Hello,
Looking for help please as a costly exercise is pressing. I have a 1998 Hobby M/H, first registered in Germany and built on a Fiat Ducato chassis. It has been imported into the UK and has a UK registration number. I, however live in France and want to re-register the vehicle over here. France built Hobby's of that age were built upon a Citroen chassis and so the certificate of conformity that Hobby France will supply will not include the chassis. Another certificate from Fiat has to be obtained for the chassis. Obviously each step costs more and more hard earned.
THE PROBLEM. The VIN plate on the vehicle has a vertical line of four weights; the bottom two, numbered 1-, and 2-, are OK, but the top two weights, which do not have a prefixed number, are crossed out with, XXXX, and overwritten with a new single weight. This appears to have been carried out professionally, but by whom I do not know. Why has this been carried out and by whom??
The authorities (DRIRE) over here in France are very conscientious. Will this affect the re-registration if the certificate Fiat France supplies does not reflect this alteration?
Thank you in advance for any info provided.
Mick
PS. I do believe there has been info placed on this website previously with regards this problem, but I couldn't find it!!
Looking for help please as a costly exercise is pressing. I have a 1998 Hobby M/H, first registered in Germany and built on a Fiat Ducato chassis. It has been imported into the UK and has a UK registration number. I, however live in France and want to re-register the vehicle over here. France built Hobby's of that age were built upon a Citroen chassis and so the certificate of conformity that Hobby France will supply will not include the chassis. Another certificate from Fiat has to be obtained for the chassis. Obviously each step costs more and more hard earned.
THE PROBLEM. The VIN plate on the vehicle has a vertical line of four weights; the bottom two, numbered 1-, and 2-, are OK, but the top two weights, which do not have a prefixed number, are crossed out with, XXXX, and overwritten with a new single weight. This appears to have been carried out professionally, but by whom I do not know. Why has this been carried out and by whom??
The authorities (DRIRE) over here in France are very conscientious. Will this affect the re-registration if the certificate Fiat France supplies does not reflect this alteration?
Thank you in advance for any info provided.
Mick
PS. I do believe there has been info placed on this website previously with regards this problem, but I couldn't find it!!