Interesting...

I contacted the seller and he confirmed that it had no chassis numbers in any of the places suggested. In theory, if it had, it could be registered as a new car on a 61 plate (or whatever they're up to now!) and be tax exempt if built by Dec 31 1972! What a nice car that would be! I reckon the DVLA thingy is the way ahead but the car may be then considered to be a replica - effectiveley a car with no original identity but with an age related plate.

I think for much older cars (my father restores pre war MGs) they use a points system whereby a bodyshell may be worth 10 (numbers may not be correct!) points, an engine 5 points etc etc. The idea is that a car needs to get a certain number of points to be entitled to the original identity that the owner may be claiming. If this cannot be done, the car is considered to be a replica with an age related plate and is worth about half as much as an "original" which has passed the points system.
 
That system applies to all vehicles right up to brand new, designed to cover damaged-repaired vehicles etc.

The problem you will have there is that of course the car has no original identity, so it's fairly irrelevant.

To get it treated as new, I suspect you would need original receipts for all the parts (or at least the major components).

I still think this is going to need an IVA, and in theory would end up on Q plate.
 
Brian
Well done on acquiring this; it's good to see that it will now be preserved, in one form or another. Good luck with the ongoing DVLA issues.
 
Hi guys, thanks for your input and encouragement. From my understanding I can have the car stamped with a vin and can have it registered on a 71 plate as a reconstructed classic (not replica) as long as I use all 1971 components and the car is checked out by the rp6c on behalf of the dvla.
 
bwares said:
Hi guys, thanks for your input and encouragement. From my understanding I can have the car stamped with a vin and can have it registered on a 71 plate as a reconstructed classic (not replica) as long as I use all 1971 components and the car is checked out by the rp6c on behalf of the dvla.
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That's the V765 Scheme, Mark Gray or Steve Benyon are the certified signatories on this.
 
Had a look at the car today again, can't see any vin / chassis / base unit numbers.

The engine number appears to be 8104586 (10.5:1 Compression ratio)

Diff Number is 556611

Does this info help any?

Brian
 
Hi where was the engine number at the back of the block or on the side by the dipstick?

Colin
 
Hi, sorry, Rudiger posted while I was typing. The location is an indication whether
Series 1 or 2 engine. But Rudiger pinned it down closer than I could.

Colin
 
I'd previous;y written to bwares:

I had a pleasant day in the reading room t GAydon going through the Rover build records on Monday last.

After trawling the entirety of V8 S production from start to finish I came up with only three possible chassis nos for your car. All the rest have obvious despatch destinations and / or registration nos indicating subsequent use.

48100037 built 20/10/71 and despatched 1/11/71 to Engineering, painted Cameron Green.

48100483 built 12/12/71 and despatched 21/12/71 to Pressed Steel Fisher, unpainted

48105740 built 16/3/73 and despatched 11/5/73 to Dunlop ltd 0/no GEN/17338, Reg No A1, painted Tobacco Leaf with Black vinyl roof.

I'm quite tempted by the Dunlop one because of yours having Denovo wheels. But why would they repaint it to Cameron Green with no miles on the clock? I'm pretty sure we know the history of the unpainted PSF car. So that leaves 48100037 which is already the correct colour.

Does Mark have any comment here?

Is there any way of interrogating the DVLA database to see if they already have this chassis no recorded? If they don't then it is a sure fire winner!

Mark should then be able to put the car through the V765 scheme and you can register it as this chassis no.

Chris
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If the engine no is now confirmed as 48104586 B then there are a couple of assumptions need to be made. First is that this is its original engine and second is that the engines follow the chassis numbers reasonably exactly - which they should do.

On that basis I shal organise myself another trip up to Gaydon and see if I can find a suspicious chassis number at about this number to identify the car to.

Chris
 
Hi Chris,

Thanks for the information and the time you spent researching at gaydon.
Did you send that info to me in a pm? I don't seem to be receiving any pm's?

Very interesting stuff about the rover..... I was lead to believe by the cars history that it was built in 1971 although I'm not 100% certain about this.
Rudiger thinks the engine dates from 1972 going by the engine numbers.

Are the engine numbers closely linked to the chassis number and do the records display the engine numbers associated with the chassis number?

Thanks again for your input Chris, very much appreciated.

Brian
 
Speaking to Mark now, he's consulted his extensive database - the engine appears to date from September to December 1972.
 
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