the car does not have to be registered as scrap untill the car is scrapped . the car is being sold with its v5 as we all sell cars . just because the shell is rotten why is this wrong , there are some mad people out there that would rebuild it and to be honest there are a lot of rally cars out there that keep the same reg but have had many shells . it is what the new owner does with it that could !!! poss be wrong . the reg does not matter to anyone that does not buy it in my opinion because no body else can scrap it unless you have the v5 and your details on it .