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Magaz

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Hey, I'm new to this forum, I've had a search but couldn't find anything giving me a solid answer... I'm sure this is a question that has been asked more than once on here...

My dad has recently bought (what we believe to be) a series III pickup. It was first registered 14/6/73... 6 months shy of that "magic date" We are trying to find out whether it was built prior to the 1/1/73...

Does anyone know how we can come by this info?

any help is greatly appreciated :)

Once we've got it all sorted out we'll set about doing it up... It's looking a bit dishevelled right now... But we'll obviously keep track of our progress for anyone who's interested :)
 
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Contact the heritage museum in Gayden Surrey. Google it, they charge £5 for a search of the records and let you know the outcome. You will need the chassis number
 
I did a search for mine, think it was £40 for the official certificate. DVLA accepted it as proof and I got an age related plate within 30 mins.... Tax was already historic anyway but I didn't like the "W" reg plate that was on it
 
jailon said:
I did a search for mine, think it was £40 for the official certificate. DVLA accepted it as proof and I got an age related plate within 30 mins.... Tax was already historic anyway but I didn't like the "W" reg plate that was on it
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If it was classed as historic, then surely you could just buy a K reg or whatever without having to prove anything to the DVLA... or did they just issue a nice age related plate for free for you?

Mine is a 72 but is on a V which I too don't like. So I would be interested in why you did what you did.

Cheers
 
the first three chassis numbers identify the spec ie yours is/was an 88 diesel.

if your next 5 numbers are before 02995. then it IS tax exempt.
if your next 5 numbers are after 03376. it IS NOT tax exempt.
if between these numbers use the above link to check.

so i would say no, unfortunatly yours is not tax exempt.
 
protactor said:
If it was classed as historic, then surely you could just buy a K reg or whatever without having to prove anything to the DVLA... or did they just issue a nice age related plate for free for you?

Mine is a 72 but is on a V which I too don't like. So I would be interested in why you did what you did.

Cheers
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Mine came out of the military in 1980 ish, the log book just said "declared manafuctured 1971", it was good enough to class as historic with free tax, but I wanted to put black and silver plates on it legally.

Basicaly I got the heritage musuem to do a search (£5), then once they confirmed the actual build date as 2/12/197 and despatch date as 8/12/1971, I paid for an authentic certificate (£40) which took about 3 weeks to come through. Once it came through I went to the local DVLA office in Leeds and said I want an age related plate, showed them the MOT, insurance, tax disc, logbook and the authentication certificate (which is a recognised body to the DVLA)

Within 30 minutes, they had scanned and amended the MOT certificate, given me a new tax disc with the new "K" reg on it and a certificate to get the number plates made up...... and it was all free !!!
 
We paid for a check through the heritage society, the date that came back was 15 may 73... so it's not tax exempt... You can't win 'em all can you? :)
 
jailon said:
Mine came out of the military in 1980 ish, the log book just said "declared manafuctured 1971", it was good enough to class as historic with free tax, but I wanted to put black and silver plates on it legally.

Basicaly I got the heritage musuem to do a search (£5), then once they confirmed the actual build date as 2/12/197 and despatch date as 8/12/1971, I paid for an authentic certificate (£40) which took about 3 weeks to come through. Once it came through I went to the local DVLA office in Leeds and said I want an age related plate, showed them the MOT, insurance, tax disc, logbook and the authentication certificate (which is a recognised body to the DVLA)

Within 30 minutes, they had scanned and amended the MOT certificate, given me a new tax disc with the new "K" reg on it and a certificate to get the number plates made up...... and it was all free !!!
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That's fantastic. Just one more question, was it a requirement to get the heritage certificate as the log book shows manufacture date anyway. Thanks
 
My log book had a manufacture date of 1971 no month or date just the year ????

I took the cert as when I rang them they said they needed extra proof from a recognised body
 
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