V5c: date of 1st reg versus "year of manufacture"

[Comadis]

hi,

the dvla online database (vehicle enquiry) often shows for some kitcar:

date of 1st reg: xx.xx.2002
year of manufacture: 1986

does the "year of manufacture" somewhere appear in the V5c?

[Ferg]

Mine doesn't.
It just states:
"REBUILT - ASSEMBLED FROM PARTS SOME OR ALL OF WHICH WERE NOT NEW"

Then gives the date of first registration as the first day of the month it was registered in.

[Comadis]

i must precise:

these cars i mean dont have a q-plate.

e.g. an A-plate from 1983 on a kit which was built e.g. 2001, and the V5 says date of 1st reg 2001. so far so good.

but when you check online at the dvla vehicle enquiry homepage it shows the date of 1st reg AND the year of manufacture.

[Ferg]

Yeah, mine has a 'J'-plate.

[Snake the Sniper]

Mine's like that. My BEC runs with a 1980 plate with a W plate, but just says on the cover "Rebuilt- Assembled from parts some or all of which were not new". That's it really. No year of manufacture, just a date of first reg, which I guess was for the donor car. When I as looking at buying my kit, I pretty much ignored the reg plate/date of first use and just went on the manufacturer name, chassis number and engine number.

[Comadis]

ok...ok...but why the dvla has certain cars in the database where the vehicle enquiry shows also the "year of manufacture"?


this must have a reason.

[Dave Dax builder]

Comadis said:

ok...ok...but why the dvla has certain cars in the database where the vehicle enquiry shows also the "year of manufacture"?


this must have a reason.

Yeah, cock ups by the person at the local DVLA when completeing the registration forms.
They are much more on the ball nowadays though.

[Comadis]

lets ask different: what advantages does the kit-owner have in a e.g. "A-Plate" and date of 1st reg 2001?

road tax reasons or emissions?

[Snake the Sniper]

Comadis said:

lets ask different: what advantages does the kit-owner have in a e.g. "A-Plate" and date of 1st reg 2001?

road tax reasons or emissions?

Essentially, there should be no difference at all. Road tax is done purely on engine size due to the limited production numbers, as there are no official emissions figures. Emissions should go on engine age, note NOT car age, but again, some are different. Mine has to comply with 1980 regs come MOT time, although I run a 98-99 blackbird engine. As such, passing is a piece of wee. For newer regs with older engines, you can usually get the V5 updated to show the correct emissions, if it doesn't already. As said, the DVLA are getting much better at doing things correctly now, due to the greater number of kit cars, so as time goes by and buyers are more aware of the issues they are getting less and less common.