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I'm lost.
I have a MGB that I've owned for the best part of 50 years and wouldn't be even slightly concerned if the make was recorded as BL rather than MG, in fact some later ones had BL badges on the wings. It wouldn't affect my enjoyment of it, it's just a reference on a form.
I assume the 'bodge' you refer to is in response to a communication from you, where they've tried to help you.
 
 

This old relic of silver shadow has suffered various indignities. Perhaps most noticable to the ear was sometimes but not often running on 8.
A quick look and the HT leads showed a variety of various ages, all of which had corrosion and damage. Plus im not even sure that the firing  order was right. Hard to tell from a quick look as the leads are routed though little tracks screwed to the cam covers.
Anyway, for your rolls owner driver, things can soon get pricey…


Thats all well and good for people wishing to preserve originality; but what about something that dodged being bangered and is wedding white? The owner is more of a driver than a polisher.
Well a bit of googling showed that the lucas 35d8 distributor was shared with a few other vehicles- including assorted Land Rover products….
 

And i set to over lunch 


Yes they are very blue! I suppose they match the interior 👍 . And I need to properly plumb in the leads down the little tracks on the cam covers and get rid of the cable tied old lead remnants etc.
But for less than 10% of the price ive got it now running on 8. Its so silky smooth now its unbelievable the difference. i can only imagine its was a combination of messed up order and knackered components.

I'm lost.
I have a MGB that I've owned for the best part of 50 years and wouldn't be even slightly concerned if the make was recorded as BL rather than MG, in fact some later ones had BL badges on the wings. It wouldn't affect my enjoyment of it, it's just a reference on a form.
I assume the 'bodge' you refer to is in response to a communication from you, where they've tried to help you.
 
 

I’m pretty sure if you asked my wife what car I drove, this’d be her answer. 

It's a bit like nineteen eighty four this - DVLA re-writing history, Invacars, never existed m8...
'If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on blue fibreglass —for ever.'

Will there be a rejection  fron dvla , for  a new v5  or whatever,  for any newly discovered  or abandoned  Invacar ?  That would be good  to keep the prices high. 

I'm lost.
I have a MGB that I've owned for the best part of 50 years and wouldn't be even slightly concerned if the make was recorded as BL rather than MG, in fact some later ones had BL badges on the wings. It wouldn't affect my enjoyment of it, it's just a reference on a form.
I assume the 'bodge' you refer to is in response to a communication from you, where they've tried to help you.
 
 

User Researcher... 28k a year !  Dez does that for nothing / free/ zilch  ,  at the moment?  He'd have access to the dvla computer 24/7 .... Help!

Is she still there? she was getting a bit baggy last time I saw her.

He could work from home , he knows shit loads about computers...he said so . And thats why he wanted the Invacar in the first place , to get a job ..he said that too! LOL !  

That would please a lot of people on here  !  LOL !  

I'm still lost as to what the problem really is here?  
Who gets to decide when government documents are issued?  Is it the government department responsible for the administration of vehicles in the United Kingdom, or is it one member of the public who happens to be the registered keeper of ONE of the 41 million vehicles currently registered?
Honestly dude.  I'm lost as to what the problem is here.  And I really don't think (unpopular opinion) anyone owes you either an apology or an explanation.  

Dez, surely if you had not been checking up on your car on DVLA every day, like most of us, you would not have been aware of this "problem" as you see it? 
And I think if I received a new but correct V5 unexpectedly, I would just shrug, and put it in the file with all my other odd V5s.  And get on with something else.
Just saying.
 

Agreed, I work for a large government organisation and you would never be able to speak directly with pretty much anyone, about anything, and most complaints get filed under 'B' for bin
 
You are dreaming if you ever think you are able to 'go nuclear' with the CEO, its complete fantasy, I don't know if you are aware but in the real world most CEO's don't even manage their own mailbox.

Dez, that isn't going to happen for a member of the public...

Just had that myself with my partner. I'd removed her off the list on there but still got a an email. It's a quick way to fuck your day up and leave you feeling miserable as shit and reaching for the box of tramadol.  18 months and still as raw as fuck 

You’ve never owned a car long enough to become embroiled in a bitter battle with the DVLA though. 😉

That’s absolutely where it belongs - in a museum, off the King’s highway and under lock and key.
Let’s hope they don’t get a breeding pair. 

Please tell me Ceri isn’t fetching the bloody thing here?!?
I have an unfortunate habit of agreeing to things whilst in the pub but I can’t remember getting that pissed for a while now 😳😳😳

Yep.  All completely normal.  Nothing to see here.  No reason to be at all alarmed or concerned.  

Well, if you want to turn any avuncular and considered post from me into “whataboutism” then that is up to you. My little pet dog will follow you around and like your posts which will make you feel good.
On the other hand - you might take a step back, and see that my message was clearly a concerned one. Yes - a bit of fucking perspective - but concerned. I guess that will mark the conclusion of said concern. 
Once more. This is a trivial administration issue; not a deliberate act of vandalism. If my V5 came back saying Forde Sierra, I’d give it a little moustache and monocle and drive it to Edwardian days out. 
Further peace. 
(And hi, Dicky. Who’s a good boy?) 🐶

I agree.
To me the key will be how difficult/expensive it is, if it's too much it'll get rejected in my opinion.
I suspect that one of Sheefag's favourite quotes will end up applying:
"Attributed to Reinhold Niebuhr, Lutheran theologian (1892–1971) God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

Funny you should mention that. 
An ex of mine was a clinical hypnotherapist and she tried to regress me to the time when a friend and myself rolled and burnt out an Escort RS1800 so I could remember the reg number and apply for the V5 for sentimental reasons.

Yeah I understand what your saying there will be or, should be a whole vetting process behind it, which makes the fact this INVACAR vs INVACARE fuck up happened in the first place, all the more galling 
 
I did fear they might just try and bodge rather then fix it properly, so I did make sure to explain in detail in my letters what I think the issue is, how it might be resolved, and the fact REV is not an isolated case etc
but alas it seems they did just bodge it sadly
 
but that is one of the reasons I am quite eager to see what if anything is said when this new V5 letter arrives, I will reserve full judgement until then.
maybe just maybe they have only just temporarily uncoded REV to get her to show up correctly, while they sort the back end out and then will re-code her once things are sorted?
thats what I would hope to hear/read at least! but obviously remains to be seen, probably not going to be until at least Monday until the V5 arrives, but ill be sure to keep people informed.
 
one of the many  frustating things about this is, this is not even the first time it happened!
you may notice that genuine AC vehicles from AC Cars Ltd, Thames Ditton mostly all show up on the DVLA as "AC (ELECTRIC)"
but they didn't always do that, wind the clock way back to about 1983, they did correctly show up as just "AC", for example if you look up 1940PE, you will see it says "AC (ELECTRIC)" and it shows a V5 last issued 8th December 1983, I have seen that V5 (it still exists with the car) and it does just say "AC" on it as it should because it was printed before the cockup its only the online record thats wrong so to speak,
its just for someone reason at some point in time after that someone added "(ELECTRIC)" to the end of "AC" in the lookup, so suddenly all genuine AC's show up "AC (ELECTRIC)"! I have seen a few owners of AC sports cars try to fix this, and often times it ends up as a bit of a mess like "ACSHELBYCOBRA260DAYTONA" or something along those lines because, they think "AC (ELECTRIC)" must be wrong, not knowing that it is technically "right" that is AC's name on the DVLA! 
 
so with this whole INVACARE thing, its given me a bad case of deja moo (for when you have seen this bullshit before!)

Hopefully you’ve picked all your toys up now and put them back in your pram.
I was genuinely curious and tried to ask in a non ‘nasty’ way - I even added a cute emoji. 
Dez has actually replied since explaining that he’s been keeping an eye because of the other issue he’d reported regarding the invacarE change and making sure his hadn’t changed - a valid answer as to why someone would be so on it with checking in. 
 
Cheers for explaining LBF, I know you didn’t have to, I just wondered if there was more to it than just randomly reg checking your car every day, turns out there is.. that’s all I wanted to know! 🙌