Can you transfer one of the new reg numbers on to an older car, something like an early 3 door Disco?. Reason i ask is I saw a odd looking number 'tother day on just such a vehicle. Or have I seen something that doesn't really exist.........
Dom J
I do believe your not allowed to make a vehicle look younger.
Pete
They bleat on at you about it won't make your car look any younger, but if U have a good reason for the plate, they will let U have it, but the donor car MUST be road legal
No, you are unable to transfer a newer plate than is already on the car - I wanted X1 SLD on my 94 Disco But no go!
Can't remember the exact number, but it didn't strike me as anything special. All I do know is that it was a 52/53 reg plate on an old 3 door Disco, complete with 'Discovery' graphics down the side. I'm just curious..........
BTW what is the wheelbase of a 3 door Disco?
Dom J
You cannot apply a year-specific plate to a car older than that year. So you can't put a 53 plate on any car registered before September 03.
100 inches
Cheers for your replys Gents, have to hope I see this car again so I can get a better look at it. It just looked well out of place, nice new reg number on a manky 3 door Disco!.
Dom J
Could be a few reasons...
a) it's stolen and the donkeys who stole it failed their Mensa exam or
b) it's never been registered before or
c) it's been built using a number of new parts and has a new plate under the DVLA totting-up procedure
Malcolm.
Isn't it also the case that if it's been written off by an insurance company, if you fix it up yourself, it has be re-registered with a new plate, etc?
Ta, Aled.
Seriously doubt it. I would more expect it to get a Q plate but, more likely, it has to retain it's original (or year-related) plate. Check out the DVLA website as the totting-up procedure is explained showing where a new plate would be awarded, dependant upon what has been replaced.
M.
On or around Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:04:04 +0000 (UTC), snipped-for-privacy@cix.compulink.co.uk enlightened us thusly:
we had a theory in here the other day that the body was irrelevant to a Land Rover, provided you had chassis, axles, engine and box.
Here's chapter and verse....
On or around Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:03:41 +0000 (UTC), snipped-for-privacy@cix.compulink.co.uk enlightened us thusly:
coo, handy. Wonder if fitting a transit body to a 110 chassis counts as "substantially modified"?
'ere. spot the mistake:
"From 7th April 2003, all cars and some tricycles (e.g. Robin Reliant)"
Bah. If ICBA I'd write to 'em.
aha:
"This is where a kit of new parts is added to an existing vehicle or old parts are added to a kit comprising a manufactured body/chassis/monocoque bodyshell. The general appearance of the vehicle will change and result in a revised description on the registration document/Certificate.
A vehicle will retain its donor registration mark if either the original unmodified chassis or unaltered monocoque bodyshell and two other major components are used."
so I reckon my Tranist Rover can be "Kit Conversion".
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