Can I keep my (non private) number plate?
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Not necessarily. Not all plates are transferable. A few posts on it. Search "can I transfer my number plate".
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Highly likely that if it's the original registration mark for the car then it WILL be transferable. Likely also that it would be transferable between cars in the future too.
Highly likely that any age-related registration mark supplied to replace the original one WON'T be transferable.
Before the rules at DVLA were tightened up there was a bit of a racket going on where desirable registration marks on knackered old tat were being transferred off, then replaced by "new" age-related marks, which were then also transferred off into the "personal plate" industry. This is why now, any vehicle from which you wish to transfer the registration mark needs to have an MOT, and why any replacement age-related mark issued as a replacement will almost certainly be marked as "Non-Transferable" on the V5.
DVLA have "stocks" of new, un-issued age-related registration marks. They're used to replace transferred off plates, and also to give imported classics and age appropriate registration number to replace the one lost from it's country of origin. Also used on stuff like ex military fleet vehicles when they are sold onto the civilian market and get a DVLA registration mark for the first time.
What car is it, OP? I'm trying to think of what was available new in 1980/81, and what from then might be desirable enough to have survived in use to now. One thing to watch with classics, especially the desirable, valuable classics, is originality. For many owners, "matching numbers" and the original registration mark are very important aspects of the value and desirability of a car they are considering buying...
Highly likely that any age-related registration mark supplied to replace the original one WON'T be transferable.
Before the rules at DVLA were tightened up there was a bit of a racket going on where desirable registration marks on knackered old tat were being transferred off, then replaced by "new" age-related marks, which were then also transferred off into the "personal plate" industry. This is why now, any vehicle from which you wish to transfer the registration mark needs to have an MOT, and why any replacement age-related mark issued as a replacement will almost certainly be marked as "Non-Transferable" on the V5.
DVLA have "stocks" of new, un-issued age-related registration marks. They're used to replace transferred off plates, and also to give imported classics and age appropriate registration number to replace the one lost from it's country of origin. Also used on stuff like ex military fleet vehicles when they are sold onto the civilian market and get a DVLA registration mark for the first time.
What car is it, OP? I'm trying to think of what was available new in 1980/81, and what from then might be desirable enough to have survived in use to now. One thing to watch with classics, especially the desirable, valuable classics, is originality. For many owners, "matching numbers" and the original registration mark are very important aspects of the value and desirability of a car they are considering buying...
yellowjack said:
What car is it, OP? I'm trying to think of what was available new in 1980/81, and what from then might be desirable enough to have survived in use to now. One thing to watch with classics, especially the desirable, valuable classics, is originality. For many owners, "matching numbers" and the original registration mark are very important aspects of the value and desirability of a car they are considering buying...
The plate's on a 380SL currently, 150k miles with a mildly crunchy MOT history. "The original plate" is not going to change the value of that much at all.TooMany2cvs said:
The plate's on a 380SL currently, 150k miles with a mildly crunchy MOT history. "The original plate" is not going to change the value of that much at all.
Fair one. I thought it worth warning the OP that in some cases the plate is worth a lot more (in the long term) on the original car than it is worth being traded on the private/vanity plate market.I believe that there is no requirement now for the donor car to have a MOT. At least, that was my interpretation of the regulations recently which said the vehicle should be mobile under its own power. I am presuming that my, currently non-mobile, project will need inspecting to prove this when the time comes.
Perhaps this only applies to MOT exempt classic cars?
Perhaps this only applies to MOT exempt classic cars?
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