Uk registration help..from Denmark
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hi guy's..
i need help.
i want to build at lotus 7type kitcar and register it here in denmark..
the build is no problem..
but it is imposible to register a new kitcar in denmark.
importing a kitcar is only posible if the car is older then 1may 1977..
after this date the car har to be typeapproved or have a EF/EU-approval.
i have been told that if you build a kitcar in the uk, and use a donor vehicle
that it is possible to get the date of fist registration, of the donor car on the V5C (uk registration certificate).
how about the car make(name) is that possible to change from the donors make(name).
would some body be able to help me with getting a car registert i the uk,so that i can import it back to denmark..
i would of course pay for the truble..
or if i could find a cheape old lotus frame with an uk registration certificate i would be the happiest man on earth.
kind regards..
jim jensen
i need help.
i want to build at lotus 7type kitcar and register it here in denmark..
the build is no problem..
but it is imposible to register a new kitcar in denmark.
importing a kitcar is only posible if the car is older then 1may 1977..
after this date the car har to be typeapproved or have a EF/EU-approval.
i have been told that if you build a kitcar in the uk, and use a donor vehicle
that it is possible to get the date of fist registration, of the donor car on the V5C (uk registration certificate).
how about the car make(name) is that possible to change from the donors make(name).
would some body be able to help me with getting a car registert i the uk,so that i can import it back to denmark..
i would of course pay for the truble..
or if i could find a cheape old lotus frame with an uk registration certificate i would be the happiest man on earth.
kind regards..
jim jensen
It is now not so easy to get the donor car's date of registration on the VC in the UK. You are correct in that it USED to be the case but our DVLA has come under great pressure from other EU Member States to stop this practice (for reasons that I am sure you will understand only too well)!
The ONLY situation in which you should now be able to get a kit car registered with the donor car's date of first registration would be when the kit car concerned uses the donor car's "original and unmodified chassis or monocoque bodyshell". Obviously, this severely limits your choice of kit.
There are a couple of other possibilities though. Firstly, as you suggest, you could buy a kit that has already been registered. You need to carefully scrutinise the V5 because a lot of kits currently on the road are NOT correctly registered. They ought to show the make and model of the kit car on the document and NOT the donor vehicle or some strange hybrid make and model like "Cortina sports".
The other possibility is that there are several DVLA local offices who don't seem to know their own rules. Some of these might still put the donor car's date of first registration on the V5 EVEN THOUGH THEY SHOULD NOT! If you can find one of these cars, you might be lucky!
The ONLY situation in which you should now be able to get a kit car registered with the donor car's date of first registration would be when the kit car concerned uses the donor car's "original and unmodified chassis or monocoque bodyshell". Obviously, this severely limits your choice of kit.
There are a couple of other possibilities though. Firstly, as you suggest, you could buy a kit that has already been registered. You need to carefully scrutinise the V5 because a lot of kits currently on the road are NOT correctly registered. They ought to show the make and model of the kit car on the document and NOT the donor vehicle or some strange hybrid make and model like "Cortina sports".
The other possibility is that there are several DVLA local offices who don't seem to know their own rules. Some of these might still put the donor car's date of first registration on the V5 EVEN THOUGH THEY SHOULD NOT! If you can find one of these cars, you might be lucky!
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