Citizen Kane
Well-Known Member
I've been reading through some of the DVSA documentation about the forthcoming MOT exemption criteria.
I have a Land Rover Series 3 manufactured on the 12 January 1978, so I just missed out on getting it declared as a Vehicles of Historical Interest (VHI) and therefore I dont qualify for tax exemption for this year.
The tax is due on the 1st September and the MOT on the 29th September.
This statement is copied from the DVSA website published on the 31st March this year.
"If a car was first registered on 31 May 1978, it won’t need an MOT from 31 May 2018."
So, does that mean that MOT exemption and VHI status can be mutually exclusive.
Now, it may not be as straight forward as that. My Land Rover is fitted with a Defender 200 TDi engine, without the turbo fitted. The question is, does this count as a substantial change?
This is an extract from the DVSA guidance notes.
The criteria for substantial change
A vehicle will be considered substantially changed if the technical characteristics of
the main components have changed in the previous 30 years, unless the changes
fall into specific categories. These main components for vehicles, other than
motorcycles2, are:
Engine – alternative cubic capacities of the same basic engine and alternative
original equipment engines are not considered a substantial change. If the number
of cylinders in an engine is different from the original, it is likely to be, but not
necessarily, the case that the current engine is not alternative original equipment.
The following are considered acceptable (not substantial) changes if they fall into these specific categories:
• changes of a type, that can be demonstrated to have been made when vehicles of the type were in production or in general use (within ten years of the end of production);"
So, can I claim that its an alternative cubic capacity of the same basic engine or could I claim that the Series and the Defender were of the same type, the Series 3 ceased production in 1985 and the first 200TDi Defenders were manufactured in 1990.
I have a Land Rover Series 3 manufactured on the 12 January 1978, so I just missed out on getting it declared as a Vehicles of Historical Interest (VHI) and therefore I dont qualify for tax exemption for this year.
The tax is due on the 1st September and the MOT on the 29th September.
This statement is copied from the DVSA website published on the 31st March this year.
"If a car was first registered on 31 May 1978, it won’t need an MOT from 31 May 2018."
So, does that mean that MOT exemption and VHI status can be mutually exclusive.
Now, it may not be as straight forward as that. My Land Rover is fitted with a Defender 200 TDi engine, without the turbo fitted. The question is, does this count as a substantial change?
This is an extract from the DVSA guidance notes.
The criteria for substantial change
A vehicle will be considered substantially changed if the technical characteristics of
the main components have changed in the previous 30 years, unless the changes
fall into specific categories. These main components for vehicles, other than
motorcycles2, are:
Engine – alternative cubic capacities of the same basic engine and alternative
original equipment engines are not considered a substantial change. If the number
of cylinders in an engine is different from the original, it is likely to be, but not
necessarily, the case that the current engine is not alternative original equipment.
The following are considered acceptable (not substantial) changes if they fall into these specific categories:
• changes of a type, that can be demonstrated to have been made when vehicles of the type were in production or in general use (within ten years of the end of production);"
So, can I claim that its an alternative cubic capacity of the same basic engine or could I claim that the Series and the Defender were of the same type, the Series 3 ceased production in 1985 and the first 200TDi Defenders were manufactured in 1990.
