Registration / IVA Question - 'Barn Find'

[skwdenyer]

OK, so late at night, I was browsing eBay, and found this beauty:



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Ignoring the degree to which beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the real question. DVLA has this registered as a 1972 Reliant Scimitar.

My understanding is that the Scimitar has a separate chassis and unstressed body. I'm not 'up' on the rules nowadays; are we still talking "points" for major parts of the vehicle?

During a brief search, I've read conflicting advice as to what constitutes 'rebodying' vs 'radically altering'. I haven't had sight of the V5 but, if it is indeed declared as 'standard', could this just be a DVLA inspection and note on V5 of rebody?

[minitici]

A think of beauty!

[SystemParanoia]

endless amounts of box section and an actual plank of wood.. Brilliant

[KMF]

Mmmm you found a blue barn

[tr7v8]

I have seen it on the bay as well. It is a rebody on a Scimitar chassis, so no IVA just MOT & away you go. May need changes to V5 such as colour, seats etc.

[skwdenyer]

tr7v8 said:

I have seen it on the bay as well. It is a rebody on a Scimitar chassis, so no IVA just MOT & away you go. May need changes to V5 such as colour, seats etc.

Thank you. However, it is, and it isn't... looking at a picture of a bare chassis:



shows that the chassis for the 'blue barn' must have been "bobbed" in the manner of so many Land Rovers et al. As a result, it perhaps isn't a 'rebody' so much as a 'radically altered' vehicle?

From what I can gather, it may depend upon when the work was done (and when it can be proved to have been done, more to the point), but even so, it seems a grey area. Any more thoughts? Thanks!

[Redcar49]

Looks to me like it wouldn't be out of place in the opening scenes of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"!!!

[tr7v8]

skwdenyer said:

tr7v8 said:

I have seen it on the bay as well. It is a rebody on a Scimitar chassis, so no IVA just MOT & away you go. May need changes to V5 such as colour, seats etc.

Thank you. However, it is, and it isn't... looking at a picture of a bare chassis:

shows that the chassis for the 'blue barn' must have been "bobbed" in the manner of so many Land Rovers et al. As a result, it perhaps isn't a 'rebody' so much as a 'radically altered' vehicle?

From what I can gather, it may depend upon when the work was done (and when it can be proved to have been done, more to the point), but even so, it seems a grey area. Any more thoughts? Thanks!

It has only lost the last bit of its chassis, could be deemed non-structural. I think given its age you'd get away with it.

[Frankthered]

minitici said:

A think of beauty!

You mean close your eyes and think of beauty??

[GinG15]

sammio or ribble or how they are called today are offering a 50ies style body kit, to be fitted on a scimi se5...as the chassis remains untouched (untouched also means for most builders: we keep the dirt and rust) those cars are considered as rebody and therefore keep there tax-exempt status.

correctly registered they will get the V5c issued with the kit-name or a combination of scimitar/reliant and kitname.