Track/race car v5 question
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I've found a bargain, amazing spec and the guy is selling it for money I'm more than willing to pay, however, there's no V5.
The car has been built as a race car so has a chassis number but nothing else.
I don't own a trailer so I would need the car to be road legal so I could get it to and from track days so it needs to be MOTd, obviously that's a problem without a V5, as far as I can tell.
I could get the car through a IVA test but it's got individual throttle bodies, no cat and a roll cage, so I suspect it would fail in spectacular fashion.
What can I do? Can the DVLA issue a replacement V5 from the chassis number alone? What are my options?
The car has been built as a race car so has a chassis number but nothing else.
I don't own a trailer so I would need the car to be road legal so I could get it to and from track days so it needs to be MOTd, obviously that's a problem without a V5, as far as I can tell.
I could get the car through a IVA test but it's got individual throttle bodies, no cat and a roll cage, so I suspect it would fail in spectacular fashion.
What can I do? Can the DVLA issue a replacement V5 from the chassis number alone? What are my options?
I am not 100% certain about this, but here is my best recollection.
When you download the V62 form to apply for a V5, you need the VIN & Reg No.
Without both I don't think you can do it.
Whether there is another means of applying for a V5, I am not sure.
Have you tried getting in touch with DVLA via their customer services number? I have always found them to be pretty helpful.
When you download the V62 form to apply for a V5, you need the VIN & Reg No.
Without both I don't think you can do it.
Whether there is another means of applying for a V5, I am not sure.
Have you tried getting in touch with DVLA via their customer services number? I have always found them to be pretty helpful.
Robmarriott said:
I don't own a trailer so I would need the car to be road legal so I could get it to and from track days so it needs to be MOTd, obviously that's a problem without a V5, as far as I can tell.
I could get the car through a IVA test but it's got individual throttle bodies, no cat and a roll cage, so I suspect it would fail in spectacular fashion.
Never mind the IVA - are you sure it'd pass an MOT?I could get the car through a IVA test but it's got individual throttle bodies, no cat and a roll cage, so I suspect it would fail in spectacular fashion.
If getting a replacement V5 is as easy as filling in a couple of forms, research it, give the owner the forms and ask them to get one. If they know you are serious and they want to sell, why would they not do it? I assume no V5 means no MoT currently? Therefore you need the car to be put through an MoT test to know if it can pass.
If it is much harder than this, ask yourself whether you're willing to part with the cash and risk your chances of success? I suspect not.
Remember, just after you have bought ANY car, inevitably another car you fancy comes along a few months later. Don't risk too much if you MUST have a road legal car.
If it is much harder than this, ask yourself whether you're willing to part with the cash and risk your chances of success? I suspect not.
Remember, just after you have bought ANY car, inevitably another car you fancy comes along a few months later. Don't risk too much if you MUST have a road legal car.
TooMany2cvs said:
Robmarriott said:
I don't own a trailer so I would need the car to be road legal so I could get it to and from track days so it needs to be MOTd, obviously that's a problem without a V5, as far as I can tell.
I could get the car through a IVA test but it's got individual throttle bodies, no cat and a roll cage, so I suspect it would fail in spectacular fashion.
Never mind the IVA - are you sure it'd pass an MOT?I could get the car through a IVA test but it's got individual throttle bodies, no cat and a roll cage, so I suspect it would fail in spectacular fashion.
No problem with protruding edges on the mot like the Iva.
Basically the car was built in 2009 for a fairly low end one make series, as it turns out, it's not a converted road car but was built from a brand new bare shell, hence the chassis number being there bit nothing else.
It's now not eligible for that series as it's been modified from the regulation spec to be used as a track car.
Since posting this thread, I've contacted the company who built the car and been told there never has been a v5 as it's never been registered on the road.
The guy was after 8k for the car, to build it you're looking at 15 or so, hence me trying to find a way!
It's now not eligible for that series as it's been modified from the regulation spec to be used as a track car.
Since posting this thread, I've contacted the company who built the car and been told there never has been a v5 as it's never been registered on the road.
The guy was after 8k for the car, to build it you're looking at 15 or so, hence me trying to find a way!
Henry Fiddleton said:
I've heard people buying the same car, road wise, and pretty much scrapping it - but for vin plates and the log book.
Yip known that done a few times, as long as donor shell is scrapped who's to know? The later point is important, lots of issues caused in old racers with 2 cars with same chassis no, particually when they become worth lots years down the line.
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