I recently registered my 356C and received the V5C.
Prior to registering the car I spoke to Swansea and mentioned that I would like to place a private plate on the car, the lady explained that if I wanted to do this I would have to have an MOT conducted prior to registration. I was not thrilled at the idea of having someone poking around under the freshly restored car or yanking on the handbrake to test the brakes, even though I have everything dialled in fairly well or as well as a 56 year old car will allow.
She mentioned that if I register the car, take the age related plate and then change over then I would not need an MOT if I do that process.
This seemed a bit around the houses but if it avoided the trouble of an MOT it was worth it.
I contacted the DVLA today to say I would now like to now go through the process of placing the private plate onto the car, spoke to someone different this time, I have been told that the car will need an MOT if I want to place a private plate on the car, different information from before.
Has anyone any experience of this?
Personalised Plate Registration
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I imported a '68 Lancia Fulvia 1.3HF into the UK from the Netherlands ~ 6 months ago & got it registered without an MOT.
I then bought another cheap (slightly more memorable) '68 registration number which I applied to have transferred onto the car - DVLA then informed me that I would need to get the car MOT'd.
I got the MOT & submitted it along with the application which was then successful
So, in short. it seems as though you will have to get an MOT.
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I imported a '68 Lancia Fulvia 1.3HF into the UK from the Netherlands ~ 6 months ago & got it registered without an MOT.
I then bought another cheap (slightly more memorable) '68 registration number which I applied to have transferred onto the car - DVLA then informed me that I would need to get the car MOT'd.
I got the MOT & submitted it along with the application which was then successful
So, in short. it seems as though you will have to get an MOT.
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Re: Personalised Plate Registration
Thanks Andy,
Seems an odd thing to have to do to place a private plate, dont really know the reasoning behind it, neither does the person I spoke to in the DVLA.
Seems an odd thing to have to do to place a private plate, dont really know the reasoning behind it, neither does the person I spoke to in the DVLA.
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Not only do you now need an MOT to transfer a private plate on to it...........you also need to have an MOT to take if off, if you want to one day, put it on retention.
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Which makes some sense otherwise wrecks / identities of old cars would be bought up just to transfer the reg
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All the guys in the NSRA were doing that for years until auntie DVLA put the mokkers on it. Regs like OO1932 on a sweet 1932 model B rod and I'm sure KS knows of quite a few VWs so adorned.
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