Rare cars you dont see anymore,

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As I understand it, to get a new registration, the bulk of the car must be new (including the chassis/monocoque) and a single major component may be used/reconditioned - often this is the engine or gearbox, which is I suspect how the Megablade above was done.

With a single-donor kit (Sierra based was the classic in the late 90's) if you use enough of the major parts from the donor car thus scoring enough points and have a new chassis/monocoque, you can get an age-related plate.  As I understand, they really shouldn't be running around on the original registration/V5 from the original donor car.

It's all there on the DVLA website somewhere.

makes me laugh when mini owners "Re shell" their mini coopers. As some of them are bit like triggers broom. only thing that's stayed the same is the Reg. So another thing you got to watch with classic cars, is it a proper sports one etc not some reshell poverty specd one done up as a one and passed off.
I can name a few cars like that, ford escorts with the XR series and the cosworths.
  

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There's one similar in the court car park across the road.

There's a mint white Austin maestro which I pass every day on the way back from work

the last Austin maestro in sunderland disappeared last year I think, The fella who owned it was a british Leyland fan, had a couple of classic cars, a old mini and an I think an mgb, too. The Austin maestro was on a J plater and was well tidy too! In fact it came from down south, as the lad went all the way to get it. Used it as his daily for too. 

 
You can't fake an escort cosworth because it isn't really an escort it's based on a sierra so the cosworth is bigger and longer than the standard escort. 

the floor pans are a sierra if I am right in the escorts? not sure what else bar the running gear, as I never really saw a escort cosworth up close, in fact I have only seen sierras,