89 shell, or even the other way round, an 89 car becomes a 92 car after the re-shell
tommy
You can't actually reshell that way anymore. It used to be that you needed both vehicles to have an ID, the replacement shell had to be of the same type as that it was replacing. The vehicle then took the id of the replacement shell. DVLA changed the rules so that you can't officially reshell unless the replacement shell is a new unused shell which requires proof in the form of a receipt from it's origin ie a main dealer. TBH if you have a new shell you wouldn't involve the DVLA, just stamp the shell yourself and keep quiet.