04-08-2022, 10:34 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-08-2022, 10:49 AM by Hedd_Jones.)
Don't get my critique wrong guys, its a nice car. I've essentially done the same with my grey RL saloon - put what is an original body on a rolling chassis.
Take my critique as what your friend should tell you if you were going to buy it.
Actually I think the age related plate more accurately reflects what it is in my opinion. A super body on what appears (to me at least) mostly appropriate running gear, rather than wholly appropriate running gear. I would like to think that the obvious age related plate would mean that prospective buyers would look a bit harder. With the previous reg it all seemed to fit nicely and was more likely to fool someone. Though looking at facebook, I'm not so sure all vintage enthusiasts can spot all age related plates.
However that dicky 'car number' that clearly doesn't belong is the major concern, If it were a modern car, you wouldn't touch it with a barge pole as it would be considered a 'ringer'. Indeed 'plod' and the DVLA would get involved at some point. With a vintage car lots of 'stuff' went on back in the day, stuff now people consider bad form, indeed perhaps some might consider it illegal. Then there is ov course clerical errors etc. Something like this is what's gone on here, caused no one any harm, perhaps someone simply 'blagged' a nice number for a nice car?. Perhaps it was simply a clerical error somewhere in the depths of the past, who knows. All that said - the issue clearly affects value, as does the now issued age related plate.
The problem is people need to be honest, and honesty is something not a lot of 2nd hand car salesmen sell a lot of. Vintage ones included.
With respect to honesty, if you have what is allegedly an AF tourer - reg SV 554 (previously UU2386) I've still got the chassis plate that came off the body I have on my car, that was removed from you car.!. Its no use to me....
Take my critique as what your friend should tell you if you were going to buy it.
Actually I think the age related plate more accurately reflects what it is in my opinion. A super body on what appears (to me at least) mostly appropriate running gear, rather than wholly appropriate running gear. I would like to think that the obvious age related plate would mean that prospective buyers would look a bit harder. With the previous reg it all seemed to fit nicely and was more likely to fool someone. Though looking at facebook, I'm not so sure all vintage enthusiasts can spot all age related plates.
However that dicky 'car number' that clearly doesn't belong is the major concern, If it were a modern car, you wouldn't touch it with a barge pole as it would be considered a 'ringer'. Indeed 'plod' and the DVLA would get involved at some point. With a vintage car lots of 'stuff' went on back in the day, stuff now people consider bad form, indeed perhaps some might consider it illegal. Then there is ov course clerical errors etc. Something like this is what's gone on here, caused no one any harm, perhaps someone simply 'blagged' a nice number for a nice car?. Perhaps it was simply a clerical error somewhere in the depths of the past, who knows. All that said - the issue clearly affects value, as does the now issued age related plate.
The problem is people need to be honest, and honesty is something not a lot of 2nd hand car salesmen sell a lot of. Vintage ones included.
With respect to honesty, if you have what is allegedly an AF tourer - reg SV 554 (previously UU2386) I've still got the chassis plate that came off the body I have on my car, that was removed from you car.!. Its no use to me....
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