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 Chassis swap in the UK 
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Good fix sounds about right! haha :lol:

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Yes and they are putting my chassis no on the new chassis
Incidentally where is the chassis nunber??

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under the rhs driveshaft
or stamped into the floor beside the seat runner
or on the Logbook?

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September 9th, 2011, 10:07 am
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Post Re: Chassis swap in the UK
Jameswallace wrote:
Yes and they are putting my chassis no on the new chassis
Incidentally where is the chassis nunber??


Like Sean said..
there are also several cars with the number between the sill and seatrunner (right side of the car) on the floorboard.. know a few people who placed new floors, go for an MOT and find out the car failed because the number is in the thrown away floor :)
it could also be in front of the seat, either on the chassis or on the floorboard.
But most likely under the driveshaft.. When it is dirty, it can be hard to find the number ;)

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September 9th, 2011, 11:45 am
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Russell wrote:
richardmorris wrote:
Tom Duckpower wrote:
Over here you need to have a document like that. At least one that is stating that Citroen (or the TUV/DVLA/RDW/and so on) approves it is an original chassis.

If you don't need that in the UK it's not much worth i'd say


item in practical classics I read yesterday about a guy building a 4wheel lomax on a galvanised replacement chassis has found out he needs a serious kicking before having all of his tools confiscated to stop it happening again.


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September 9th, 2011, 1:25 pm
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DVLA wrote:
To keep the original registration number of a car that has been rebuilt you will need to use either of the following:
1)the original unmodified chassis or unaltered bodyshell,
2)a new chassis of the same specification as the original supported by evidence from the dealer or manufacturer (eg receipt)

That seems relatively simple, a re-chassised car is fine providing the bodyshell is original. And a re-bodied car is ok so long as the chassis is either original, or to the same spec as original. It looks like a slightly grey area though as to what constitutes a 'chassis of the same specification'. It doesn't say of the same design, and to my mind a chassis which is designed to do the same thing as the original, is 'to the same specification', and therefore most of the UK galvanized chassis should be allowed.

I think the vast majority of cars out there now are on galvanised chassis and have had the bodyshell repaired, I replaced my floors with zinc sheet rather than using replacement panels, is that a modified bodyshell. I posed the question to a trusted MOT tester, as they're the people most likely to flag it up if you turn up with something very modified, and he said it's just a question of common sense and his discretion about whether your car is vaguely as the factory intended.

If the lomax builder on the previous page pointed out to the DVLA that his chassis wasn't original, then he's got no-one to blame but himself. I also hear that ville vans are now having trouble registering their vans, after the DVLA became aware that part of the conversion involves cutting a few centimeters off the back of the chassis, what idiot volunteered that information?

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Sean wrote:
under the rhs driveshaft
or stamped into the floor beside the seat runner
or on the Logbook?


I know its on the log book, but I wanted to know where it was on the car

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