Dealer sentenced for Selling Deathtrap Campervan.

I'm not surprised.
My honest MOT tester was given a tough time by VOSA investigators called in by the police after a trader's car he had tested was sold shortly afterwards.
It was involved in a serious accident and among other things was found to have two defective tyres and faulty brakes. Apparently the trader had swapped the worn tyres temporarily for better used ones just for the test (and removed some new parts before the sale which according to the police he returned to the factor for credit, although that seems unlikely to me).
During my years in the trade (pre VOSA computerisation) I heard of a couple of MOT places that would issue 'hooky certificates' over the phone.
 
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During my years in the trade (pre VOSA computerisation) I heard of a couple of MOT places that would issue 'hooky certificates' over the phone.

I got a hooky MOT for a VW camper van I had in the late 80's.
I got it from a friend who knew a man in a pub in the east end of London.

It was a real MOT cert with all the correct details, it cost me double the normal price, but they never actually saw the vehicle.

Back in the early 80's my brother an I had a arrangement with a friend of the family.
He sold high end cars, Rollers and Bentleys.
He would buy old bangers at auction, give the vehicle a MOT, swap over the numberplate so that the Roller had a 'heritage' plate and the old banger had an ex Roller plate and 11 months MOT.
We then got the old banger, the price was always 2 bottles of whiskey, no matter what the vehicle was.
At any given time we would have between 1 and 4 of these cars, we drove them into the ground and then flogged them for parts.

For some reason, you just can't so that sort of thing any more ....
 
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Pah! pint of waxoyl on that and it's good to go.

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I'm not surprised.
My honest MOT tester was given a tough time by VOSA investigators called in by the police after a trader's car he had tested was sold shortly afterwards.
It was involved in a serious accident and among other things was found to have two defective tyres and faulty brakes. Apparently the trader had swapped the worn tyres temporarily for better used ones just for the test (and removed some new parts before the sale which according to the police he returned to the factor for credit, although that seems unlikely to me).
During my years in the trade (pre VOSA computerisation) I heard of a couple of MOT places that would issue 'hooky certificates' over the phone.
Bradford is full of dodgy MOT suppliers 🥴 so I’ve heard
 
Pesky MoTs, fancy having some kind of official regulated system for making sure (as far as possible) that vehicles on the road are in a safe roadworthy condition (for everybody, not just the driver).
 
This one got caught but I wonder how many got through and people are driving a potential death trap. Unfortunately we are all conditioned to get the "best" price so dealers cut as many costs as possible.
 
Looks a smart motor in the photo.
 
I had a spell working in an MOT station many moons ago, quite often we could see folks in a layby just down the road swapping wheels to get a pass, used to all sorts of bodges from down right dangerous ones to ones down to lack of mechanical knowledge, once gave a chap 3 butterfly cable tensioners back after getting the job of fixing his handbrake, all I did was adjust the shoes up and then the cable, he was surprised when all we charged him for was labour :)

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Hi.
10/- note around the propshaft........... Those in the know.........( But a hand written note as to what to put right when you got home !!!)
Tea Bag.
I'm not surprised.
My honest MOT tester was given a tough time by VOSA investigators called in by the police after a trader's car he had tested was sold shortly afterwards.
It was involved in a serious accident and among other things was found to have two defective tyres and faulty brakes. Apparently the trader had swapped the worn tyres temporarily for better used ones just for the test (and removed some new parts before the sale which according to the police he returned to the factor for credit, although that seems unlikely to me).
During my years in the trade (pre VOSA computerisation) I heard of a couple of MOT places that would issue 'hooky certificates' over the phone.
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