Invalid carriage blue Mk1 Cavalier

[Uncle Jimmy]

Fantastic job, respect due and all that.

[4wheeledstool]

This came out of hibernation today - just took some fuel and a mild rinsing by the DVLA.

 

 

Still puts a smile on my face.

[adw1977]

Looking good!

[paulscavalier]

Fantastic work on that car,the attention to detail is spot on

[Guest Hooli]

Spunkalishious

[plasticvandan]

Pre 77 tax exempt as of now

[4wheeledstool]

  On 03/04/2017 at 20:43, plasticvandan said:

Pre 77 tax exempt as of now

Unfortunately it was registered on January 4th 1977 - I'll have to wait until next year for that!

[adw1977]

  On 03/04/2017 at 20:54, 4wheeledstool said:

Unfortunately it was registered on January 4th 1977 - I'll have to wait until next year for that!

I thought year of manufacture was the deciding factor? Very quick work if it was registered within 4 days of being built!

[Noel Tidybeard]

  On 03/04/2017 at 23:02, adw1977 said:

I thought year of manufacture was the deciding factor? Very quick work if it was registered within 4 days of being built!

 

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Historic vehicles

 

Vehicles made before 1 January 1977 are exempt from 1 April 2017

[plasticvandan]

there is usually a clause that vehicles registered a few days after 1st jan must have been built prior to that

[adw1977]

  On 04/04/2017 at 12:56, plasticvandan said:

there is usually a clause that vehicles registered a few days after 1st jan must have been built prior to that

 

Also, manufacturers or owners' clubs sometimes have the records to show when a particular car left the factory.

[Eddie Honda]

  On 04/04/2017 at 12:56, plasticvandan said:

there is usually a clause that vehicles registered a few days after 1st jan must have been built prior to that

Anything registered up to and including 7th January is automagically considered to be built the previous year and a tax class change can be requested without reams of supporting paperwork. Been like that for YEARS.

 

See INF34: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inf34-taxing-historic-vehicles

 

(I promise not to be grumpy about having to bang on about it.)

[4wheeledstool]

I went to the Post Office to change the taxation class to historic this morning - computer said no! I'm thinking it's because it has 6 months tax on it, perhaps if I SORN it and try again it'll work. The V5C says that the taxation class can only be changed when taxing, which I didn't notice until I got home.

 

Heres a couple of pics from the other day to brighten up an otherwise dull post -

 

 

[Eddie Honda]

They should have been able to do it.

 

http://www.p6club.com/content/applying-tax-exemption

 

The process of a mid-term change of tax class is to fill in a V10, change the V5C with "HISTORIC" and sort it out from there.

 

The only proof you need is the INF34 if they are unaware that 4th Jan counts as the previous year.

 

If they can't, you can apply direct.

[4wheeledstool]

  On 22/04/2017 at 12:10, Eddie Honda said:

They should have been able to do it.http://www.p6club.com/content/applying-tax-exemptionThe process of a mid-term change of tax class is to fill in a V10, change the V5C with "HISTORIC" and sort it out from there.The only proof you need is the INF34 if they are unaware that 4th Jan counts as the previous year.If they can't, you can apply direct.

I'll give it a go via post - Post Office giffer woman doesn't appear to be able to do it.

New steering arm fitted today.

 

 

There was a little bit of play in the ball joint at the rack end - not any more!

[4wheeledstool]

After a conversation with a DVLA type today, the reason for the Post Office's inability to change my taxation class to historic became apparent. According to DVLA records, the date of manufacture of this car is 31/12/77 - almost a year after the date of registration which was 04/01/77. They are clearly trained to believe the database is correct, which is fair enough, but that's clearly a fuck up right there.

[Felly Magic]

Typical DVLA idiots

[Dick Cheeseburger]

  On 03/05/2017 at 13:33, Felly Magic said:

Typical DVLA idiots

I blame the Welsh.

[4wheeledstool]

  On 03/05/2017 at 21:05, AngusToledo said:

I blame the Welsh.

More likely a consequence of people who don't give a rat's ass being tasked with data entry - not sure if that attitude is a common trait of the Welsh?

[4wheeledstool]

Tax exempt status now achieved, had to post Logbook + V10 and it was turned round in a couple of weeks.

[Felly Magic]

Yay!

[4wheeledstool]

MOT done today, still pretty clean under there apart from dusty bits!

 

[Split_Pin]

I think that's the first time ever on AS that someone has said that sentence with the word 'dusty' instead of 'rusty'. The condition of that looks impeccable!

[4wheeledstool]

All photobucket links now replaced with imgur ones - that was a long day!

[danthecapriman]

  On 10/12/2017 at 22:54, 4wheeledstool said:

All photobucket links now replaced with imgur ones - that was a long day!

Worth it though!

 

It's a bastard though isn't it?! I've had to do it for all mine too.

[4wheeledstool]

  On 10/12/2017 at 22:59, danthecapriman said:

Worth it though!

It's a bastard though isn't it?! I've had to do it for all mine too.

It wouldn't have been nearly as laborious if my pictures had stayed in the correct order when moving them to imgur. They ended up pretty randomly scattered, and I haven't been able to correct it. Hopefully I won't have to repeat the excercise any time soon!

[adw1977]

Good to have the brilliant story of this car fully illustrated again!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Well done! I'm gonna be gutted when all my internet car fixing archive is ruined by those twats.

[4wheeledstool]

First outing of the year for this today. It would have been yesterday,but the fuel pump sprang a leak on startup. A new one was boshed on in 5 minutes this morning, and normal service has resumed.

 

[Cavboy80]

Still love this, good to see it back on the road.