611 Posted November 15, 2013 Posted November 15, 2013 Anyone looked into this for their car that didnt meet the previous date? I did have a club mag with some info about chassis numbers and what build dates there were and which factory they came out of. Does anyone know what info you would have to provide to prove your build date? Would be quite nice to not have to pay tax when i do finally get the car back on the road :-) (Previously only cars built before January 1 1973 were exempt from road tax, after the Government abandoned the previous 25-year rolling scale in 1997. However, from April 2014 any car manufactured before January 1 1974 will be entitled to a free tax disc.) Thanks Andy Quote
spiney_norman Posted November 15, 2013 Posted November 15, 2013 Normally a letter from Steve Grundy the A series registrar (1900SR on here) is enough to get the tax class changed to historic, as long as the car's early enough of course! Quote
611 Posted November 15, 2013 Author Posted November 15, 2013 From what i remember, when i looked mine up before it seemed to point to it being made in July 1973, but it was a late registered one as i think it might have been a showroom model. Think i might need to do a bit more digging. Can you get the full owner records from the DVLA? Andy Quote
1900SR Posted November 15, 2013 Posted November 15, 2013 (edited) I can write letters for the DVLA stating date of manufacture, but I am currently waiting on getting full info for 1973 built cars. If I dated yours to July 73 before the info I've got is probably sufficient for your car. Drop me a PM with your reg and chassis numbers and I'll see. Edited November 15, 2013 by 1900SR Quote
611 Posted November 16, 2013 Author Posted November 16, 2013 Hey Steve That's great. Im sure when i looked it up before it seemed to work out at that date. I will look out the Chassis number over the weekend and send you a PM so you can have a look. Thanks Andy Quote
ray70 Posted November 20, 2013 Posted November 20, 2013 Hi there, My manta was registered in August 73 and I think it was built around feb 73, I was wondering when I tax it in April can I just show my log book and get free tax? Or do I have to get a letter to prove it too? Thanks, Ray Quote
Shug Posted November 20, 2013 Posted November 20, 2013 Dvla should be smart enough when they send out tax reminder. So a bureaucratic nightmare awaits! Quote
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