Tracey Posted July 17, 2008 Report Posted July 17, 2008 Ford are doing my bloody head in One of my cars was built in 1972 but registered in 1973 DVLA have said if I can prove it was built in 1972 it will be tax exempt So I tell them I have a letter from the AVO Owners Club stating this, they say that it needs to be a letter from Ford So 3 phone calls to Ford later, they say the car is not on there system as its over 15 years old and to ring my local Ford dealer, they tell me the same and say they can't help I offered to take the car up so they can see the plate for themselves with the codes to confirm the build date and they can then give me a letter for the DVLA but no that's far too much hassle for them............. Looks like I will have to tax the car
cisco24uk Posted July 17, 2008 Report Posted July 17, 2008 As I work in a main dealer for Peugeot we have tie ins with other dealers I have just called my local dealer and explained the situation and have been advised that tax is from date first registered as we all know, HOWEVER, they have said that if the DVLA have stated that if you have proof that the vehicle was built before that they will change it the guy I spoke to said its got to be worth a try he gave me the name of the person in his dealership to talk to so give them a ring. Doris at Brichwood Ford on 01323 414400. Hope this helps and good luck.
FredTransit Posted July 17, 2008 Report Posted July 17, 2008 Usually a letter from a recognised owner's club will do it. Might be worth your joining one.
Copey Posted July 17, 2008 Report Posted July 17, 2008 Usually a letter from a recognised owner's club will do it. Might be worth your joining one. she tried the AVO owners club
FredTransit Posted July 17, 2008 Report Posted July 17, 2008 Surely there is more than one owner's club?
john_3.0s Posted July 17, 2008 Report Posted July 17, 2008 thats a hard one, seems the DVLA are being useless t0ssers as usual. I have regsitered vehicles with owners club verification before. How do they deal with vehicle manifacurers that have long gone out of business now days then? I dont think that your local dealer will be much use, better off going through the ford main office (where ever that is). tyou local dealer is only interested in selling u parts or new cars plus in my experience in them getting parts for new cars they are pretty useless
Tracey Posted July 17, 2008 Author Report Posted July 17, 2008 John, I did ring Ford (the main one) first and it was them that told me to ring the local dealer Cisco24uk I think you may have helped me sort it, spoke to Michelle and she is just checking the vin coding with her manager and will send me a letter confirming it was 1972, she is calling me back if there is any problem It is def 1972 on the vin as the code says MS which is 1972 November Just seems my local dealers are shite!
caprinerd Posted July 17, 2008 Report Posted July 17, 2008 Just seems my local dealers are shite! think they are all like this , some of the guys at my local dealership dont even know what a capri is, and one guy walk away when he saw a carb, saying dont know how to work on that
glenbo Posted July 17, 2008 Report Posted July 17, 2008 As I work in a main dealer for Peugeot we have tie ins with other dealers I have just called my local dealer and explained the situation and have been advised that tax is from date first registered as we all know, HOWEVER, they have said that if the DVLA have stated that if you have proof that the vehicle was built before that they will change it the guy I spoke to said its got to be worth a try he gave me the name of the person in his dealership to talk to so give them a ring. Doris at Brichwood Ford on 01323 414400. Hope this helps and good luck. BIRCHWOOD FORD IN HASTINGS ARE REALLY HELPFULL AS WELL
cjay2004 Posted July 17, 2008 Report Posted July 17, 2008 when i registerd myn as historic , i just sent the logbook off with a letter inside to the DVLA explaining the build dates & codes, didnt hav a problem, came back logged as HISTORIC..
tim Posted July 17, 2008 Report Posted July 17, 2008 not all ford dealers are the same,yes some are crap and some are very good,even workin for ford other dealers treat u like crap from a ford dealer parts man
john_3.0s Posted July 17, 2008 Report Posted July 17, 2008 As I work in a main dealer for Peugeot we have tie ins with other dealers I have just called my local dealer and explained the situation and have been advised that tax is from date first registered as we all know, HOWEVER, they have said that if the DVLA have stated that if you have proof that the vehicle was built before that they will change it the guy I spoke to said its got to be worth a try he gave me the name of the person in his dealership to talk to so give them a ring. Doris at Brichwood Ford on 01323 414400. Hope this helps and good luck. BIRCHWOOD FORD IN HASTINGS ARE REALLY HELPFULL AS WELL Hmmm birchwood in eastbourne are useless, took 3 attempts to get the right intercooler pipe for my 51 plate mondeo untill i looked at the computer myself and realised the numpties working there were looking at a v6 engine when mine was a diesel (as i told them) not many intercooler pipes on the v6 complete fooking numpties the lot of them, incredible to think that that is their day job! hope u get it sorted tho
john_3.0s Posted July 17, 2008 Report Posted July 17, 2008 just looked at the number and it seems u used eastbourne! fair play if they sort it, just avoid the parts department !
Tracey Posted July 17, 2008 Author Report Posted July 17, 2008 John, they were really helpful Just declared it as SORN whilst I sort this and the bloke I brought it off, hasn't declared it SORN since Nov 2006 or taxed it A screen came up telling me.
Tracey Posted July 17, 2008 Author Report Posted July 17, 2008 Yes Savvi Will post some pics when I have sorted the awful wheels
jay Posted July 17, 2008 Report Posted July 17, 2008 when i registered mine as historic, i went over to northampton,the dvla office, just with the logbook, and it was done there on the spot, (mines a 1970 tho, and this was 6 years ago) hope you get it sorted tho matey.. see you tomorrow..
cisco24uk Posted July 17, 2008 Report Posted July 17, 2008 just looked at the number and it seems u used eastbourne! fair play if they sort it, just avoid the parts department ! I always speak to crunch in the parts and have never found any problems. Hope you get it sorted, glad to be of use.
mk2_escort_chick Posted July 18, 2008 Report Posted July 18, 2008 John, they were really helpful Just declared it as SORN whilst I sort this and the bloke I brought it off, hasn't declared it SORN since Nov 2006 or taxed it A screen came up telling me. Yeah when I sorn'd Orville it said that there has been a big gap since it was last taxed/sorn'd. Something like July 2006
Smudger105e Posted July 18, 2008 Report Posted July 18, 2008 With the historic taxation of vehicles, it is the manufacture date not the date of first registration that is the date that is critical. The Anglia Club have a member who is our contact with DVLA. If they say no, write to them again and say yes yes yes! Y=They will only change the taxation class of a vehicle that is being taxed, not if it is currently SORN.
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