Changing Registration

[apjmartin]

If I buy a kit car which is on a Q-plate, which parts would I need to change to get a 'proper' registration? Does anyone know if you can put a private reg on a Q-plated car?

Cheers!

[rdodger]

All of them!

You can't change a Q plate unfortunately.

[Paul Drawmer]

Rodger's right - you'd have to change the car.

No ifs or buts; it can't be done.

[apjmartin]

Thanks chaps. I take it the private reg is a no-go too?

[V8 GRF]

apjmartin said:

Thanks chaps. I take it the private reg is a no-go too?

Yep, private plate a no-go as well.

[ricola]

Sorry guys but you can change from a Q plate if you CAN prove the car's origins. My old speedster replica was on a Q before I got it and the previous owner just showed a letter from VW confirming the origins and year of the chassis and it got an age related number assigned to it...

[Barry Ashcroft]

Was that before SVA was introduced?

[singlecoil]

ricola said:

Sorry guys but you can change from a Q plate if you CAN prove the car's origins. My old speedster replica was on a Q before I got it and the previous owner just showed a letter from VW confirming the origins and year of the chassis and it got an age related number assigned to it...

In practice, though, virtually all q reg cars have bits from a number of sources, and therefore would not qualify for a registration change.

[V8 GRF]

ricola said:

Sorry guys but you can change from a Q plate if you CAN prove the car's origins. My old speedster replica was on a Q before I got it and the previous owner just showed a letter from VW confirming the origins and year of the chassis and it got an age related number assigned to it...

That sounds like a wrongly assigned Q plate rectification. I assume the speedster is based on a VW beetle pan? If so that would probably classify as a rebody rather than a full blown kit.