Dvla advice on our etype
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After forty years (!) of restoration tinkering my dear father has finally got the old girl ready to run again.
Thing is, he only has the old logbook (in his name at his still current address.)
Can anyone recommend a way to approach getting the car sorted with DVLA? The car has its original engine, gearbox and running gear. He has built it up in a different colour that it was originally.
Thing is, he only has the old logbook (in his name at his still current address.)
Can anyone recommend a way to approach getting the car sorted with DVLA? The car has its original engine, gearbox and running gear. He has built it up in a different colour that it was originally.
I have done this, several times. Firstly phone DVLA and explain, they will guide you through the process, it may involve one of their agents making a site visit to take photos and a short report. In anticipation I would also buy a heritage certificate from Jaguar which confirms the vehicles numbers.
If not already a member I would join either JDC or JEC as they can also guide you.
If not already a member I would join either JDC or JEC as they can also guide you.
Julian Thompson said:
Thanks that is super helpful. Will work on the heritage certs and then put a plan in motion.
also please upload details into the XKE database it holds records of all E types that exist http://www.xkedata.com/
thanks
Have a look at V55/5 procedure, in particular the evidence requirements. You may need an approved owners club to endorse your application pre-DVLA, which may cost and require an inspection to authenticate the car. Over the years I've done about 80 of these and V765 inspections for AMHT as a neutral. Good luck with the admin!
……and be prepared for the DVLA to be totally incompetent and reject your application on spurious grounds several times over, if my experience is anything to go by, with a long wait in between for each rejection to happen….
So far they have rejected my application because they:
decided on zero evidence that the car is an import and told me I needed to follow NOVA procedure (twice)
told me incorrectly I needed to pay a fee
rejected my Heritage Cert as insufficient evidence the car was legit.
Total f###wits
So far they have rejected my application because they:
decided on zero evidence that the car is an import and told me I needed to follow NOVA procedure (twice)
told me incorrectly I needed to pay a fee
rejected my Heritage Cert as insufficient evidence the car was legit.
Total f###wits
schmokin1 said:
……and be prepared for the DVLA to be totally incompetent and reject your application on spurious grounds several times over, if my experience is anything to go by, with a long wait in between for each rejection to happen….
So far they have rejected my application because they:
decided on zero evidence that the car is an import and told me I needed to follow NOVA procedure (twice)
told me incorrectly I needed to pay a fee
rejected my Heritage Cert as insufficient evidence the car was legit.
Total f###wits
I've only done it once, but took advice from others who were more experienced and the DVLA couldn't have been more helpful and professional.So far they have rejected my application because they:
decided on zero evidence that the car is an import and told me I needed to follow NOVA procedure (twice)
told me incorrectly I needed to pay a fee
rejected my Heritage Cert as insufficient evidence the car was legit.
Total f###wits
If its not on the current DVLA database I would do the following:
-obtain the paper copy of the NOVA 1 form, fill all you can in and write a covering letter and wait for the reply
-download v55/5 application form - fill all the relevent bits. You'll need dating evidence - either from Jaguar or a recognised Jaguar Club.
fill it all in, with copies of the buff log book (they'll may the original)
Double check , triple check and quadrouple check all the forms
Wait for the DVLA to do its thing - which takes ages.
-obtain the paper copy of the NOVA 1 form, fill all you can in and write a covering letter and wait for the reply
-download v55/5 application form - fill all the relevent bits. You'll need dating evidence - either from Jaguar or a recognised Jaguar Club.
fill it all in, with copies of the buff log book (they'll may the original)
Double check , triple check and quadrouple check all the forms
Wait for the DVLA to do its thing - which takes ages.
Julian Thompson said:
After forty years (!) of restoration tinkering my dear father has finally got the old girl ready to run again.
Thing is, he only has the old logbook (in his name at his still current address.)
Can anyone recommend a way to approach getting the car sorted with DVLA? The car has its original engine, gearbox and running gear. He has built it up in a different colour that it was originally.
When you say old log book - do you mean the original “log book” or an old and since superceeded registration document?Thing is, he only has the old logbook (in his name at his still current address.)
Can anyone recommend a way to approach getting the car sorted with DVLA? The car has its original engine, gearbox and running gear. He has built it up in a different colour that it was originally.
aeropilot said:
I think you need to read the OP again.....car is not an import.
If my professional capacity I had to re-register a car which had been sold new in the UK that had fallen off the system during the 1980s. The advice from the DVLA was to do the NOVA thing first. It registered a flag on their computer system and allows you to proceed. I have the Nova form which can be emailed over.How do you get an MOT for a vehicle that isn't on the DVLA database?
If it is on the DVLA database, and you have an original V5 type document, the simplest method is to insure it and buy the tax at the Post Office accompanied by the old V5 and an historic MOT exemption form. The post office isssues the tax there and then, sends off the docs to Swansea and then a current V5C turns up a few weeks later. Although, from experience, you may have to try several post offices until you can find one that understands the process.
If it is on the DVLA database, and you have an original V5 type document, the simplest method is to insure it and buy the tax at the Post Office accompanied by the old V5 and an historic MOT exemption form. The post office isssues the tax there and then, sends off the docs to Swansea and then a current V5C turns up a few weeks later. Although, from experience, you may have to try several post offices until you can find one that understands the process.
DBSV8 said:
also please upload details into the XKE database it holds records of all E types that exist
http://www.xkedata.com/
thanks
Well, "some" would be a more accurate statement. I reckon about 25/30%http://www.xkedata.com/
thanks
Julian Thompson said:
Thanks that is super helpful. Will work on the heritage certs and then put a plan in motion.
In the interests of nostalgia, making a colour copy and scan of all of the original logbook would certainly add to the heritage aspect 
. Would be nice to see what the older logbooks look like and I would add a piece to the car's history. Like this you mean? I never had the buff one, but this shows a hard life. Originally gunmetal with red interior, she was repainted maroon, then hand painted yellow, which is when I bought her. I rebuilt her in Ford Glacier Blue (because I liked it) in 1987 and she stayed like that until a second rebuild in 2013/4 had her put back in factory colours. I have letters from all the previous owners noted here too. All just part of the history of the car.. You are lucky to have the whole history.
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