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Car registration wrong for year?
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2025 10:19 pm
by leedurrant73
Hello,
I noticed my car reg is wrong for the year. Who ever registered it when it returned back to uk from Africa registered it as an F reg?
F is August 1967 to July 1968. G is August 1968 to July 1969.
My car was delivered dec 1968. So should be G reg. would I be able to re-register the car?
Any thoughts?
Thanks
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Re: Car registration wrong for year?
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2025 10:34 pm
by Nine One One
You might find it was manufactured prior to July 1968 and DVLA have taken that, what does your COA say or any other documents?
Re: Car registration wrong for year?
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2025 10:41 pm
by leedurrant73
Hi,
The car is a 1969 MY, but manufactured October 68, delivered dec 68.
Thanks
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Re: Car registration wrong for year?
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2025 6:36 am
by misteralz
DVLA incompetence transcends time. Don't poke the bear lest you end up with a Q plate.
Re: Car registration wrong for year?
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2025 8:33 am
by one-two
Have a look at what your V5 says about date of manufacture and first registration in the UK?
Re: Car registration wrong for year?
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2025 8:35 am
by Lightweight_911
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If it was my car I'd be inclined to buy a cheap dateless registration & transfer that to it once it's finished & on the road (you'll need an MOT).
At least the car won't look wrongly registered & it will allow you to investigate the possibility of getting it re-registered as a 'G' suffix registration.
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Re: Car registration wrong for year?
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2025 11:19 am
by IanM
I thought classic cars are exempt from MOT?
Re: Car registration wrong for year?
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2025 11:22 am
by hot66
first registration he will need an MOT i gather
Car registration wrong for year?
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2025 11:26 am
by matteo68
Yes I had to for my donor T prior to disassembly.
Several details on the V5 were incorrect including date of manufacture (June ‘72) and date of first registration in Hawaii (Feb ‘73) but DVLA helpfully corrected these without quibble and issued me with registration TSX 911K…
Re: Car registration wrong for year?
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2025 11:48 am
by KS
IanM wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 11:19 am
I thought classic cars are exempt from MOT?
Any car on which you wish to change the reg number will require an MOT first, regardless of whether it's registered as a classic/historic. Likewise any donor vehicle will need to be MOT'd, too.
Re: Car registration wrong for year?
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2025 2:25 pm
by IanM
KS wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 11:48 am
Any car on which you wish to change the reg number will require an MOT first, regardless of whether it's registered as a classic/historic. Likewise any donor vehicle will need to be MOT'd, too.
Didn't know that. Thanks.
Re: Car registration wrong for year?
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2025 7:28 pm
by leedurrant73
Hello guys.
I spoke to DVLA this morning and said if I send my V5 together with my Porsche LOA showing when it was manufactured. They will change it to a G registration.
I need to change the colour on the log book so will get it sorted. No cost involved.
Thanks for comments
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Re: Car registration wrong for year?
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2025 8:06 pm
by Lightweight_911
That's good to hear Lee - the perfect outcome.
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Re: Car registration wrong for year?
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2025 9:14 pm
by leedurrant73
Yes I’m really please I just hope is a nice prefix number. Kind of wanted less numbers as I want to go with an adhesive front plate
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Re: Car registration wrong for year?
Posted: Tue May 06, 2025 8:32 pm
by leedurrant73
Update on re registering my 69 car that DVLA registered as a 67 instead of a later 68.
Called today. After ten weeks it’s now being processed and they said they have what they need.
Should have the new registration next week.
Hopefully
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