RE: Ginetta G4
Discussion
even exported cars are normally still listed in the dvla database.
does anybody know if replacement chassis left the factory with a new chassis number or was it to the owner to emboss the "old" number into the new chassis?
i know it from lotus that if you purchased a factory replacement chassis for an eclat/elite you get a new chassis number: e.g. LR8509
the LR stands for "Lotus Replacement"
interestingwise it was up to the owner to emboss this number into the chassis, alternatively he could also emboss the "original" number into the new chassis.
does anybody know if replacement chassis left the factory with a new chassis number or was it to the owner to emboss the "old" number into the new chassis?
i know it from lotus that if you purchased a factory replacement chassis for an eclat/elite you get a new chassis number: e.g. LR8509
the LR stands for "Lotus Replacement"
interestingwise it was up to the owner to emboss this number into the chassis, alternatively he could also emboss the "original" number into the new chassis.
Started with CNC (won't give all of it away, I'll leave it to Geoff to tell you) but you can check those first 3 initials, and Ginetta G4.
Anyway, for what it's worth, DVLA is a government agency so is interested in one thing, making money.
The rest at what it does, imo, they are pretty useless.
Look at all the V5 documents it was said they 'lost' in 2006. The logbooks had a misprint so were to be shredded - but somewhere between them printing and the shredders, the whole lot went missing, only to surface over the next three years (and counting) being used to create false vehicle identities.
Over £13m worth of cars have been stolen and cloned in this way, and police are still recovering about 10 stolen logbooks every week. It is estimated that possibly 130,000 stolen blank documents are still in circulation.
I reckon (being in this industry) if you just took 130,000 V5 documents they would weigh around 1,300 KILOS!
Couldn't exactly fall of the lorry and not be noticed, or piled on the back seat of your car, eh?
Anyway, for what it's worth, DVLA is a government agency so is interested in one thing, making money.
The rest at what it does, imo, they are pretty useless.
Look at all the V5 documents it was said they 'lost' in 2006. The logbooks had a misprint so were to be shredded - but somewhere between them printing and the shredders, the whole lot went missing, only to surface over the next three years (and counting) being used to create false vehicle identities.
Over £13m worth of cars have been stolen and cloned in this way, and police are still recovering about 10 stolen logbooks every week. It is estimated that possibly 130,000 stolen blank documents are still in circulation.
I reckon (being in this industry) if you just took 130,000 V5 documents they would weigh around 1,300 KILOS!
Couldn't exactly fall of the lorry and not be noticed, or piled on the back seat of your car, eh?
A round tube G-4 for sale here in the States...
$35k
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/1645644774.htm...
BT
$35k
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/1645644774.htm...
BT
Can anybody tell me about the history, condition or other on this car?
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C279385
Or was it discussed in another thread? Please point me there - thanks!
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C279385
Or was it discussed in another thread? Please point me there - thanks!
apparently it's a square tube....raced successfully but later excluded due to wrong date of manufacture being declared [not because it is not a round tube!]..
I enquired because I was interested in racing square tube g4's [eg Tony Ingram's]
I don't think square tubes were homologated like the 997 round tubes, but presumably they would be eligible for other historic classes...
I enquired because I was interested in racing square tube g4's [eg Tony Ingram's]
I don't think square tubes were homologated like the 997 round tubes, but presumably they would be eligible for other historic classes...
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