Missed this on E bay

[dbazdavies]

Nice roadster 301564495364

[dbazdavies]

Re: Missed this on E bay

Been relisted

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/301573532424?lpid=82

[Sportster-Green]

Re: Missed this on E bay

even it looks a very nice and well built car, its better to miss it, as its incorrectly registered!!!

or do you see a triumph gt6 for sale on the pictures?

• Vehicle make TRIUMPH
• Date of first registration 06 April 1971
• Year of manufacture 1971
• Cylinder capacity (cc) 2498cc
• CO₂Emissions Not available
• Fuel type PETROL
• Vehicle status Tax not due
• Vehicle colour RED
• Vehicle type approval Not available
• Wheelplan 2 AXLE RIGID BODY
• Revenue weight Not available

kitcar registrations have changed over the decades...also the dvla is aware about the fact, that during the old days kitcars didnt need to be presented after built in form of an SVA or IVA test...thats the reason why there are (still) lots of kitcars out there, running on the donor registration.

from the legal point of view its definately NOT correct anymore nowadays, even those cars regulary pass the anual MOT.

lots of kitcars built in the 80ies or before, often have been titeled like "escort convertible" (for a seven type car like westfield) or triumph for marlins

but there was an amnesty period for such kitcars where the V5c needed to be updated to the correct kit manufacturer. this period was in the 90ies, as i remember, i guess around the date where SVA came into force.

everybody who missed that period can still try with the dvla to update the v5c.
if enough prove of the car being a kit since e.g. 1987 can be provided the dvla will update the V5c with the correct make, keeping the old reg.-date.

but leaving the V5c as it is, "officially" such a kit is considered as in-correctly registrated.

if your marlin would have been a rebodied spitfire, using the original and unmodified spitfire chassis...this would be a different matter.

in that case you would not need an IVA..similar the Sammio Body conversions.

here its even more critical...as the marlin´s body type is convertible...the triumph´s GT6 is a Coupé