Spot the series part

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LAND-ROV...114414?hash=item28503184ee:g:kVcAAOSw-RFad0Kh.
Have a look at this can you see ANY series parts on this at all?

I don't know how they get away with this sort of thing.

Col

It's on a Rangie ID, likely to be seized at some point.

What a joker. Who ever buys this won't have it long before it's nicked or taken by the police for inspection.

The coil spring looks series

The reg is series. I've reported it to e-bay, and also e-mailed the link to the Police station in Wellingborough. Don't hold your breath.

What made me laugh is that people are bidding on it.
Glad I'm not the only one that this sort of thing annoys.....

Perished tyres probably ARE from 1973.

You can legally put an old reg number on a a newer vehicle but should be jailed for passing it off as original.. It makes it bad for those of us that have genuine historic vehicles and use period type parts to keep it that way.

There is a grab handel on the crossmember that may be series.

minecab said:

You can legally put an old reg number on a a newer vehicle but should be jailed for passing it off as original.. It makes it bad for those of us that have genuine historic vehicles and use period type parts to keep it that way.

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Yes thats perfectly true but it wouldn't be tax exempt which is most likely what the purpose of this is.
I've got a historic vehicle as well and if these muppets keep on doing this sort of thing eventually we won't be able to claim genuine historic status because no one will believe us.

OK, after a false start the Police have got back to me and explained that they have refered it to the force in the area it is registered and they will enquire and may refer to the DVLA as a tax fraud.
NOTE!!!! I have posted the link to this discussion to the Police so that they can see 1) that there is a consensus amongst those who know (you lot) that this is not a 1973 Series 3 and 2) how angry vehicles like this make owners of legitimate historic vehicles.
So be polite and don't say bad things about the boys in blue (I fear this is a red rag to a bull) but I told you anyway.

Be MOT free soon as well.

It turns out that this vehicle is on a galvanised chassis so that means if it was a modified range rover it was rebuilt onto a 90 chassis which being a major mod. would make it Q plate anyway always assuming the original axles are there but the engine certainly isn't.
I doubt thats the case though , looks like somebody built themselves a 90 and stuck the i.d from a series onto it. I wouldn't mind betting there is no chassis number or vin anywhere to be seen......

If galv chassis probably be no number.
Vin plate needs one for mot. So may have the range one.
All panels /engine/insides are 300tdi.
Not even 100" wheel base.
Only numbers which "should" be left are engine, gearbox etc
What are the chances any exist?

It doesn't actually say Series anywhere in the advert, it only refers to Land Rover 1973 and it being tax exempt. That could be the reference to the Range Rover ID.

However, the fact that it isn't 100in must mean that the chassis (assuming it was once a RR, ahem) must have been shortened and so modded as far as the DVLA are concerned.

Update, Police in the area it is registered have visited the owner and he claims to have sold it on. They are now looking into the advert and where it could be now. Apprerently the Police are not allowed to follow up e-bay adverts without the necessary training (yes I know, its madness, but these are their rules, I'm sure the rank and file feel the same). Of course it hard to know when the vehicle ID was changed on this but a good start would be to get the reg withdrawn by the DVLA, that would force the vehcile to be inspected to be re-registered at which point the engine numbers will come to light and perhaps the chassis number and vin plate, but i suspect the vin plate is the 1973 one rivetted on. It will then either turn up as a stolen Defender / 90/100 or get a Q plate and be liable for tax. I can't help thinking that behind this there could be someone doing this more than once, we all know the rate Defenders go missing and never turn up.

Thanks for the update, still on ebay though and peeps still bidding, the winner will be disappointed to find the owner has lost it

Well done Rob for following this up.

Like all of us I get annoyed when I see these and I fear that if we don't act we could loose our historic tax if its widely abused. I also think it could be fuelling some thefts of Land Rovers. But this is the first time I've made any real headway. In the past I've been fobbed off by the DVLA, Police and E-bay. I've reported quite a few and some have been so blatant that it astounds me anyone would try but they are clearly confident of getting away with it. My favourites are:
A "series 1 Landorver" that was a Diahatsu jeep with Landrover wings riveted over the bodywork and on a 1950's reg, and a "1965 Triumph Motorcycle" that was a 1990s Harley Sportster with a Triumph reg and log book. I got those two taken down by e-bay but the DVLA response was "you can't be sure" which suggests they can't tell a 1960's Triumph from a 1990s Harley or a 1980's Diahatsu from a 1950's Land Rover which is not a good sign.