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SteNova: where do I find that garage that won't look at the chassis number? And how do I ask that question without looking suspicious. I will definitately try a few more garages tho. Need desperately to get it up and running again.

Update. Have rung the DVLA for guidance and they tell me that they have not yet received the V5. (I sent it mid January!). They say it takes about 4 weeks to register as "having been received" on their system. They will then send me a letter asking for details etc. Meanwhile the landrover...

Quite a lot of the number is different. The holland guy possibly bought a v5 with the other number on it. I have probably convinced myself that this is what has happened, but I not going to get the landrover out of its "hiding place" just yet. i cant believe what a mess this has become...

We think we might have go to the bottom of the problem. The dealer and I have delved into the history of the landrover and when it was presented for MOT in the UK in January 2013 by th original owner, the chassis no, Vin plate and V5 all matched. It was then sold to a main dealer who (because...

Last passed uk MOT in January 2013.

The landrover actually failed the MOT so is now on the database. Have checked left footwell and there are no signs of a swop. I have read all the links given to me by you guys and they are very very informative. Thanks. A new development is that I have managed to contact the last owner. It...

I get the feeling that I am probably living in "cloud cuckoo land" where this is concerned. I no longer have the logbook (it with DVLA). It does not have an MOT and cannot therefore be driven. i am loathe to spend anymore money to get it thru the MOT. The dealer is 200 miles away and has not...

Rather: I guess I am just praying that it is just a simple chassis swop that wasn't recorded with DVLA. I have spent a bit of cash on it since buying (paintwork, new springs and shock absorbers, plus lots of bits to make it more comfortable). DVLA haven't yet come back to me, so perhaps alarm...

The VIN plate no is the same as the no on the chassis. I do not know where the pedal box VIN is. There are no other numbers on the body or chassis (so far as I can see). I have double checked that the VIN on the chassis is correct as quoted by the MOT tester.It has coil springs and disc...

I will ring landrover tomoro. Thanks again.

The landrover is 1997 (not 1999). It is on an R plate on the V5 (SALLDHM67VA136353), and everything on the V5 is correct for the reg no. All a bit worrying. If the worst happens, I wonder how I would stand in just offering them a bare chassis - no body, no wheels etc etc. After all I have...

Hi The VIN stamped on the chassis is SALLDHMD7BA241456 Thanks for your help :)

I Haven't a clue where the photos have gone that I just tried to post. Is there an email address I can send them to for posting?

It's probably a bit late to try doctoring the chassis no as I have already sent th log book back to DVLA stating the different numbers (a week or so ago). I rang DVLA yesterday and the landrover hasn't yet flagged up any potential problem with them, but I guess it is early days yet. I have...

Thanks guys. I have looked at all the links suggested and will prob go through trading standards on this one. In the meantime I have found a garage who will MOT the landrover using the chassis number on the vehicle, but goodness knows what this will throw up. The DVLA will then be alerted...

Sorry about the keithjeep name. My son has a willys jeep that he has restored and he gave me that username on email. I do actually have a landrover defender 110 county. Keithdefender

I resubmitted this under the heading "have I got a ringer"keithjeep, as (being new to th site) I didn't realise I had to put a heading in. People are now helping me under that heading. bushwacker:- i have had a look at the "ringer" forum which goes over 24 pages and it is a similar problem...

Thanks to all. If the dealer sold it to me "in good faith" I bought it from him "in good faith" so cannot see how his interest overrides mine. He is a known land rover dealer. My land rover has a1999 defender 110 county body (and the reg doc states this) but appears to have a 1981 series 3...

No, I not a troll (whatever that is). I a genuine landrover defender owner who might have been sold a ringer. I am a new member and was recommended to this site for good advice