Could this be a sandman - Chassis swap

[Absinth]

C. Vehicles with Compliance Plate discrepancies

Alternatively, where the chassis/VIN number on the compliance plate is the same as the number
indicated on the vehicle registration documents, but different to the number stamped on the
body, the owner will be advised by an Authorised Officer of the RTA to provide evidences as to
the origin of the number on the body. Where satisfactory evidence has been provided (i.e. sales
receipts, repair invoices, etc.) and the body is found to comply with all the relevant ADR’s
applicable to the vehicle (this requires the presentation of an engineers certificate), the owner
will be directed to stamp a line on the differing number, and the chassis/VIN number (shown on
the compliance plate and registration documents) stamped as close as possible to the location
specified by the vehicle manufacturer.

So, if you were lucky enough to find and purchase a Nos unstamped chassis there would be no number to cross out.... you would be instructed to stamp the original chassis number on in its original position.

You could also get your non matching chassis sand blasted by a sand blasting business and have the stamped number obliterated in the process... show the RTA the receipt from the sand blaster as proof the number was legitimately lost, as long as you have an old registration certificate showing the chassis number matches the compliance plate they will get you to stamp that number back onto the chassis....

Be buggered.... is that some semblance of common sense from the RTA??????

[ozbox]

So, if you were lucky enough to find and purchase a Nos unstamped chassis there would be no number to cross out.... you would be instructed to stamp the original chassis number on in its original position.

You could also get your non matching chassis sand blasted by a sand blasting business and have the stamped number obliterated in the process... show the RTA the receipt from the sand blaster as proof the number was legitimately lost, as long as you have an old registration certificate showing the chassis number matches the compliance plate they will get you to stamp that number back onto the chassis....

Be buggered.... is that some semblance of common sense from the RTA??????

it all sounds good in principle but i would love to see it put into practice..you would need to be very patient and armed to the hilt with their own regulations..and if you got someone that didnt like it you would end up with a police number..
problem is you are not dealing with the rta but with mechanics that are authorised to inspect vehicles for the rta..this is the blue slip scheme and it is great in one sense but not in others..
when i did the body swap on sinbox i did my own searching for the legal sides of changing the body shape and weight variation and approached a blue slip guy i knew..he was prepared to do it as a blue slip but it could have got knocked back at the desk in the rta..luckily it didnt.

[hainzy]

Common sense?? Inconcievable...

And these cars are 30 + years old. Half the bearocrats probably werent even born when these cars were new. Most of them wouldnt even know where to find the chassis number on an old holden these days, and likely wouldnt recognise it if it looked odd anyway... They dont even understand the old holden vin numbers when you try to give it to em. All they would notice would be that the comp plate and chassis dont match. Just 'track down' a 'blank' chassis then...

So, if you were lucky enough to find and purchase a Nos unstamped chassis there would be no number to cross out.... you would be instructed to stamp the original chassis number on in its original position.

You could also get your non matching chassis sand blasted by a sand blasting business and have the stamped number obliterated in the process... show the RTA the receipt from the sand blaster as proof the number was legitimately lost, as long as you have an old registration certificate showing the chassis number matches the compliance plate they will get you to stamp that number back onto the chassis....

Be buggered.... is that some semblance of common sense from the RTA??????

[Absinth]

Would probably work in Qld in the smaller towns....

In 99 I got a 6cyl HX ute from Noosa wreckers and swapped all the bits from my HJ Sandman over to it.... had to get it engineered to fit bucket seats due to the 3 seat on the HX compliance plate. Anyway, when I presented it for rego the woman told me is was listed as a 6cyl but now had a V8 in it.... I said oh ohh what does that mean.... her reply was no problem, happens all the time with these models .... a few strokes on the keyboard and it was registered as a V8 with the new engine number.

She was more interested in the fact I had the mod plate fitted for the bucket seats and they were fitted correctly.... I figured as I had to get the mod plate I may as well bolt SS Commodore seats into it and had to fit 3" x 3" washers to the floor.