Rebuilt MGBV8s

[Turn & Burn]

I’m not sure, but in the Landrover world which I’m more familiar with it’s not an uncommon thing to do, and acceptable as long as you don’t redefine the vehicle by chopping the chassis, or changing suspension type, ie leaf to coil.

 

[Rob Gaskin]

The difference is replacing old with new, not another old chassis. so you are not 'ringing' two old cars.

 

[chrisvega]

New Heritage shells for the MG marque have been around for many years now and perfectly accepted by enthusiasts and DVLA alike, but as Rob says, difference is they are 'new'.

If Nissan or A.N.other ever decided to produce new shells for the S30 range, the re-shelled HS30 cars could retain their original VIN with no problem.
However, must assume this is never likely or even possible to happen, whatever the motivation, as the tooling is surely long gone now.

 

[SeanDezart]

The difference is replacing old with new, not another old chassis. so you are not 'ringing' two old cars.

The only difference I see there are the ages of replacement chassis - nothing more.

 

[Alphabettispaghetti]

New Heritage shells for the MG marque have been around for many years now and perfectly accepted by enthusiasts and DVLA alike, but as Rob says, difference is they are 'new'.

If Nissan or A.N.other ever decided to produce new shells for the S30 range, the re-shelled HS30 cars could retain their original VIN with no problem.
However, must assume this is never likely or even possible to happen, whatever the motivation, as the tooling is surely long gone now.

I'd guess the issue is that the s30 shell was so much more advance in design than the MG stuff.

 

[jonbills]

The only difference I see there are the ages of replacement chassis - nothing more.

Not so Sean, certified new shells are seen as just replacement parts by dvla whereas used shells already have identities as cars.