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log book id - keith smith - 05-07-2022
hi all the log book for my 7 says the cc is 885 ,,they diidnt even make this cc ?? my thought are that dvla are ripping drivers of with a higher cc engine for taxation purposes ?? right along any vehicles,,i know mine is a 750 or is it anyone know ?? i know these are tax free ,but rip of britain ,,thanks keith
RE: log book id - Tony Griffiths - 05-07-2022
This is a typical mistake found in many pre-war Austin 7 log books - and nothing to worry about. As you point out, all cars over the age of 40 are free of road tax, so it's not a scam to extract more money - as there is no money to extract. Everything you need to know about the politics and policies behind the tax on vehicle ownership and fuel is in this research paper. https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN01482/SN01482.pdf
RE: log book id - Mike Costigan - 05-07-2022
At the time the registration records were computerised it was only a few years after the Mini was introduced, when the Austin version was badged as a Seven, so the keyboard operators saw Seven and assumed it was an 850cc Mini, although that doesn't explain an 885cc entry! Another problem was the programmers could only cater for a limited number of colours, so an orange car would be entered as red, and a purple as blue, cream would be white and beige was brown, and so on.