SWIFTY

my mate has had his sapphire cosworth for a couple of years now and only just noticed the vin numbers dont match the log book there are to letters in the middle that are diffrant, the rest is the same as the log book. he has been pulled by the police a few times and they have never said a thing. i said he should ring dvla but he dont want to open a can of worms.
he thinks who ever brought it over here (its imported from irland) must of did the paper work rong.

what would you do???

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mechanic28

iTrader: (5)

what chassis number does he have on the MOT cert?

SWIFTY

the same as the log book.


done a hpi and that was diffrant to both car and log book


looked on the cert for the reg change it had but hasnt got vin on that

BigErn

Both the vin plate and floor numbers the same but different to the one shown on log book????

smila

iTrader: (1)

check old mots etc see whats on them,would be carefull who he tells in case they have car taken off him

BigErn

Make sure the numbers on log book were right, if so then get a new VIN plate stamped and put that on. Grind floor numbers out and say its had a floor pan thats why they aint under the carpet

SWIFTY

ye the floor plate and vin are the same but to letters are diff on the log book.

he has been pulled before and got loads of paper work with the car old mots ect even paper work with the old reg

SWIFTY

is there away of getin the vin number checked and see what comes up???

SWIFTY

The engine number is the last numbers of vin on the car not the log book

Captain500rs

Sound advice from a car ringer lol all numbers shud match i.e logbook,vin plate, and floor numbers if not there is someting serioulsy a miss ad say

righthooker

i took my cossie to germany,,, when the German Log book was issued the bint hit the VV instead of the BB (right next to each other on the key board)
i didnt pick this up untill i came back to britain, and went to the dvla , luckily the cr had never been properly unregistered here so i just applied for a new log book .

But imagine how that would have been had i handed in the German log and they checked against the car!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Still got the German paper work, so effectivly have 2 cossies lol

MartinRS

i am a mot tester and see loads of cars with the wrong digits in the chassis numbers so its not an uncommon thing. give the dvla a ring and there is a form to fill in and send off. then they will want to see the car just to make sure the numbers havent been changed or tamperd with. then they just reissue you with the right number on the log book.

SWIFTY

i looked on a vin decoder for him and the one on the car comes up as a 4 door sallon witch it is. but the one on the log book is a 3 door