log book id

[keith smith]

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

[Tony Griffiths]

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.parliame...N01482.pdf

[Mike Costigan]

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.