New tax bands and kit cars

[jl34]

Can anyone help on this.


if i was to build a new kit car, lets say a gt40 replica and sva'd the car with a 1974 block, thus exempt from emissions; Do i get to escape the dreaded new hyper car tax bands?

[tribbles]

I think you would (although you'll probably end up on a Q plate, unless everything else is new).

[Steve_D]

If you build the car with all new bits apart from one major assembly i.e. the 1973 engine then you will get a new registration, no MOT for 3 years, visual smoke emissions and PLG taxation (£185?).

The one major assembly has to be re-manufactured as new so grinding the valves and a new head gasket will not cut it. You will need to provide receipts showing that everything in the engine had been reworked or a certificate of newness from a recognised engine builder.

Steve

[Snake the Sniper]

I though it was pre '73 for visual smoke? That's certainly the case with "normal" cars anyways. Either way, since the car has no manufacturers data for Co2 they have to go on engine size, so £185 this year, rising to £200 next year. It's yet another argument for getting a kit car as a daily driver.

[jl34]

i think q plate cars are going to go up in value!, who cares about having a 'q'if you can avoid £400 per year charges, plus outright extinction when the politians try to get tougher than the next lot on climate change.

[King Herald]

jl34 said:

i think q plate cars are going to go up in value!, who cares about having a 'q'if you can avoid £400 per year charges, plus outright extinction when the politians try to get tougher than the next lot on climate change.

I've been arguing this for several years with hot rod guys, who reckon Q plates suck because they don't 'look good' on an old car.

I also have my grave doubts about the benefits of ownership of pre-73 cars: saving money on road tax. Anything that marks my car as non-mainstream makes it an easy target for government or Brusselian regulations.

My latest rebuild project is a 'kit car' replica hot rod, first registered in '85, so I'm hoping it should be save on the roads for at least a few years fun.