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Paul Giverin - 27 Oct 2005 18:48 GMT

I'm looking to buy an older car from France. The ones I'm looking at
tend to be 1973 models. I know that the exemption from UK road tax
applies to cars manufactured prior to 1/1/73. Is there any way to fiddle
this when registering the car in the UK?

I don't know what documentation I have to produce but I was wondering if
I could claim that the car was manufactured in 1972 but first registered
in 1973. Anyone had any experience with this sort of thing?

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DougP - 27 Oct 2005 20:54 GMT

> I'm looking to buy an older car from France. The ones I'm looking at tend
> to be 1973 models. I know that the exemption from UK road tax applies to
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> could claim that the car was manufactured in 1972 but first registered in
> 1973. Anyone had any experience with this sort of thing?

You'll need proof showing when the car was manufactured.

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Pete M - 27 Oct 2005 21:00 GMT

In news:XueN8AC4LRYDFwGO@10.0.0.3,
Paul Giverin <paul@giverin.co.uk> decided to enlighten our sheltered souls
with a rant as follows

> I'm looking to buy an older car from France. The ones I'm looking at
> tend to be 1973 models. I know that the exemption from UK road tax
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> if I could claim that the car was manufactured in 1972 but first
> registered in 1973. Anyone had any experience with this sort of thing?

I know some of the imports I've owned have had "Decl'd manuf in 1984" for
example, so if you can fiddle it you'll be sorted.

alternatively, and I know this might be a long shot, try buying a 1972 car?

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Paul Giverin - 27 Oct 2005 21:34 GMT

>In news:XueN8AC4LRYDFwGO@10.0.0.3,
>Paul Giverin <paul@giverin.co.uk> decided to enlighten our sheltered souls
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>I know some of the imports I've owned have had "Decl'd manuf in 1984" for
>example, so if you can fiddle it you'll be sorted.

I know that some fiddles can be done. A mate had his 73 Mk1 Escort
re-shelled and he managed to convince the DVLA that the new shell was
from a 72 car.

>alternatively, and I know this might be a long shot, try buying a 1972 car?

I haven't decided exactly what I want yet. Its a Citroen DS that I'm
after and the last ones, mainly 73/74 had the more powerful, less
stressed 2.3 injection engine. Having said that, I actually prefer the
look of the older models with the pre-facelift frog eye headlamps and
I've just seen a nice 1965 ID19. Although its not strictly a DS, most
folks wouldn't actually know the difference. Obviously a 1965 car would
be ideal from a tax POV.

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Adrian - 28 Oct 2005 09:48 GMT

> I'm looking to buy an older car from France. The ones I'm looking at
> tend to be 1973 models. I know that the exemption from UK road tax
> applies to cars manufactured prior to 1/1/73. Is there any way to fiddle
> this when registering the car in the UK?

No need to fiddle. If it was manufactured pre-1/1/73, then it'll be
"Historic" tax class when you register it.

You'll get an age-related plate anyway - relevant to the original date of
first registration, according to the carte grise. Do NOT send Swansea the
originals - you won't get 'em back - and anyway you only got a photocopy
from the vendor, remember?

> I don't know what documentation I have to produce but I was wondering if
> I could claim that the car was manufactured in 1972 but first registered
> in 1973. Anyone had any experience with this sort of thing?

Yes. You need to get proof of the date of manufacture. The normal UK
importer will often provide this, or the relevant UK club.

What is it, btw?

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Paul Giverin - 28 Oct 2005 19:33 GMT

>> I don't know what documentation I have to produce but I was wondering if
>> I could claim that the car was manufactured in 1972 but first registered
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
>What is it, btw?

Thanks for the info. Its a Citroen DS.

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Adrian - 28 Oct 2005 19:58 GMT

>>What is it, btw?

> Thanks for the info. Its a Citroen DS.

You lucky boy.

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