Could this be a sandman - Chassis swap

[ozbox]

Alright, so I have a HZ ute. I pull the chassis out and fit a HQ panelvan chassis. Then I inform rego and they do the appropriate changes. The next month I pull the HZ engine out and fit a HQ engine date stamped and engine numbered appropriately. Inform rego, they make the changes, all good. 2 months later I realise that a canopy on a ute looks crap, so I take my HQ panelvan body and put it in place of the ute body on my "HZ ute" and inform rego. They make the changes, bada bing bada boom , but the identity is still the same and I have the same numberplates . Do I still have a HZ ute?

no..when you pulled the chassis out and changed it rego has to be cancelled in nsw and new rego must be done and you have an hq..once you have done this you can take the ute body off and put a panelvan body on and do a blue slip for weight variation and body style variation and still keep the same rego but your compliance plate with chassis number stating that its a ute will still be displayed to align with the chassis number of the ute...sinbox is a ute legally registered as a panelvan with a matching tag to chassis as a ute..confused..im not.

[playwme]

Clear as mud. But that was how I intended my example to be. You can interpret rules and regulations however you want. What matters in the end is what the guy down at the RTA says, and he's a government employee and likely to interpret things in ways the normal man could only imagine.

This thread needs a trophy for most posts in the shortest amount of time.

[ozbox]

This thread needs a trophy for most posts in the shortest amount of time.

i agree...

[adam perth]

Question1: if a HQ 1 tonner cab with HQ tags from 1971 go onto a late WB chassis from 1984, what ADR's does it have to comply with?

Question2: If your answer to question 1 was the WB ADR's, how would some inspector at the inspection station know if that chassis was a 1980 chassis or a late 1984 chassis? and hence 1980 ADR's or 1984 ADR's?

Question 3: why wouldn't the 1 tonner in this configuration have to comply with the ADR ID tag on the cab, - the 1971 HQ ADR tag, as there is no WB ADR tag in sight......

Question 4: why are HQ 1 tonner compliance tags worth more than all the others???????? hint - pre pollution Chev.

[ozbox]

Question1: if a HQ 1 tonner cab with HQ tags from 1971 go onto a late WB chassis from 1984, what ADR's does it have to comply with?
it has to comply with the adrs of the chassis.

Question2: If your answer to question 1 was the WB ADR's, how would some inspector at the inspection station know if that chassis was a 1980 chassis or a late 1984 chassis? and hence 1980 ADR's or 1984 ADR's?
because rego authorities have computers and wb has chassis numbers awb bwb cwb dwb for the years.

Question 3: why wouldn't the 1 tonner in this configuration have to comply with the ADR ID tag on the cab, - the 1971 HQ ADR tag, as there is no WB ADR tag in sight......
because in nsw the tag isnt recognised as it does not match chassis number which is the legal entity of the vehicle

Question 4: why are HQ 1 tonner compliance tags worth more than all the others???????? hint - pre pollution Chev.
hq tags are worth nothing if attached to said wb..chassis number is what its regoed from ..hence hq

[adam perth]

Question1: if a HQ 1 tonner cab with HQ tags from 1971 go onto a late WB chassis from 1984, what ADR's does it have to comply with?
it has to comply with the adrs of the chassis.

Question2: If your answer to question 1 was the WB ADR's, how would some inspector at the inspection station know if that chassis was a 1980 chassis or a late 1984 chassis? and hence 1980 ADR's or 1984 ADR's?
because rego authorities have computers and wb has chassis numbers awb bwb cwb dwb for the years.

Question 3: why wouldn't the 1 tonner in this configuration have to comply with the ADR ID tag on the cab, - the 1971 HQ ADR tag, as there is no WB ADR tag in sight......
because in nsw the tag isnt recognised as it does not match chassis number which is the legal entity of the vehicle

Question 4: why are HQ 1 tonner compliance tags worth more than all the others???????? hint - pre pollution Chev.
hq tags are worth nothing if attached to said wb..chassis number is what its regoed from ..hence hq

jeez, they are smart in NSW aren't they...!. I believe in WA it is done off the ADR tag....most transport inpectors are English newbie aussies and wouldn't have a clue....

[Vombil]

jeez, they are smart in NSW aren't they...!. I believe in WA it is done off the ADR tag....most transport inpectors are English newbie aussies and wouldn't have a clue....

agreed. i can vouch for the fact they go on ADR tag. they are always keen to check number on the donk tho