Is a Sandman still a Samdman?????

[TwoTees]

I am over this same old story.

Me too!

However I am simply amazed at the level of openness on this forum about people talking about re-shelling their vehicle.

When doing research into this very topic, I visited some ford forums looking for key words like "Removing tags" and "re-shell". They say things like "Do you think I will get in trouble if I remove my tags to paint my engine bay?" and "OMG! I did not realise it was that illegal to remove my tags. What should I do?".
On this forum its all about "swapping tags and chassis" or "What shell should I use?"
Any one considering buying a Sandman and using this site to research them would be put completely off the prospect due to the high number of fake "Original" sandmans being hobbled together. Ultimately devaluing all the Genuine Sandman's out there.

This concludes me to think that either, some people simply just don't give a shit about the law or they have a learning disability.

[HK1837]

Me too!

However I am simply amazed at the level of openness on this forum about people talking about re-shelling their vehicle.

When doing research into this very topic, I visited some ford forums looking for key words like "Removing tags" and "re-shell". They say things like "Do you think I will get in trouble if I remove my tags to paint my engine bay?" and "OMG! I did not realise it was that illegal to remove my tags. What should I do?".
On this forum its all about "swapping tags and chassis" or "What shell should I use?"
Any one considering buying a Sandman and using this site to research them would be put completely off the prospect due to the high number of fake "Original" sandmans being hobbled together. Ultimately devaluing all the Genuine Sandman's out there.

This concludes me to think that either, some people simply just don't give a shit about the law or they have a learning disability.

I think the reson you see it more with HQ-WB is that the vehicle's identity is on the chassis which is seperate to the body, and hence easily unbolted an replaced eg after a crash, or people have always seen the bodies as a spare part (which I have done, we used to replace rusty tonner cabs in the 80's when WB's were still sold new, you could buy a cab off a 2 year old crashed WB for $250). Fords, like HK-HG and Toranas etc are a bit different.