Vehicle Re-Shelling/registration Q

[Swervin_Mervin]

If one was possibly going to re-shell ones spangly mechanical bits in a williams shell how is the registration of the vehicle/s affected?

Basically planning to put my 16v bits on to a tidy willy shell. I tried asking teh DVLA but they were totally inept and useless.

So could L588 be re-assigned a new chassis no. without going on a Q-plate?

or

Would it get the new chassis no. but have to go on a Q

or

Could the donor williams be re-registered as a 1.8 16v?

Don't want to end up paying williams insurance for what will amount to a 16v without a sunroof.

[northy]

questions.

1.why ???
2. does the williams shell still have id with it and v5 ?
3. you want to fit all your running gear onto the williams but you want it registered as a valver ???


Its alot of hassle for it nolonger to be a williams......dobs has a valver without sunroof for sale....makes alot more sense.

[Swervin_Mervin]

1. Cos my shell is knacked
2. yes
3. yes

I don't actively want to go out there and put valver bits on a willy for the sake of it. If the shell isn't sold it'll likely be scrapped. Makes sense to use it for my parts.

[northy]

i'd say buy a williams / valver - exchange your good bits and sell the valver for what ever u can.

[Swervin_Mervin]

That's the plan

[northy]

I ment ' and keep the engines' - then u wont need to reregister anything.

[Swervin_Mervin]

Ah right. Managed to scour the net and find some info now, on an MG site.

Seems it will indeed wither be on a Q or reg'd as a willy.

Looks like a change of plan then.

[stew]

whats wrong with a Q plate?

surely its the same as a hyrbid. i just changed the engine size on v5 doc and kept it as a 16v shell.

im confused!

[Swervin_Mervin]

I was going to be doing the opposite though stew. Willy shell, 1.8 bits. So I'd have been ppaying £££ on insuring it as a Q-plate or £££ insuring it as a willy.

[stew]

ahh... i see.

why the opposite? dont make sense to me!