Classic Car Status

My Series 3 reached its 40th birthday on 29th April 2021. However the way I read the regs is that I cannot claim for MoT and RFL exemption until next year as the car has to be 40yo at the start of the year.
Am I correct in my reading of this???

Yes I think so, you will have to wait until next year, I had the same issue.

Col

Col, thanks for that. I had tried to contact DVLA to clarify but, what with poor phonelines, waiting times and an online Bot that seems not to understand any statement in English, I felt I was banging my head off a brick wall!!

i believe if you can prove it was manufactured before January the 1st of the year before first registration, you can claim historic status now but landies of that time were selling within a couple of weeks of being made so its unlikey yours was sitting around for 4 months before being registered.

Col

I have been trying to decipher the VIN and have got it down to that it is indeed a Series 3 88" petrol built in Solihull between 1979-84 but have been unable to narrow down the date of manufacture. Any idea how I could narrow it down to a year?? I believe it may well have been a military vehicle so could well have been built some time before it was registered for RFL.

There are certain vehicle archives you can contact and get original rover build details but I can't remember who they are. If you start a new thread asking the question, you will get someone answering with more knowledge than me. Sorry I can't be of more help.

Col

I went through the procedure two years ago fo exemption for a car I own.
So just filled in the form V112 for MOT exemption, and applied via the local Post Office who sent the log book and my form off to the DVLA. Two weeks later a new log book arrived stating Historic. Simples.

Tax is different, there’s nothing to do, when you get the DVLA renewal reminder or if your application is for a SORN vehicle, which mine was, you will see the rate stated as £000.00 it’s Automatic

So will my 1985 110 be Mot and tax exempt in 2025 then?
I thought it was just mot exempt then and the vehicle had to be pre 1970 or summit.

Flossie said:

So will my 1985 110 be Mot and tax exempt in 2025 then?
I thought it was just mot exempt then and the vehicle had to be pre 1970 or summit.

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Unless they move the goalposts then yes

Flossie said:

So will my 1985 110 be Mot and tax exempt in 2025 then?
I thought it was just mot exempt then and the vehicle had to be pre 1970 or summit.

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For tax exemption its a NO, according to the info copied from the GOV.UK site

You can apply to stop paying for vehicle tax from 1 April 2020 if your vehicle was built before 1 January 1980. You must tax your vehicle even if you do not have to pay.
If you do not know when your vehicle was built, but it was first registered before 8 January 1980, you can still apply to stop paying vehicle tax.

Tax exemption isnt really the correct term, it still has to be taxed but once you register as historic vehicle at 40 years old then the fee is waived

discool said:

For tax exemption its a NO, according to the info copied from the GOV.UK site

You can apply to stop paying for vehicle tax from 1 April 2020 if your vehicle was built before 1 January 1980. You must tax your vehicle even if you do not have to pay.
If you do not know when your vehicle was built, but it was first registered before 8 January 1980, you can still apply to stop paying vehicle tax.

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That's what I read, remember now.

Kev12 said:

Tax exemption isnt really the correct term, it still has to be taxed but once you register as historic vehicle at 40 years old then the fee is waived

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Thats what I believed. But now Its the terminology that is used for both MOT and Tax information, that has been place together. My 1976 car was on zero tax a year or so before the MOT exemption was introduced.

So exempt in the context of Tax its correct, as the owners of an Historic vehicle are exempt from its payment, and of course now its MOT

Flossie said:

That's what I read, remember now.

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The GOV.UK info is all over the place.
The link below seems to me to be more straightforward.
I didn’t provide a copy of the MOT certificate with my application as my vehicle was had been on SORN and tucked up in its garage for a few years.
https://www.footmanjames.co.uk/blog/how-to-declare-vehicle-of-historic-interest

discool said:

Thats what I believed. But now Its the terminology that is used for both MOT and Tax information, that has been place together. My 1976 car was on zero tax a year or so before the MOT exemption was introduced.

So exempt in the context of Tax its correct, as the owners of an Historic vehicle are exempt from its payment, and of course now its MOT

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It is indeed as clear as mud

I find it had to believe that the government sends out conflicting, inaccurate and confusing information. Oh wait...

There are moves afoot to get the Historic term applied to vehicles that are 30 years old, but with our government's current state of borrowing another drop in VED revenue is the last thing on MP's minds.
Source : this weeks' edition of Classic Car Weekly.

Shame, as my RRC is 34 years old next month