Originally Posted by righthooker
Stamping your old chassis number into the new shell won't look correct and if the feds ever di
But reading the thread on martins escort,it says he can 100% leagal use his id becouse of the points system.
I would also be useing the parts of my car that he lists.
Why wouldnt it look right,what do they do then surely a stamp is a stamp,who stamps it anyhow??
Ford stamp their numbers up from underneath in what seems to be a special font - I've tried to get stamps to match and not been able to. Even if I did, you then have to ensure they are dead straight and perfectly spaced. So far as DVLA are concerned, anyone can stamp the number in, but they want to see it and it has to show on the MOT and/or SVE certificate. They told me to stamp mine in the normal place and in another concealed place, and to attach a stamped metal plate where the VIN plate would usually be on the slam panel.
If the authorities found the chassis number has been altered or tampered with it puts the legitimacy of the car in question and you get a Q or the car could even be impounded.
The point system only works with a new shell. New shells don't have VIN numbers so you need the DVLA to issue one, which are recognisably different from a Ford VIN. You can keep the original reg number but not the VIN, though I have heard of Ford dealerships just stamping the old VIN into the new shell without problems. Doesn't make it right though.
Using a used shell is automatically a Q plate, unless you just leave the car registered as it was on the replacement shell and keep quiet about the rest (or just record an engine change).