Quote Originally Posted by Absinth View Post
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.