my first ever mk1 .,wrote off ..now back on ebay ?

funk-star said

Reshell unless new will be different plate, how can you use another shell and keep the old reg?

chance of a new shell are slim to none.

same way you transfer a private plate?

VIN check required?

That's not really reshelling tho is it, that's just swapping the reg number.

reshelling you have to transfer a certain % from the original car surely?

Hpi check coming soon

funk-star said

Reshell unless new will be different plate, how can you use another shell and keep the old reg?

Very easily. You build the mechanical/trim/glass/electrical parts from the write off into a secondhand bodyshell, rivet the VIN plates onto the replacement shell and off you go. As long as the replacement shell is not older than the car you're rebuilding, it's pertfectly legal. It's not legal however to grind off the old stamped in VIN number but that's what normally happens. It's a grey area, but as long as you're not stealing anything or trying to pull a fast one (i.e putting a tax exempt pre 1973 logbook onto a much later Mini or Land Rover etc) then the Police and DVLA are not interested.