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Good evening.
There have been a few special build threads recently. I was wondering how people have got on with DVLA getting the V5c updated. I have yet to start on my bodywork (I am still doing the engine and its peripherals) and should be interested in to know how things lie with DVLA and registering specials currently.
Jamie.
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Location: Near Cambridge, UK
Car type: 1928 tourer (mag type), short chassis Gould Ulster
For my Ulsteroid quite a few years ago I went to the regional office in Peterborough and explained simply that the car had been off the road for many years and I had fitted a 'Tourer' body and it was now ready for the road. Please would they amend the V5 to show Tourer in place of Saloon. Quite how it works now I don't know but I suggest that the innocent approach without introducing unneccessary information can be sufficient to satisfy a DVLA pen-pusher. I am sure it is different now, particularly if you don't have a V5 or if the SORN has not been declared regularly. I was clear in both these respects.
Robert Leigh
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Location: Gent Belgium
Car type: Special 1930 chassis
Jamie,
My car is a little more complicated, its not been on the road since the 70's and not on the DVLA records so via the club I've applied for a new V5
Good luck
Matthew
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Thank you both for your replies.
Stuart. Your case does seem different. My car had been in a barn for thirty years or more. I have a V5c in my name and the car is shown as "Not taxed for on road use".
Jamie.
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Location: The village of Evenley
Car type: 1934 Austin Seven RP Deluxe
Jamie, at risk of teaching grandmother...are you aware of the DVLA points system in order to use your original V5 and retain the registration number?
You need to have 8 points to retain the original number and five of those points relate to the original body, so if your car was originally a saloon and building a sports style body, you have what the DVLA call a radically altered vehicle and if you are not careful, you’ll end up with a “Q” plate.
Alternatively you can go the reconstructed classic vehicle route, there’s a lot of info on the DVLA web site, if you haven’t looked already.
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Am I wrong? I was under the impression that the Chassis engine and running gear is where the main points come from.
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That was my understanding.
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Location: The village of Evenley
Car type: 1934 Austin Seven RP Deluxe
My apologies, I think I must be out of date!
