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Vehicle & Technical => Series Land Rovers => Topic started by: mark.yellow.series.3 on February 25, 2006, 19:07:49

Title: vin plate
Post by: mark.yellow.series.3 on February 25, 2006, 19:07:49

does anyone know where i can get a replacment vin plate for my S3?
when i bought the car both foot wells were completely rotted away, and iam told thats where it should have been.
Ps. i have the V5 document.

thanks everyone.

Title: vin plate
Post by: the loon on February 25, 2006, 19:16:14

only place I've seen them is on ebay and they go for stupid money
I had to try and get one when I had my series this time last year and they where going for about £30

 #-o

Title: vin plate
Post by: Jim-Willy on February 25, 2006, 19:23:46

http://www.tagsdirect.co.uk/

These what you are after?

Title: vin plate
Post by: defenderdan on February 25, 2006, 19:25:25

If your vehicle is pre 1980 you don't actually need one for mot.

Title: vin plate
Post by: mark.yellow.series.3 on February 26, 2006, 20:37:43

Quote from: "jim-willy"

http://www.tagsdirect.co.uk/

These what you are after?

the 'vehicle identity number' plate which is the plate landrover fitted when the vehicle was new. MOT mechanics check this against your log book on MOT's, it is also supposed to be stamped onto the chassis but i never found this either.

Title: vin plate
Post by: mark.yellow.series.3 on February 26, 2006, 20:40:23

Quote from: "defenderdan"

If your vehicle is pre 1980 you don't actually need one for mot.

i asked one of the mechanics that and he said it would be fine, i happened to be talking to the other guy and he said no it had to be a proper one otherwise if VOSA (aka pain in the arse) pull you up it could get a bit tricky.(?)

Title: vin plate
Post by: defenderdan on February 26, 2006, 21:59:56

I don't know the in's & out's of it but i took a 1958 s11 for mot about 18 months ago. It had had a bulkhead swap and the vin plate had gone AWOL. After about 20 mins looking in his testing bible, he said pre 1980 it's not an mot requirement. That is not to say that it is not a VOSA requirement though.

Title: vin plate
Post by: mark.yellow.series.3 on February 26, 2006, 22:02:51

that some good news, that last thing i want is to be messing about waiting to drive the vehicle ive spent so long restoring.

Title: vin plate
Post by: hobbit on February 27, 2006, 08:06:55

you could stamp the chassis yourself :wink:

Title: vin plate
Post by: muddyweb on February 27, 2006, 09:33:11

A couple of years back, the Series 3 club had blank VIN plates for sensible money.  Might be worth dropping them a line.

Title: vin plate
Post by: smog on February 27, 2006, 16:27:35

You could do what lots of people do and simple stamp a small peice of alluminium with all the details as per a 'normal' plate, and pt it where it supposed to be.

Title: vin plate
Post by: mark.yellow.series.3 on February 27, 2006, 18:24:40

i think i will just stamp a bit of aluminium, if the test station will accept it.
but it might same some future agro if i can get a proper one, but not paying through the nose for it though.

thanks for the replies everyone.