Chassis No. and Vehicle ID

Just got back from my club meet, and met one guy who bought a box of
bits at Old Sod a while back. Was told the there was no chassis no.
on the chassis cos it was a replacement... He has now found a chassis
number on the chassis, but has no V5 or reg plate and is uncertain as
to whether it is an original chassis number or not. Is there a legit
way to find this out to put the vehicle back on the road without
having to go through DVLA??

ISTR a website that broke down the chassis number to tell you the
precise details about the vehicle eg S3 SWB, Station Wagon, but not
one that could tell you the reg no.
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Simon Isaacs

"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote"
George Jean Nathan (1882-1955)

ROT13 me....

Simon Isaacs wrote:
> Just got back from my club meet, and met one guy who bought a box of
> bits at Old Sod a while back. Was told the there was no chassis no.
> on the chassis cos it was a replacement... He has now found a chassis
> number on the chassis, but has no V5 or reg plate and is uncertain as
> to whether it is an original chassis number or not. Is there a legit
> way to find this out to put the vehicle back on the road without
> having to go through DVLA??
>
> ISTR a website that broke down the chassis number to tell you the
> precise details about the vehicle eg S3 SWB, Station Wagon, but not
> one that could tell you the reg no.

CalVIN, http://www.clifton.nl/index.html?calvin.html

But you are right, it doesn't mention reg numbers.

Stuart

"Simon Isaacs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> ISTR a website that broke down the chassis number to tell you the
> precise details about the vehicle eg S3 SWB, Station Wagon, but not
> one that could tell you the reg no.

How about this one:

http://www.glencoyne.co.uk/chassis.htm

Greg

its a hot topic. Basically if you have no idea of the Reg no., you will get
a "Q" plate. I bought an old military landy and despite having chassis and
engine no's DVLA refused to give me a reg no. and said i could only "Q"
plate it. I was assured it was previously reg'd on a 1982/3 "Y" plate but as
i had no proof of this DVLA threw me a rubber ear. I traced it through the
military records and found out when it was released and after months of
searching, i actually found the reg no. So back to DVLA who said "certainly
sir, just pop it along to the local office for a VI check and we'll issue
you a V5 as soon as this has been passed!. I've been told that despite
giving them chassis and engine numbers their computer cannot give a reg no.
out. Its not that they don't want to but that they cannot due to the
software??? strange one to me but i was happy in the end as i didn't want a
"Q" plate

Wolfie