Hi, I'm a new owner in Rutland and have just bought a SWB roadster which I believe is a marina variant. I could use some advice on a couple of V5 registration issues I've spotted:
The car is registered as a Marlin although the date is 1973 which I assume will have come from the donor. The car has a VIN which starts SABTVR which google tells me is a DVLA issued code for kits. This all makes sense as I think the previous owner worked with the DVLA to get it changed from being registered as the donor car to a Marlin.
The V5 arrived in the post yesterday and there are two problems:
1) The VIN on the V5 is 16 characters. It is identical to the one on the car but missing one digit in the middle - the car has "222", the V5 has "22". I thought all modern VINs were 17 characters and I suspect this is a typo on the V5?
2) The engine number is different, I know that the last owner but one replaced the engine and I suspect he didn't update the V5. The current engine starts 18V847 and has twin carbs so I know its a 1800 which matches the V5. My guess is its a mid 70's Marina TC. I have before and after photos of the replacement work but no paperwork.
Does anyone have any experience of these kind of problems, am I best to try and get the DVLA to correct the V5? - I don't want to do anything that might require me to do an IVA but I'm concerned if I don't deal with this I'll regret it later.
The car is registered as a Marlin although the date is 1973 which I assume will have come from the donor. The car has a VIN which starts SABTVR which google tells me is a DVLA issued code for kits. This all makes sense as I think the previous owner worked with the DVLA to get it changed from being registered as the donor car to a Marlin.
The V5 arrived in the post yesterday and there are two problems:
1) The VIN on the V5 is 16 characters. It is identical to the one on the car but missing one digit in the middle - the car has "222", the V5 has "22". I thought all modern VINs were 17 characters and I suspect this is a typo on the V5?
2) The engine number is different, I know that the last owner but one replaced the engine and I suspect he didn't update the V5. The current engine starts 18V847 and has twin carbs so I know its a 1800 which matches the V5. My guess is its a mid 70's Marina TC. I have before and after photos of the replacement work but no paperwork.
Does anyone have any experience of these kind of problems, am I best to try and get the DVLA to correct the V5? - I don't want to do anything that might require me to do an IVA but I'm concerned if I don't deal with this I'll regret it later.
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