Selling car but no log book

[hillbob]

Hi, and good morning all. I'm selling a car that has been sat a while to a friend of my work colleague. It has MOT, no tax.
The problem is I sent for a replacement log book a week ago as the other got lost when I moved. He is going to take the car to his unit later today, have a look around and then keep it if all good and leave me a deposit. But obviously I don't want to get stuck with any tickets etc. (He will be driving it to his unit with his trade insurance which I think is legal)
Would a receipt written out and signed be enough if anything does happen?

Thanks

[dingg]

hillbob said:

Hi, and good morning all. I'm selling a car that has been sat a while to a friend of my work colleague. It has MOT, no tax.
The problem is I sent for a replacement log book a week ago as the other got lost when I moved. He is going to take the car to his unit later today, have a look around and then keep it if all good and leave me a deposit. But obviously I don't want to get stuck with any tickets etc. (He will be driving it to his unit with his trade insurance which I think is legal)
Would a receipt written out and signed be enough if anything does happen?

Thanks

yes , get it signed and dated with the time the transfer of ownership took place and your good to go, get a witness if you can in case of dispute

[Steffan]

dingg said:

hillbob said:

Hi, and good morning all. I'm selling a car that has been sat a while to a friend of my work colleague. It has MOT, no tax.
The problem is I sent for a replacement log book a week ago as the other got lost when I moved. He is going to take the car to his unit later today, have a look around and then keep it if all good and leave me a deposit. But obviously I don't want to get stuck with any tickets etc. (He will be driving it to his unit with his trade insurance which I think is legal)
Would a receipt written out and signed be enough if anything does happen?

Thanks

yes , get it signed and dated with the time the transfer of ownership took place and your good to go, get a witness if you can in case of dispute

There are a lot of individuals posting on PH that comment they would not buy a car without a logbook because of the scammers and log book loans etc which muddy the waters. I used to regularly buy unregistered kit cars and finish the cars and register them but I no longer dooso because the DVLA are getting very tricky on such registrations requiring all sorts of details that are lost in the mists of time. I would be interested to see how you get on for the reasons stared I think not having a logbook could be a drawback. I wish you well with the sale but I would be interested to her how the market responds to this matter.

[hillbob]

It isn't advertised for sale so will not get any feedback on how buyers see it.

He's a friend of a work colleague so he just heard from him I was looking at getting rid. He's only buying it for same price as I would get off car take back. It was more to cover me if he gets a ticket or worse.

Thanks

[sim16v]

Forget about the panic of selling a car without a log book.

Get him to sign a dated receipt as mentioned, but you can also write to DVLA, explaining that you don't have the log book, but have sold the vehicle.

As long as you give the relevant details, they will write back stating that you are no longer the keeper of the car.