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Anton1974

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35 posts

188 months

Wednesday 7th March 2012
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Building a hybrid at the moment, I have used the axles, gearbox, engine, steering, from a disco, and put them on a 90 chassis with a 90 body, can I retain the disco reg number? Any help or advise would be great thanks

C Lee Farquar

4,198 posts

240 months

Wednesday 7th March 2012
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No, the identity is the chassis.

300bhp/ton

41,030 posts

214 months

Thursday 8th March 2012
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Anton1974 said:
Building a hybrid at the moment, I have used the axles, gearbox, engine, steering, from a disco, and put them on a 90 chassis with a 90 body, can I retain the disco reg number? Any help or advise would be great thanks
This is a very grey area. All I can say is, go do a lot of research and be careful what you say, post or show pictures of on a public forum.

However the answer is no, you can't have a Disco that isn't a Disco with a totally different chassis and body. It might be worth buying a wrecked 90 if that's your plan and use its credentials as a "repaired" vehicle with a new chassis.

KevinA3DSG32

13,694 posts

304 months

Friday 9th March 2012
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Actuslly you can have the registration from the Disco on the Defender, simply by doing a normal registration transfer. But, the vehicle will not be registered as a Disco, as others have said it is the chassis and bulkhead that determines the identity, not the drive train.

Nice But Dim

469 posts

231 months

Saturday 10th March 2012
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^^^^ This .... And from personal experience with DVLA in getting them to recognise my new chassis with exisitng bulkead and drive train