40 year old numberplate.

[difflock]

Is it in anyway "tied" to the original vehicle once the magic 40 year birthday is passed?

Or can it subsequently be transferred same as before.

Cheers,

Marcus

 

[pleasant]

Vehicle needs to have a current V5 and be 'road worthy' ie can legally be driven on the road. If the vehicle it is on, would fail an mot (whether legally it needs one or not) you cannot transfer the number.

 

Once the 'donor' vehicle can legally be used on the road, then you can transfer the number to another vehicle or on to a retention document for future allocation or sale.

 

There have been some very valuable numbers been lost due to the vehicle they are on being beyond an economical repair even taking into account the value of the plate. Additionally, certain categories of vehicle you cannot transfer plates across to. For example agricultural vehicles with decent plates may not automatically be transferred on to a car

Edited September 1, 2023 by pleasant

[Will C]

I seem to remember you need to mot the mot exempt car to transfer the number plate.

Yet another random anomaly in the law, sure some one will be along soon to blame the eu/brexit/covid for the lack of common sense!

[Squaredy]

3 hours ago, difflock said:

Is it in anyway "tied" to the original vehicle once the magic 40 year birthday is passed?

Or can it subsequently be transferred same as before.

Cheers,

Marcus

 

Are you thinking of a valuable number plate or something else?

[difflock]

I own a near 40 year old G Wagen, with GIW 405 as it's original no plate. Come Jan 2024 I intend to put her back on the road, since she was MOT prepped at some considerable expense back about a year, or perhaps two ago, but I got distracted and never bothered putting her through the MOT.

Anyway it appears, per Pleasent and Will C above that to transfer the plate, I would  still need to MOT her.

Since I might rather have the GIW plate on our daily driver.

 

Cheers all,

Marcus

 

Edited September 2, 2023 by difflock

[Squaredy]

11 hours ago, difflock said:

I own a near 40 year old G Wagen, with GIW 405 as it's original no plate. Come Jan 2024 I intend to put her back on the road, since she was MOT prepped at some considerable expense back about a year, or perhaps two ago, but I got distracted and never bothered putting her through the MOT.

Anyway it appears, per Pleasent and Will C above that to transfer the plate, I would  still need to MOT her.

Since I might rather have the GIW plate on our daily driver.

 

Cheers all,

Marcus

 

Bit of a classic I guess.  You know we want pictures really...

[difflock]

Squirreled away in the back of a dusty shed, minus a headlight I robbed for to get a sidelight bulb for  to put the Steyr Puch through her MOT earlier in the year.  Also no interior, cos I never refitted it after the bodywork repairs.🙄😳

[Squaredy]

2 hours ago, difflock said:

Squirreled away in the back of a dusty shed, minus a headlight I robbed for to get a sidelight bulb for  to put the Steyr Puch through her MOT earlier in the year.  Also no interior, cos I never refitted it after the bodywork repairs.🙄😳

Ah, lots of us have a project like that somewhere.  I googled the interior of the early g-wagon, and it is lovely.

[difflock]

Da fleet.

Our Polish son in law is for refurbing the neglected but entirely unmolested LWB 300GD in the back(and I had her through the tough N.I. MOT back in 2019)

The other LWB 1989 "the Black Bollocks" is up with the son in Belfast, and needs to be moved on, once GIW 405 is back on the road.

V5 away to Swansea to get her historic reg. New water pump and water pump housing and thermostat and refurbished alternator fitted(the coolant dribbled down through it after the aluminium water pump  housing corroded through) And starting absolutely, absolutely "first kick".

The van was over in Donegal on Sat for a wee meet up.

Absolutely Brimmed the tank on the way out and repeated to dribbling out, on my return 160 miles later, and hard to believe but a genuine 32 mpg, for an automatic.

 

Edited June 3, 2024 by difflock