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cheroke09

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5 posts

222 months

Tuesday 20th November 2007
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Hello
French I excused myself and for my English
This is a moment that I am on your site that is interesting
This is why I come to you I am looking for a replica of seven (robin hood or otherwise) of more than 25 years on the v 5 course that was well saved
While awaiting a response from you I am open to any proposal
Please

Ferg

15,242 posts

281 months

Tuesday 20th November 2007
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rolleyes

Dontcha just love car ringers.....

Happy Jim

1,070 posts

263 months

Tuesday 20th November 2007
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Ferg,

France have nightmare rules for kit cars apparently. I guess 25 years old is the trigger point where it gets easy to register them.

Jim

Sam_68

9,939 posts

269 months

Tuesday 20th November 2007
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^^^ What Happy Jim says.

Nothing dodgy about the OP's request: there's an advantageous loophole in French registration procedures for cars over 25 years old.

See this link

The OP is only trying to bypass bureacracy in the same way that we'd try to dodge some of the more 'jobsworth' SVA regs. hippy


LotusNova

512 posts

241 months

Tuesday 20th November 2007
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cheroke09 said:
Hello
French I excused myself and for my English
This is a moment that I am on your site that is interesting
This is why I come to you I am looking for a replica of seven (robin hood or otherwise) of more than 25 years on the v 5 course that was well saved
While awaiting a response from you I am open to any proposal
Please
Salut Cheroke,

Je suis en france aussi. M'envoye un PM si t'as besoin de l'aide pour la traduction.

A+.

Ferg

15,242 posts

281 months

Wednesday 21st November 2007
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Well my apologies if I got it wrong, it's just that it sounds to me like another of those identity transfers which seem to go on to circumvent the 25 year law.

A 25 year old Seven replica??? No-one made a kit then, I'm sure.

As far as I'm concerned transferring identities between cars is 'ringing'. As for dodging SVA issues...... you perhaps, not me.

Jon Ison

1,304 posts

257 months

Wednesday 21st November 2007
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But I have a doner age related plate on mine, 1974 so what he is looking for is out there, a 7 based kit with an age related plate in excess of 25years.

I recently sold a car to a guy in Holland, they to have problems registering kits, it was blackbird powered he was fitting a Busa, he gave me the Busa engine number and I did the paper engine swap here before he collected the car, whilst we may moan (maybe moan is the wrong word) about the SVA at times we got it easy compared to a lot of European enthusiasts.

BTW don't think SAM was condoning dodging the SVA just commenting on some of the more silly aspects of it (well what appear silly anyways)

LotusNova

512 posts

241 months

Wednesday 21st November 2007
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I think he's looking for car to buy & import - not an identity transfer. If you import a car here that's over 25 years old (classic status), then you can re-register it with a French plate easily.

If not, you go down to the Drire for the local version of SVA - 37 different tests at €100 each, and you can't buy the rules beforehand as they don't want folks to do it. It's not impossible, but very long and very expensive. You folks have it easy, honest. wink

Edited by LotusNova on Wednesday 21st November 08:12

FlossyThePig

4,138 posts

267 months

Wednesday 21st November 2007
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Ferg said:
A 25 year old Seven replica??? No-one made a kit then, I'm sure.
Apart from Colin Chapman. It was originally sold as a kit to avoid purchase tax.

I believe the original series 1 Lotus 7 was first sold in 1957.

cheroke09

Original Poster:

5 posts

222 months

Wednesday 21st November 2007
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Hello
As said lotusnova I try to buy a car and import in France even with repairs
I know that the car kit are seven robin hood of 1989 but the plate of the vehicle includes the year of the donor ie 1982 or older be easier to do the paper in France
many thanks

tribbles

4,144 posts

246 months

Wednesday 21st November 2007
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FlossyThePig said:
Ferg said:
A 25 year old Seven replica??? No-one made a kit then, I'm sure.
Apart from Colin Chapman. It was originally sold as a kit to avoid purchase tax.

I believe the original series 1 Lotus 7 was first sold in 1957.
My Locust was tax exempt because it retained the donor's age - 1972 - which would make it 35 years old.

Although it was converted from a Spitfire in '93 though smile

cheroke09

Original Poster:

5 posts

222 months

Wednesday 21st November 2007
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At this time I find a seven robin hood register in 1982 engine triumph dolomite 3850 £ I find it a bit expensive when you thought

Ferg

15,242 posts

281 months

Wednesday 21st November 2007
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FlossyThePig said:
Ferg said:
A 25 year old Seven replica??? No-one made a kit then, I'm sure.
Apart from Colin Chapman. It was originally sold as a kit to avoid purchase tax.

I believe the original series 1 Lotus 7 was first sold in 1957.
Like I said.
No-one made a Seven replica then.
confused

FlossyThePig

4,138 posts

267 months

Wednesday 21st November 2007
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Ferg said:
FlossyThePig said:
Ferg said:
A 25 year old Seven replica??? No-one made a kit then, I'm sure.
Apart from Colin Chapman. It was originally sold as a kit to avoid purchase tax.

I believe the original series 1 Lotus 7 was first sold in 1957.
Like I said.
No-one made a Seven replica then.
confused
OK then how about the Ginetta G2, 1958 (really a Lotus 6 clone)

LotusNova

512 posts

241 months

Wednesday 21st November 2007
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Back on topic folks ...

What Cheroke is looking for is a 7 of any sort, with a V5 showing first registered pre-1982, preferably needing restoration (ie. lower end of the scale price-wise). Does anyone have something for sale?

Thanks,
Jon.

LotusNova

512 posts

241 months

Saturday 24th November 2007
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Bump.....any offers folks?

cheroke09

Original Poster:

5 posts

222 months

Sunday 13th January 2008
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any offers folks?