general '73 tax exempt question

[stuartp]

i'm looking at buying a particular mk1 escort that's in my (fairly low) price range

 

only downside (apart from needing a complete respray but that's another story) to that one is it's registered july 73 - just half a year away from the free road tax

 

wondering if there's any way to prove the vehicle was manufactured prior to january 1st 1973

 

the dvla details form says "date of registration or manufacture of the vehicle prior to 1 january 1973"

 

surely it's very likely that the car was manufactured well before it was registered/ sold - could well have been 6 months

 

it goes on to say "if you think the age shown is incorrect, you will need to produce a dating certificate from a vehicle enthusiasts club or evidence from the vehicle manufacturer"

 

anyone got any experience of this?

[Trevmk3]

i think it may have a stamp on the vin plate or chassis that says when it came off the production line, i need to look at my cortina for the same thing

[stuartp]

i'll check that out when i take a look at the car tomorrow

 

thanks

[antz]

if you ask TIM or VISTA on here they can both tell you how to find the month and year it was built

[capriaddict]

Its part of the chassis number, in code of course if you post up the last 2 letters before the numbers start e.g. ****MY001234 then we can decode it form you and let you know

[Vista]

Take a look here

 

http://www.oldskoolford.co.uk/phpBB2/vi ... hp?t=54801

 

Th painful truth though is that Mk1 Escorts sold like hot cakes so your chances of a July registration being built before Dec 31st the previous year are slim to nil.

[stuartp]

i know it's a long shot

it won't put me off buying it but would be lush to not pay road tax

 

cheers for all the info guys

[caprinerd]

the uild date should be on the chassis number if you give the chassis number to the forum ( just the main letters not the number digits) im sure that one of the escort boffs could tell you the bild month and year

[Vista]

the uild date should be on the chassis number if you give the chassis number to the forum ( just the main letters not the number digits) im sure that one of the escort boffs could tell you the bild month and year

 

It's all in the link I posted above

[bomber1]

my mk1 is a july 73 car built and regersterd the same month. gutted

[countrybumpkin]

my new mk1 has a build date of decenber 1969 but its on a L reg so its sat for a while in a showroom

[caprinerd]

teach me to read the thread properly in future, slap wrist time

[stuartp]

built in june 73 registered start of july

 

even an 1100 automatic flew out of the showroom!

 

ah well no free tax for me

[stuartp]

not that i'd want to do anything illegal but are there any ways around it?

complete rebuild of car, reshelling, re registering, buying the log book from another vehicle? erm i dunno

 

do all cars pre 2001 conform to the engine size rule?

 

Not over 1549 - £120.00

 

 

Over 1549 - £185.00

[Vista]

not that i'd want to do anything illegal but are there any ways around it?

complete rebuild of car, reshelling, re registering, buying the log book from another vehicle? erm i dunno

 

do all cars pre 2001 conform to the engine size rule?

 

Not over 1549 - £120.00

 

 

Over 1549 - £185.00

 

There is no legal way round it.

 

And your car will be PLG so will be as you've listed above

[stuartp]

cheers for all the info guys

[stuartp]

someone selling a vin plate and log book on ebay for a pre 73 mk1 escort - ah well, i'm not going to do anything dodgy

[countrybumpkin]

built in june 73 registered start of july

 

even an 1100 automatic flew out of the showroom!

 

ah well no free tax for me

 

1.1 auto now thats got to be rare you have to keep it standard

[stuartp]

i was wrong it was a 1300 xl auto

either way, it's been messed with already i'm afraid

 

not too sad to not be driving a mk1 auto if my old mk2 auto was anything to go by