31-01-2021, 10:26 AM
I think the starting point in this murky and questionable practice of selling identifiable number plates, log books, etc. should at least be the certain knowledge that the original vehicle has been registered as scrapped. Even so I think it is completely unethical.
I used to chat regularly to a chap at rallies who had quite a lot of vintage vehicles, including Sevens,some of which had not been on the road for whatever reason for some time.
When stricter regulations, such as SORN came into being he attempted to get all the paperwork in order, but was refused on one of them as the (presumably attractive) number had, unknowingly to him, been claimed and was on a modern BMW or Mercedes or some such.
I believe he eventually managed to prove that the number had been fraudulently taken and was able to reclaim it.
I used to chat regularly to a chap at rallies who had quite a lot of vintage vehicles, including Sevens,some of which had not been on the road for whatever reason for some time.
When stricter regulations, such as SORN came into being he attempted to get all the paperwork in order, but was refused on one of them as the (presumably attractive) number had, unknowingly to him, been claimed and was on a modern BMW or Mercedes or some such.
I believe he eventually managed to prove that the number had been fraudulently taken and was able to reclaim it.