Trikky2
Well-known member
As a result of reading quite a few threads over the years, both on here and on Vzi, rather than hijack one of those threads, I thought I would start a new one.
I dont understand (and am astonished) by the casual attitude of some owners and buyers toward vehicle identity.
I accept that back in the old days, when these buses were old bangers, worth barely more than their weigh in value, it did not really have that much significance but that was years ago.
Nice buses these days are fetching anywhere between £8000 and £16000 and, with relatively high value vehicles that are fairly easy to steal and numerous enough to hide and change identity, its not surprising that significant thefts are also being reported.
On the other hand threads keep cropping up with owners asking for vehicle identification, vin plates and chassis numbers.
Stories of "oh the part with the chassis number on it was rusty and was replaced" whilst, coincidentally, the vin plate also fell off, was lost during a re-spray, was captured by aliens or whatever.
Anybody going to so much trouble restoring their vehicle would surly want to protect its identity and its security? If it were to be stolen how would it look if the owner reported to the police the vehicle had no chassis number for instance?
I'm sorry but to me this comes over the same way as a pupil claiming to the teacher the reason theres no homework to show was because the dog ate it.
In the very rare cases it may be necessary to replace a section with the chassis number on it, it seems to me that it would be normal to ensure its documented, verified and the number then re-stamped into the chassis.
I was wondering if I was the only one to have issues regarding this kind of thing and what others felt.
I dont understand (and am astonished) by the casual attitude of some owners and buyers toward vehicle identity.
I accept that back in the old days, when these buses were old bangers, worth barely more than their weigh in value, it did not really have that much significance but that was years ago.
Nice buses these days are fetching anywhere between £8000 and £16000 and, with relatively high value vehicles that are fairly easy to steal and numerous enough to hide and change identity, its not surprising that significant thefts are also being reported.
On the other hand threads keep cropping up with owners asking for vehicle identification, vin plates and chassis numbers.
Stories of "oh the part with the chassis number on it was rusty and was replaced" whilst, coincidentally, the vin plate also fell off, was lost during a re-spray, was captured by aliens or whatever.
Anybody going to so much trouble restoring their vehicle would surly want to protect its identity and its security? If it were to be stolen how would it look if the owner reported to the police the vehicle had no chassis number for instance?
I'm sorry but to me this comes over the same way as a pupil claiming to the teacher the reason theres no homework to show was because the dog ate it.
In the very rare cases it may be necessary to replace a section with the chassis number on it, it seems to me that it would be normal to ensure its documented, verified and the number then re-stamped into the chassis.
I was wondering if I was the only one to have issues regarding this kind of thing and what others felt.
but very thought provoking, making you perhaps think about how many busses we`re driving around in that have been `recycled ' for want of a better word :shock: Not until I read that thread had I considered the possibilities of busses with new identities. If every person on this EarlyBay site checked thouroughly right through the bus, where would we look exactly and what would we look at ? I`m now wondering how many would turn up with a lost identity ? What would you have to do if something didn`t check out properly, and what would happen to your bus ? So where do we start ?
