Don't hold back Ons, say whats on yer mind.
I agree, there's a huge difference between hanging a Defender front end on a series truck, and hanging a series ID plate on a Defender.
I doubt any authorities like the MOT, or our DMV has a problem with a guy taking a 109 and putting it on a coil sprung frame, but when he also adds an R380, LT230 and Tdi, Defender front end, windscreen, bulkhead seats, well, you get the picture.
Over here, avoiding a tax isn't the issue, as there's no getting around that. It's our import rules preventing access to Defenders that makes people build them with a VIN that qualifies.
The guy selling the Defender CT lookalike wasn't trying to missrepresent it, he called it a look alike. The ones that get me are the ones selling stuff on ebay, calling them a 2001, whatever.
The simplistic attitude of the DMV is that whatever the paper says it is, is what it is.
In the final analysis, I completely agree with Onslow, as it pertains to altered VINS in the UK, aside from cheating on the taxes, the UK seems to have a huge problem with car theft, and Land Rovers are a prime target. But I also fully appreciate why it's done here; because we can't get the real thing without building it ourselves, and as long as it's done for that reason, and not to missrepresent it to some complete boob, It doesn't trouble me a hoot.
If the Freakin Beaurocrats weren't such complete dickheads about homebuilts, we wouldn't even have to call it a '62 2A
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