What number would you put on such a car then? Are you going to create a new chassis number series to cater for it? Who will administrate and curate all this? It sounds like a complete nonsense.
Point taken Alan - the difference then is a second identity and presumably what to do with it.
If there was an offical process by which a car could be reshelled (NOS, heritage or donor), a proper disposal process could be applied guaranteeing against future abuse with a 'lost' ID as per those on ebay etc.
But no-one's suggestion a new number be allocated....should not the ID of the car reflect it's configuration ? That was after all one of the purposes of it's existence and attachment to a particular car.
I've been planning to mark up the drilling spots on the wings soon...
Sean - thankfully it doesn't matter what you think in legal terms. You need to let it go and move on - you have your view, and we all disagree with you and that is unlikely to change.
Rich - whether 'you all' disagree with me or not is also irrelvant - what'll count is what the authorties say and by way of your MOTs.
The safety of France , are you kidding ? Here, cars, particulary imports are tested against the manufacturer's tech-spec sheet. After that, (legally) all cars must adhere to that - change your wheel and tyre size alone and technically, if invloved in an accident and most especially with corporal damage (or worse), one could end up uninsured and paying for handicapped care for the thrid party out of your pocket for the rest of your life !
You guys have it good - but just don't push the limits or maybe it's too late - conversions, swaps, engine swaps....there's more ado about 'customising' here than classic cars.
Alan - so swapping chassis numbers never happens in Japan ?
Alan, this has surely happened in Japan whereby buyers and owners are tempted to reshell with clean donors from the US !
I repeat.....
it would be fabulous for a mini-publication to tell (in English) the S30 story from the Japanese side leading up until the first reguler exports, say 1964-1971.