I have followed the above link to the FBHVC site and completed it that way. For what it's worth I agreed with most of their responses, but added my own thoughts regarding kit cars (that they should be entitled to all the advantages of historic status after 40 years since built, even if registered on a Q), and that electric conversions should also be entitled to the same, provided they are carried out in a sympathetic and reversible manner.

Quote from: Worf on Today at 01:25 PMIt would be nice if there was some relaxation of "data protection" rules the DVLA have adopted, so it was possible to trace the history of Historic Vehicles in your ownership without a blanket "NO" (unless you are a car clamper).

The DVLA are missing a trick and income source here.

They could charge an owner wanting the history if the DVLA contacted past owners for their "permission".
The DVLA could charge £50/£100 for such a service and genuine owners would pay. Down to past owners to say yes or no. Quite a few past owners will have died - no problem and a few will have changed address, not a problem.

It's a paradox as they freely give info out to the parking bandits 

We should be writing to our MPs and the ICO


Regarding the idea of chassis makers stamping the reg number in the new chassis is a non-starter 
Why should they do the DVLA work and there would be not check or authority for the makers to check what happens to the old chassis 
Open door for ringers.

What the chassis makers could do/do is to stamp their own serial number into the chassis.
My Marsland chassis has a factory number.
Then - if there were an investigation by the DVLA, Police or Insurance they could get the details of the person who bought the new chassis and take it from there.

Current best advice from the club is to stamp your new chassis with the old number (having destroyed your old chassis) in the expected place on the front off-side dumb iron. Don't worry about getting the exact size or font. Just have a clear stamping.

As fossil fuels are phased/priced out more classic owners will opt for "electrification".
These conversions kits are becoming more common.
The DVLA are in a  bit of a quandary as they allow engine changes that were of the "period" or straight derivatives of engines of the "period", e.g. TDis, Perkins diesels or Essex V6s to retain the Vehicle of Historic Interest.
It would be "nice" if fitting an electric engine meant the VofHI tax-free status could be retained 


   

I must be being really thick. I can't find the Parts books with that part number at all on the club site. What's the actual title, please?
Thanks

Quote from: Space-Kook on Yesterday at 02:39 PMSean you'll want the rover 1 parts book 60595, we have a copy on the club site. https://landrover.series2club.co.uk/parts-and-owners-manuals/ It gives you the description of the part (bolt size & material) along with the part number.
Fair warning the diagrams are mostly inaccurate.
Blanchards have a physical copy but it's a modern reprint of that pdf.

Dog walking duties this morning then transporting an extremely heavy load of books to the local Salvation Army charity shop.

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Quote from: autorover1 on Today at 11:09 AMLand Rover used some 5th wheel 88" vehicles in the factory for moving round trailers with, I think,  body panels . When the 90 came out they had a similar set up but with the Boge Hydrostrut from the One Ten on the rear A frame . I am not sure if the 88" was a Dixon Bate or in house LR job. 

Interesting, do any pictures exist of these vehicles?

I have not seen any press pictures and I  was not allowed to take a camera to work & it was before the mobile phone

Just been through this with my 109. For information, only S3 fully threaded rods are available through all the usual suppliers now. So quite likely a PO will have fitted S3 type.

As said, always wise to check. I remember a fatality was caused a few years ago by a failure caused by a detaching track rod end, causing loss of control and a bad crash.

It would be nice if there was some relaxation of "data protection" rules the DVLA have adopted, so it was possible to trace the history of Historic Vehicles in your ownership without a blanket "NO" (unless you are a car clamper).

Interesting article https://blog.royalhistsoc.org/2021/04/12/data-protection-and-historical-research-the-basics/

Perhaps this doesnt come under the remit of the current DVLA review

Land Rover Series 2a ex Sydney electricity.
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whitehillbilly

My read was that one of the main points of this exercise was to remove electrification modifications of classis cars (to engine, transmission plus any simultaneous beefing up of suspension, axles etc) from the 'radically altered vehicle' Q plate totting-up system, thereby doing whatever they can to get us all hooked up to the grid.

The link below offers guidance from the Federation of British Historic Vehicle clubs  of which we are a member

https://evidence.fbhvc.co.uk/

Please read

Peter