New owner, importing from the continent

[BeCerb]

Good afternoon all.

I have bought my first TVR after many years looking and reading.

I found my beauty in Belgium and now needs to registered here, it
arrived last week and just passed its MOT.

Filling out the V55/5 form for a 1997 car is not that straightforward
so might there be someone who has got a copy of a COC for a 4.2? This
would make things a lot easier!

Pat

[Cider Andy]

Go to TVR's website, they'll be able to supply you with a Certificate Of Conformity.

[TVRinBFG]

You don't need a COC, you should be able to register it on its old UK registration.

[Byker28i]

Nice - where are you. If anywhere near Ypres (lepers) keep an ear out this weekend

[BeCerb]

Thanks for the replies, I already contacted the TVR guys, very helpful but it was gonna take a couple of weeks before i could get the COC.

This car has never been registered in the UK so a bit more investigation will be needed over the next days.

@Byker28i, I live near the Sea but am often in the Ypres region

[crypto]

BeCerb said:

Filling out the V55/5 form for a 1997 car is not that straightforward
so might there be someone who has got a copy of a COC for a 4.2? This
would make things a lot easier!
Pat

Why then not just use a V5C from a 4.2 ?
Peter

[An Marcach]

For what it's worth a CoC from TVR costs £300



I thought I needed one to sort some documentation here in Ireland so I enquired and that's what they told me it'd cost.

Thankfully I was able to get sorted without it (for now at least) so I can spend the money on petrol

[BeCerb]

Just got the V5C in the post today, it turned out that as the car is over 10y old, the 'difficult' values
are not needed, just fill out basic stuff and you're done.

Hope this might help someone in the future.

[domhonmong]

BeCerb said:

Just got the V5C in the post today, it turned out that as the car is over 10y old, the 'difficult' values
are not needed, just fill out basic stuff and you're done.

Hope this might help someone in the future.

Did you need to pay VAT or any type of tax upon bringing it back to the UK?

[Mr Cerbera]

domhonmong said:

Did you need to pay VAT or any type of tax upon bringing it back to the UK?

Might have to prove that TVA was originally paid on the vehicle
BUT
The road license is the only UK Government tax that you should be liable to.
(Or at least that's the way it was in 1987)

[BeCerb]

I did not have to pay VAT as i bought the car privately.