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Oldiebut goodie wrote:Mine turned up today duly changed - they accepted a copy of the letter from the garage with the engine number on!
Insurance was £0 extra also.

I need to send mine off, so I guess I need to get a letter from a garage - is literally a case of "I confirm that the engine fitted to vehicle reg XXX has engine number XXX" on headed paper? I don't have a receipt or any other confirmation..

Part 2:
What evidence to give

You might need to give DVLA evidence or written confirmation of the changes to your vehicle.
Engine number or cylinder capacity (cc)

You’ll need to provide either:
a receipt for the replacement engine
written evidence from the manufacturer
an inspection report provided for insurance purposes
written confirmation on headed paper from a garage (if the change took place before you bought the vehicle)

Oldiebut goodie wrote:Part 2:
What evidence to give

You might need to give DVLA evidence or written confirmation of the changes to your vehicle.
Engine number or cylinder capacity (cc)

You’ll need to provide either:
a receipt for the replacement engine
written evidence from the manufacturer
an inspection report provided for insurance purposes
written confirmation on headed paper from a garage (if the change took place before you bought the vehicle)

Which raises another question...

I have a lockup containing something resembling a cross between a tupperware party, scaffolding and a scrapyard - a Citroen Mehari (normally 602cc), but rebuilt (in the dim and distant past) onto the chassis from an Ami Super (normally 1015cc), but with the engine from a GS (1220cc). It's registered as 1220cc currently. I also have a different engine which will go into it, probably, eventually. It's a 1299cc engine from a GSA, going by the engine number, but reputed to have been built to somewhere around 1400cc, using different pistons & barrels. I have no receipt for it (it rested with me on the way to a friend who never got round to collecting it before he died). I have no idea of the original source of the engine or parts, nor what the actual capacity is, or even if the crank's the same stroke, nor any way to prove anything short of measuring it all... What on earth do I tell DVLA...?

t25 sam wrote: iv told my insurance and i also had no rise in premium, bless ya aviva!!

You have a camper insured with Aviva ?? Do you have an agreed value policy ? Otherwise in the event of an unfortunate occurance occuring you'll be lucky to get £4.50 back for your pride & joy

Ian

To be fair ian, I didn't! I was even told to get an agreed policy and it flew straight over my head, with age and everything else against me I snapped up the quote, so anyway iv called them up and got it sorted! I'm still hoping I won't need to use it tho!