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Supposedly an original 1955 pick up?
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 5:49 pm
by Pilkie
Re: Supposedly an original 1955 pick up?
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 6:04 pm
by POMMReg
Request the body number!
Could do with a laugh!
Re: Supposedly an original 1955 pick up?
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 6:15 pm
by Pilkie
POMMReg wrote:Request the body number!
Could do with a laugh!
So could I,and I have!
And his answer.
""Unfortunately I do not know the history of the car, however it is registered as a 1955 pickup.
I have taken down the chassis number 'OFJ11/34005'. I dont know if that helps you or not.""
Re: Supposedly an original 1955 pick up?
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 7:25 pm
by POMMReg
Good enough for me!!
Again, ask for the cab nos.
Re: Supposedly an original 1955 pick up?
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 7:32 pm
by qwerty165
Well according to DVLA:
Date of Liability 01 01 2014
Date of First Registration 26 10 1955
Year of Manufacture 1955
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1098cc
CO₂ Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status Licence Not Due
Vehicle Colour GREY
Vehicle Type Approval Not Available
Re: Supposedly an original 1955 pick up?
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:49 pm
by Pilkie
That number he said is on the chassis plate,which is easily swapped,so ive asked him for the number stamped into the bulkhead,and told him where to find it.
Also asked if he knows the cab number!
Re: Supposedly an original 1955 pick up?
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 9:01 pm
by Greengrass
Thats my old pick up it is a 1955 but the cab is not ive forgot what year it is it was a good runner
Re: Supposedly an original 1955 pick up?
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:03 pm
by bmcecosse
Well - I suppose a 'later cab' could explain it......but effectively the 'cab' is the bodyshell and it could be argued it should have retained it's original (much later) Reg number - but then again, it has a separate chassis....(but is it the original chassis ??) and so rightly it can retain the original early Reg number! I quite like it! Good practical/low cost run-about.
Re: Supposedly an original 1955 pick up?
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:38 am
by Pilkie
If the seperate chassis has no id marks stamped on it,MAU5 etc, then its just a part of the whole,and for DVLA reasons the cab is the identity.
Would be interesting to know when the work was done on it,as if it was done before a certain date,then the DVLA rules were different!
Problems could arise with your insurance company if you make a claim,and they realise its not quite right!!
Re: Supposedly an original 1955 pick up?
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 10:28 am
by POMMReg
Much easier to repair the old cab rather than change it surely?
If it's on a '55 chassis there's an easy way to check.
Any joy obtaining the cab nos.?
Re: Supposedly an original 1955 pick up?
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 10:29 am
by Matt
For the DVLA the cab is irrelevant... as it has a seperate chassis. If it was a car it would be an entirely different situation
See the DVLA 8 point system.
https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-registration ... d-vehicles
Re: Supposedly an original 1955 pick up?
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:36 am
by millerman
Matt, thanks for your positive post, I wish everyone was the same!
Re: Supposedly an original 1955 pick up?
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 1:06 pm
by Pilkie
Does the chassis carry the chassis number stamped into it,to prove its genuine?
Re: Supposedly an original 1955 pick up?
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 1:30 pm
by Matt
I think they are meant to have chassis numbers on them... I have only seen 1 and its had rather a lot of repairs
Re: Supposedly an original 1955 pick up?
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 3:28 pm
by POMMReg
The MMOC authenticate LCVs solely on a chassis number?
Disturbing for LCV owners.
Re: Supposedly an original 1955 pick up?
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:18 pm
by Greengrass
I was told the rear end off the chassi had been replaced and the cab was a later model this was mentioned in the add so they were not hiding anything when selling if i had the money i would buy it back
Re: Supposedly an original 1955 pick up?
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:21 pm
by POMMReg
Greengrass wrote:I was told the rear end off the chassi had been replaced and the cab was a later model this was mentioned in the add so they were not hiding anything when selling if i had the money i would buy it back
Other than that it's an original Series 2 pick-up!!
Re: Supposedly an original 1955 pick up?
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:14 pm
by MarkyB
Almost totally original.
Re: Supposedly an original 1955 pick up?
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:47 pm
by JOWETTJAVELIN
It makes a lot of sense for a commercial vehicle to be re-bodied... You used to be able to buy Rolls-Royce and other expensive cars as just a chassis, for your own body to be fitted.
Re: Supposedly an original 1955 pick up?
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:31 pm
by Rasputin
Quite a few LCV`s have had a better cab or new chassis fitted over the years.My pickup is a bit like Triggers broom,and is probably one of the ones that Pomreg described as a ringer after he examined it at the National.They were working vehicles,and if the cab was getting rough and a better one came along,the owner just changed it.The cab on mine came without the provision for a passenger sunvisor,there is no hole for it.Also it has been registered as a pickup from new but the body number begins MAW and not MAU and has been since new as I have a photocopy of the original logbook.