Tax exemption

[winchman]

I have just bought a 88" petrol truck cab, its registered oct 1973, whats the chance of it being manufactured before the Historic vehicle cut off date and how could I prove it?

[tonyALB1]

my experiance says it was 1972 cut off

i had an old rover p6 k reg 1972 and was told i was olny just in with the free tax

[treeman]

would have thought it was a very slim chance that it sat around for a year and a half un registered.

[winchman]

This is the info I found at the DVLA
The documents you will need to produce
• Vehicle Registration Certificate (V5C) – This must clearly show a date of registration or manufacture of the vehicle before *1 January 1973. If you do not have a V5C or if you think the age shown is incorrect, you will need to produce a dating certificate from a vehicle enthusiasts club or evidence from the vehicle manufacturer.
*Note: Where a V5C indicates that the vehicle was registered up to and including 7 January 1973, we will let you register it as a Historic Vehicle.
So if it was sat around for 10 months I am in with a chance but its a case of proving it, would the chassis number date it?
If its made before 1st Jan 1973 then I am on to a winner

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You could try checking here http://www.clifton.nl/index.html?calvin.html

[paul_humphreys]

First place of call would by Gaydon, to get a date for when it was made.

Paul

[winchman]

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[winchman]

I just can afford to tax another vehicle, the insurance at £80 isnt bad but near £200 to tax it is just too much, I have always fancied one so I might just keep it for a few months

[mudplugga]

I had K reg Range Rover a while back that was first registered in January 1973, and although it was obviously manufactured before that date there was no way I could get tax exempt status on it.

[crazymac]

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[winchman]

I spoke to Landrover yesterday, he told me its unlikely as around that time the held almost no stock so the cance of it hanging around or 10 months is small.
I might call Gaydon just in case.

[winchman]

A development
Took it for MOT ( Well I was indesposed so a good friend did)
Sticks details in computer to test it
First use date july 1st 1971, so how can that be when it was first registered in Oct 1973?

[paul_c]

[winchman]

Not that I have seen
I only have the new keeper bit, this shows the date of first registration as oct 1973.
I did speak briefly to a man a Land Rover who told me vehicles in the year didnt hang about and were made to order, so it was doubtful.
I did wonder if it was ex military then road registered two year later?
I wonder if they date stamped components like they do now?

[Winnet]

Have you checked the chassis number and where it fits into the scheme of things? The Land Rover could have been used on an estate or in a big factory compound as opposed to being with the Forces.

1962 - 1979

An eight digit chassis numbering system with suffix letters

The first, second, and third digits indicate the model and specification.
241-258,260-324 = Series IIA 88" & 109"
325-339 = Series IIB (110 Inch Forward Control)
340-354 = Series IIA 109"
5424 = Series IIA 88 Station Wagon (US Model) 259, 901-950 = Series III
951-955 & 895 = Lightweight
956-965 = 101 Inch Forward Control
355, 356, 358 = Range Rover
The remaining five digits starting with 00001 indicate the serial number.
The suffix letter indicates design modifications.
Note: The year, or model-year of manufacture have no identification number



http://www.lrfaq.org/FAQ.3.Chassis_Numbers.html

G.

[winchman]

I have spoken to Gaydon very helpful but said the same as Landrover,
Usually made and sold within weeks, so not much chance.
I am thinking of selling it as I just have too much stuff, so keep your eye on the classifieds

[w3526602]

Hi,

Ask the Land Rover Series 2 Club (google). If you know the chassis number, they can probably tell you where it fitted in the scheme of things.

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[RichardD]

I'm having a discussion with the DVLA over the details on the V5 for the Alldays. When it was re-registered they got the engine size wrong, the makers name and model wrong and when I moved house they somehow changed the year of manufacture.

I contacted a very nice chap who realised that it was unlikely to have be made in 1992 and could fix that but now I would need to show evidence of the engine size (receipts, engineer cert etc) which in my case is historical documentation. It's not very important to me except for completeness but I have found the DVLA to be the easiest and best Gov Agency to deal with.

[winchman]

Well its passed the MOT, I have decided whilst I do like it I just have too much stuff and could do with a good holiday so I have a few small jobs to do on it then its off to the classifieds

[bluesj]

[Ray_Jnr]

when i wrote off my nova, i sent in my tax disk allong with the form and a letter saying the vehicle has been scrapped, then then sent me a refund on my road tax.

4 months later i got a fine through the door saying i havent paid my road tax

an e-mail to the director of the dvla soon sorted it.

[w3526602]

Hi,

The Director doesn't like letters. I understand they affect his bonus.

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