Legality puzzle

[100SRV]

A friend shared this with me: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/12265121...

Looking more closely (I'm not familiar with legality around IVA) I can't reconcile it being a "1974 Series 3" but having a coil-sprung chassis and TDi / automatic gearbox.

Is this a case of the chassis being replaced with a gavanized equivalent and the powertrain being a "permitted replacement"?

How does this all sit with MoT exemption and tax-free status?

[paintman]

That sort of thing used to pop up all the time on ebay & was often discussed on Land Rover forums.
Chances are that a lot of them the only thing that was of the correct date was the identity plate!

Some were reported to DVLA who basically didn't give a monkeys.

[100SRV]

I suppose it only becomes a problem if the vehicle is involved in a crime and the Police decided to take "other offences" into consideration.

[hidetheelephants]

100SRV said:

A friend shared this with me: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/12265121...

Looking more closely (I'm not familiar with legality around IVA) I can't reconcile it being a "1974 Series 3" but having a coil-sprung chassis and TDi / automatic gearbox.

Is this a case of the chassis being replaced with a gavanized equivalent and the powertrain being a "permitted replacement"?

How does this all sit with MoT exemption and tax-free status?

It's snide and ought to have both privileges revoked. Non-standard chassis = modified vehicle, no MoT exemption and no tax-free status.