Defender re:chassis

tobey

can anyone shed some light on this for me please. i have a terribly rotted 01 110 defender chassis. iv been offered a 2007 110 chassis in good condition that i could get galv'd. but my problem is what reg does the defender then have the wrote off 07 or my 01? thanks for the help guys and gals

corglass

Cut the chassis number from your old one and weld into new one. Now you've ""repaired"" your old one, rather extensively.

Galvanise and away you go.

Del2005

corglass wrote: »

Cut the chassis number from your old one and weld into new one. Now you've ""repaired"" your old one, rather extensively.

Galvanise and away you go.

What's the point in doing this? It'd be different if they had a classic and were getting a new chassis but for a 2001 to 2007 it makes no difference.

corglass

Del2005 wrote: »

corglass wrote: »

Cut the chassis number from your old one and weld into new one. Now you've ""repaired"" your old one, rather extensively.

Galvanise and away you go.

What's the point in doing this? It'd be different if they had a classic and were getting a new chassis but for a 2001 to 2007 it makes no difference.

Did you read the first post?

The point is to replace a rotten chassis with a "new" one.

Buffman

corglass wrote: »

Cut the chassis number from your old one and weld into new one. Now you've ""repaired"" your old one, rather extensively.

Galvanise and away you go.

Any alteration of chassis numbers/vehicle identification numbers would be 'ringing'. (In this case you'd be 'ringing' a write-off to be a non write-off.)

tobey wrote: »

but my problem is what reg does the defender then have the wrote off 07 or my 01? thanks for the help guys and gals

From a legal point of view, the chassis is the vehicle so the registration number stays with the chassis. So you'd be 'fixing' the 07 chassis with your 01 parts.

Before going ahead with this, I'd advise you check up on the 07 write-off category. If it was a full write-off, it won't be legal to drive. I'm guessing it's not too bad if the chassis is OK and was just 'beyond economical repair', but it still may have insurance and re-sale value implications.

tobey

Buffman wrote: »

Any alteration of chassis numbers/vehicle identification numbers would be 'ringing'. (In this case you'd be 'ringing' a write-off to be a non write-off.)



From a legal point of view, the chassis is the vehicle so the registration number stays with the chassis. So you'd be 'fixing' the 07 chassis with your 01 parts.

Before going ahead with this, I'd advise you check up on the 07 write-off category. If it was a full write-off, it won't be legal to drive. I'm guessing it's not too bad if the chassis is OK and was just 'beyond economical repair', but it still may have insurance and re-sale value implications.

this is exactly what i wanted to know thank you. its the rear of my chassis that the problem is so if i 'cut and shut' the old one onto it could it still pass.

Buffman

tobey wrote: »

its the rear of my chassis that the problem is so if i 'cut and shut' the old one onto it could it still pass.

Yep, that's one way of doing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrGNNN4-X7k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26AGBC60jkk

Popoutman

At what stage does the concept of "Trigger's Broom" apply?

If a certain sized portion of the 07 chassis is used to repair the 01 chassis, that should be fine. I don't know how much of the old chassis is required to be intact for this to be a legal avenue of repair without any registration issues, I would presume someone that knows for sure will pipe up..

Ubbquittious

If you start a little factory in Ireland making those chassis are you exempt from VRT?

blackbox

Ubbquittious wrote: »

If you start a little factory in Ireland making those chassis are you exempt from VRT?

No. VRT is not an import tax . It is applied to all new vehicles. An import tax would contravene EU law.