Buying an exempt log book?

I've seen this a few times now, where people sell the V5, chassis plates and number plates.

What’s the idea with this? And how legal is it?

I can see that, hypothetically, you could have a 80" series i landrover, and bit by bit replace parts from a series iii, so that eventually you would have a series iii landrover with a tax exempt log book (or just swap the chassis plates and claim that’s what you have done).

I do like the idea behind this, and with tax for mine being £200 per year (I know... could be a lot worse!), if I could get hold of one of the exempt logbooks for around £200, it would be well worth it.

I am a little concerned about the legality of it though. Does anyone have any further info on it?

look up 'ringer' or 'ringing'

we have had this discussion before - apparently its on a points system - so to keep the tax exempt status yu still need to keep a majority of original parts.

having sed that - there is a motor i know of which is a series2 - tax exempt - but has a rangie chassis and drive train. How that keeps exempt status i dunno.

having sed that - there is a motor i know of which is a series2 - tax exempt - but has a rangie chassis and drive train. How that keeps exempt status i dunno.
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i think i bought a radiator panel off him a couple of weeks ago and wondered the same,come from fleet does he?

i think its legal as long as no one finds out.......

Same goes for Murder and Fraud

A good MOT man will spot any iffy stuff and then you will end up with a whole load of series 3 bits in one lump.
You can buy a pucker tax exempt series 2/3 starting at around £500 and up.

your average MOT man won't know the differance between a S2 and a S3

it's breaking the law,plain and simple.i don't think it's worth it when there are cheapie tax exempt land rovers about,mine was free but if it runs o.k. i have to give the bloke i got it off the measly sum of £100!

bigchap said:

it's breaking the law,plain and simple.i don't think it's worth it when there are cheapie tax exempt land rovers about,mine was free but if it runs o.k. i have to give the bloke i got it off the measly sum of £100!

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my ma aparently aquired her series 2a when the previous owner stomed into the local cursing and swearin about the bastard thing havin come off the road a was stuck in a ditch, when offerin help to free it from the ditch he said she could keep it if she got it un stuck......

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]A Review of the Vehicle Inspection Procedures of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland
Radically Altered Vehicles
40. Radically altered vehicles are vehicles that have been substantially altered from their original specification, but are not kit conversions.

41. Although their appearance is different from the original they may still qualify to retain their original registration marks. The vehicle components used from the original vehicle are allocated a numeric value and provided the vehicle scores eight points or more it will retain its original mark.

42. The point system is weighted as follows; the original or new (direct replacement from the manufacturer) unmodified chassis/monocoque bodyshell has a value of 5, the suspension (front and back) 2, axles (both) 2, transmission 2, steering assembly 2, engine 1.

43. If the original registration mark is retained, the vehicle registration document is amended to record the vehicle’s new description but SVA is not required. If the vehicle is assessed as being a different vehicle the only option is to allocate a Q registration mark and the vehicle will be subject to one of the following depending on the vehicle category:[/FONT][/FONT]

Check out the details above, you do not need much in the case of a landy to retain the reg mark. According to the above. The chassis, gearbox and steering would be plenty......so you could then run a series 3 bulkhead, wings, wiring, rangey axles (or if you just ran rangey diffs you'd be ok I guess).