Registering a vehicle built from parts

george man said:

Hi all,
Some of my friends and I have come across some old land rovers locally that have the aluminium body parts in tact but everything else is totally rusted or missing. There's a series 1 and what I think is a land rover 90 and because of the lack of structural components the farmer is more or less looking for someone to take them away!

My question is. If we were to use the aluminium bodies and then buy in/build chassis and populate them with engines that are more available now rather than using the exact versions, how would we register this with the DVLA? I assume it would be an IVA and q plate but would they be replicas or can we just call it whatever we want?

Does anyone have any experience with this?

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Vehicle registration

How to register your vehicle and the cost - new registrations, kit cars, rebuilds, radically altered vehicles, old and classic vehicles, vehicle identification numbers, Q plates

www.gov.uk

Vehicle registration

How to register your vehicle and the cost - new registrations, kit cars, rebuilds, radically altered vehicles, old and classic vehicles, vehicle identification numbers, Q plates

www.gov.uk

300bhp/ton said:

All the info is super easy to find on the .gov site and via Google.......

Vehicle registration

How to register your vehicle and the cost - new registrations, kit cars, rebuilds, radically altered vehicles, old and classic vehicles, vehicle identification numbers, Q plates

www.gov.uk

Vehicle registration

How to register your vehicle and the cost - new registrations, kit cars, rebuilds, radically altered vehicles, old and classic vehicles, vehicle identification numbers, Q plates

www.gov.uk

You will need to be able to obtain the logbook for the vehicles, so as long as they still have an ID they can be put back on the road. You need to keep certain items (explained in the links) to retain the ID. Keeping items means they can be replaced with an "as like" new part.

If they have no ID, then the challenge will be much harder. Where you will either need to use them to donate parts to a vehicle with an ID (aka buying something with an ID). Or you might be able to go down the kit car route, but may encounter some issues, as they would not be "Land Rovers" if registered as a kit car, which would impact resale value.

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george man said:

I'm not fussed about resale value as I won't be putting in original components. I mentioned building a chassis rather than buying available ones as I'd rather have coils than leaf springs. The series 1 wouldn't be a show car it would be a daily driver because I love the look of them but want reliability when it comes to engines etc

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landowner said:

Hows about buy something with a chassis then take the body off and replace it with Landy body then there's no IVA inspection it's just a simple body change on V5, my truck was a taxi

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300bhp/ton said:

Yes, although this assumes the vehicle you are starting with has a valid identity.

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george man said:

Do you know of JLR would take issue? I'm mildly worried about having some trademark or copyright issue with registering a car with LR bodywork

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landowner said:

There are cheap London Taxis on the market and there are no inspections after conversion as long as you use the chassis, engine and running gear. Just cut body off and build what you like

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landowner said:

Hows about buy something with a chassis then take the body off and replace it with Landy body then there's no IVA inspection it's just a simple body change on V5, my truck was a taxi

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300bhp/ton said:

A London Taxi won't make for a very good off road Land Rover though. And I doubt you'd want to retain the basis of a Taxi if you are building a 4x4.....

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FlyingPete said:

Isn't the wheelbase of a taxi the same as a 110? Taxi body/Landy chassis could make an interesting vehicle...

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