Is this fraud?

[Liquid Knight]

On my "Ringing Kits" thread...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

...there have been a few examples of kit cars using classic or other kit car identities. The Locust with the chassis plates and log book from an old Dutton or Westfield for example regularly crop up.

This...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/lotus-7-/261740873841?&a...

...Locust is registered as a 1968 Elan, insured as a Lotus Super 7 (that wasn't introduced until 1970) and for sale at over double the price of a genuine properly registered Locust...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LOCUST-SUPER-7-2-0-PINTO...

It obviously is not a 1968 Lotus Elan, nor is it one of the 160 genuine Super 7's.

If the Elan identity has been used to avoid an IVA/SVA, to age the vehicle (Tax evasion) or elevate the agreed insurance value or sale price is it fraudulent?

[Liquid Knight]

So it's just a ringer using the identity of an Elan.

I guess the £13,000 asking price could be the £5,000 value of a legitimate Locust with the price of the "NVV 7" number plate.

[Liquid Knight]

V8forweekends said:

Liquid Knight said:

So it's just a ringer using the identity of an Elan.

I guess the £13,000 asking price could be the £5,000 value of a legitimate Locust with the price of the "NVV 7" number plate.

Except he says the plate's not included.

The number plate or the chassis plate?

[Liquid Knight]

V8forweekends said:

I made a similar observation on the thread - which was followed by some informed dabate...

Getting crossthreaded here but less than a month after I sold my Cortina for parts a Dutton with a blown engine turned up for £250.