Imported Landy age related plate issues

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My first post here, so please go easy on me. I am looking for my first series Landy, and have found a 1973 series 3 ckd, assembled in South Africa, but not registered there until 1986. It has been imported back to the UK, however, DVLA have given it a 1986 number as they don't accept a letter from SA landy owners club regarding it's age, and SA records are sketchy. Could I get a UK heritage certificate for it, and if so, could I reapply to DVLA for an accurate age related plate and associated exemptions? And if so, are they likely to give me it? Or am I being massively naive? I haven't bought it yet, so haven't lost anything, btw. Should I risk it or walk away?
Thanks in advance for any advice offered.

PS. If any mods feel this post is in the wrong place, please feel free to move it to the right one, thanks.
 
CrampsThe said:
My first post here, so please go easy on me. I am looking for my first series Landy, and have found a 1973 series 3 ckd, assembled in South Africa, but not registered there until 1986. It has been imported back to the UK, however, DVLA have given it a 1986 number as they don't accept a letter from SA landy owners club regarding it's age, and SA records are sketchy. Could I get a UK heritage certificate for it, and if so, could I reapply to DVLA for an accurate age related plate and associated exemptions? And if so, are they likely to give me it? Or am I being massively naive? I haven't bought it yet, so haven't lost anything, btw. Should I risk it or walk away?
Thanks in advance for any advice offered.
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Your a donut lol you have you posted in the lz international rescue, there is section for introductions & then put your questions in the relevant section related to your weapon of choice.
Welcome to lz btw ;)
 
CrampsThe said:
My first post here, so please go easy on me. I am looking for my first series Landy, and have found a 1973 series 3 ckd, assembled in South Africa, but not registered there until 1986. It has been imported back to the UK, however, DVLA have given it a 1986 number as they don't accept a letter from SA landy owners club regarding it's age, and SA records are sketchy. Could I get a UK heritage certificate for it, and if so, could I reapply to DVLA for an accurate age related plate and associated exemptions? And if so, are they likely to give me it? Or am I being massively naive? I haven't bought it yet, so haven't lost anything, btw. Should I risk it or walk away?
Thanks in advance for any advice offered.

PS. If any mods feel this post is in the wrong place, please feel free to move it to the right one, thanks.
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Give them a ring at the British Motor Museum, and also the Heritage Trust at JLR. The latter have a lot of stuff, and will give what they have. (They have it all I think, but as of a few years ago were still slowly working through digitising it all).
 
Donut? Been worse;)

I will try both BMM and the Heritage trust. It is very tricky getting people to commit to advice though. And I understand their reticence given how unpredictable DVLA are with these kind of decisions.
 
It would be worth buying a Heritage Certificate from BMH Gaydon and then using this to beat DVLA numpties over the head. They know very well a 1973 Series is different to a 1986/last year issued Series and can be confirmed buy its chassis number. They're such a bunch of crunting cantankeroids...:rolleyes:
 
V8250, I have scars from the DVLA over a BSA Bantam they insisted a 1982 plate was appropriate. Evidence means nothing to them. If your lucky, the person you get dealing with your issue knows something about cars and stuff, but more likely your query will be dealt with by someone who thinks owning a classic car means you can't afford a new one.

I am happy though to buy certificates. No problem. But will they work?
 
We were discussing this on a similar thread https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/historic-status.376906/page-3#post-5313937
It looks like form v765 is needed.
To register a vehicle under its original reg no when:
  • it has never been reg with DVLA, or
  • it has been reg under another age related plate
My 90 was built and exported in 1985 and returned and given a UK reg in 1988 hence an E reg. I have a Heritage Certificate from BMH Gaydon confirming its build date was 1985 and was thinking of trying to get an age correct B plate but haven't summoned up the courage to fight the DVLA.
Saying that they accepted the change from 2.5 to V8 without batting an eyelid.
 
I am in the same boat, would be interested in how you get on, my S3 was originally registered in NI and when it was reregistered on being moved to the UK it somehow got re-registered on a UK plate and changed to an 1981 age related rather than the 1978 it is.
I was hoping they would simply re-register the vehicle with a different age related plate when I produced the heritage cert showing it was definitely built in 78, but I may just am too optimistic:oops:
 
My old 2a I owned in the early 90's was originally YSF306 1962, it was
re-plated TKC826T which didn't make sense and is now listed as 1979 on their mot sites...
 
Mark Piercy said:
My old 2a I owned in the early 90's was originally YSF306 1962, it was
re-plated TKC826T which didn't make sense and is now listed as 1979 on their mot sites...
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That's a classic case of DVLA stupidity. Series 2a's stopped production in the early 1970's. One has to wonder at DVLA's employee IQ. Logically, I always thought DVLA need a classics/historics team dedicated to vehicles, say in line with their rolling 40 year rule. All they need to do is have a set of basic pre-determined Q?'s and maybe linked to an official historic certificate from BMH/the manufacturer to issue a correct year/date registration number. Most manufacturers have historic divisions now with near full chassis number records, backed up by official marque club records. It's terribly simple...
 
I believe SA built Landys are a bit of a no go with DVLA had a discussion on another forum with the S2 club resident guru re registration...
 
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