fordnut

Dont know if anyone will be able to shed any light on this, but here goes.

Is it legal to reshell a car using a second hand shell and then use the origional I.D.

I only ask cos i went to look at one today which has been done.
Nice car, not sure about the legality side of things.

Cheers.

Graceland

Highly Illegal - its whats known in the trade as a "Ringer"

fordnut

Well, I thought so too. The guy brought the shell from a well respected business and transfered all the bits across. Surely all he had to do was use the new shell's I.D.

tabetha

If he did not use a cossie shell it could not say cossie on the logbook so devalued, what he has done is highly illegal, and if you put the index number on here I would gladly report him.
tabetha

fordnut

He did use a genuine Es Cos shell, cant think why he didnt just use the new shells existing I.D.

costina

iTrader: (1)

If the shell has no id ie a new one and the original number stamped onto it then it should be OK

IMO

Ollie.

Stolen shell....

Rab

Hole in one.

Defo a stolen shell. You may only re-shell a car using the old ID if it's a brand new shell, which will have a number and a history that the DVLA can trace. Then it's a points system based on how much stuff you use from the original car.

Using an old ID on a 2nd hand shell is ringing. People do this when they get a stolen shell they can't put back on the road.

llw

how can u be sure it stolen

cant believe how people jump to conclusins!

Rab

Thats why................. Genuine shell, no reason to NOT obey the law and use the ID from the shell.....

Means it's stolen...

Ollie.

Well obviously im not sure... but if you had a genuine escort cosworth shell why the fuck would you strip the numbers out it and replace them....

abdr500

iTrader: (1)

what a load of crap brand new escort cosworth shells dont come with id i should no as i bought 2 from fords and both had no id at all floors were unstamped the only id it had was 909 ford morostport dvla could put id on the car but you would have to show lots of recipt of the body shell from new and most of the bits i think they work on a point system all in all its would be less hassel to just use id from the doner car

TONY C

abdr500 your talking about NEW shells, what the question was asked was about a second hand shell which at one point WOULD have been given an Id. now i'm not jumping on the same boat as the others and saying it may be stolen, but does seem strange to have swapped id's. maybe the second hand shell had been an insurance right off but still usable. there could be many reasons, not everything is stolen!

SS1

iTrader: (3)

if its been inspected or needs to be. is not the new id on the drivers side front strut mount