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Vehicle & Technical => Series Land Rovers => Topic started by: TUFFTEE on November 08, 2005, 16:17:22

Title: Series 2a How to keep Tax Exemption with Mods
Post by: TUFFTEE on November 08, 2005, 16:17:22

Right guys! Please let me into a few Legal Loopholes?
I have been offered a 2001 90 chassis and i think that would do my series very well?
 But That means that the only original bits left on my series at the end would only be the body!

How can i get It to have say Coiled Springs Tdi Engine 5 speed G/Box Yet keep my exemption?
                                            Thanx in advance!

Title: Re: Series 2a How to keep Tax Exemption with Mods
Post by: muddyweb on November 08, 2005, 16:39:04

Quote from: "TUFFTEE"

How can i get It to have say Coiled Springs Tdi Engine 5 speed G/Box Yet keep my exemption?

You can't.

As soon as the chassis is not the original one, or a new replacement to the same spec as was fitted to the vehicle who's identity you are trying to use...   SVA and Q-Plate.

Title: Series 2a How to keep Tax Exemption with Mods
Post by: muddyweb on November 08, 2005, 17:00:12

This will give you some idea of what you can do...

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/regrebil.htm


Not many loopholes I'm afraid... and the days of the inspectors not knowing what they are looking for are long in the past.

Title: Series 2a How to keep Tax Exemption with Mods
Post by: spy on November 09, 2005, 17:38:25

Surely the only way to do it is to buy a tax exempt range rover and use that as the chassis.  If you then change the body for a series one I think this is still ok?  I am sure someone will correct me if im wrong.

Title: Series 2a How to keep Tax Exemption with Mods
Post by: muddyweb on November 09, 2005, 17:40:45

You can do that, although there seems to be a bit of a grey area about whether shortening a chassis counts as a radical modification and hence requiring an SVA.

I've heard conflicting information about this from DVLA

Title: Series 2a How to keep Tax Exemption with Mods
Post by: TUFFTEE on November 09, 2005, 19:38:44

Thanks Guys
                    I have decided that the only mods will be a tdi engine and para bolick springs in the future just to keep it as original as possible!