The DVLA will accept club dating certificates for registering a bike...but not for amending its stated date of manufacture. Bizarrely if your bike is not registered a club dating certificate will get you a V5C with a wartime date of manufacture, but won't get you one if your bike is already registered with the incorrect date stated in your current V5C....Only at the DVLA...I'm unsure where to get Glass's Guide information or production records that the DVLA will acccept...which is a pain as I have the same problem with my M20..
...Ian
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Glass's customer service dept. can be contacted at customer@glass.co.uk I'll mail them tomorrow for advice..Ian
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This ridiculous ruling by DVLA regarding not accepting a dating letter to change a previously registered vehicle can be overcome by simply re-registering the vehicle as a fresh barn find. It's a pain I know but it's one way of not letting the bastards grind you down. After which, your old document can be sent back as a scrapped or exported vehicle.
Having said all that. I'm sure I've read recently that DVLA are excepting dating letters for this purpose. As is typical with DVLA the staff each have their own interpretation of the rules. Believe me I know!! I've fought with them before and in my case I win by getting all 'Ginger' with them.
Ron
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Ron, Are you COMING out, (all ginger)
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Hi Stephen....The DVLA data base records date of registration and date of manufacture. My M20 is recorded as 1968 in both cases so is not MOT exempt..
If the date of manufacture in your logbook is say, 1942, then the date of registration is irrelevant, as date of manufacture determines eligibility for MOT exemption, not date of registration....
If your Matchless logbook, or the DVLA database, show a date of manufacture after 1 Jan 1960 then you may have a problem, or rather an error may have been committed....Historic Vehicle status applies to vehicles manufactured up to 1972, so would not get you MOT exemption...
You need to take another look at your V5C...
Ron...I wouldn't really want to re register my 'F' plate M20 to get an MOT exemption...this was the number it was issued with on release from the Army and, historically is it's 'correct' registration. If I can't change the date of manufacture I guess I'll have to stick with an MOT each year..Ian
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Ian is right, all the MOT exempt bikes I've got have been registered more recently. My 16H was registered in 2010 but manufactured 1941. No MOT required, I only need an insurance document to get my free road tax.
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Hi Fred...You wouldn't have a problem with one declared manufactured in 1935!...The problem is about bikes which were first registered after 1960, also have that date of registration as the date of manufacture in the DVLA database and don't have a note on the V5C 'special notes' section stating thier original date of manufacture...
My M20 was registered in 1968..has 1968 as a date of manufacture in the DVLA database and doesn't have any information to the contrary in the 'special notes' section...so no MOT exemption until that information is changed....
There's no way of 'blagging' that...it just doesn't qualify....
The only question is what documentation is acceptable to the DVLA to get them to modify their database and the V5C, to note the actual date of manufacture, and where that information can be sourced....Date of registration is COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT and has no bearing on the qualification for MOT exemption..it is ONLY about the date of manufacture recorded in the DVLA database and confirmed for practical purposes by an entry in the V5C..Date of manufacture details currently held by DVLA can be found by going onto the DVLA website and putting in a 'vehicle' enquiry' for your bike...Ian
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