01-08-2018, 03:25 PM
The DVLA notified me that they were unwilling to process my registration of my vehicle due to an undefined "discrepancy" in records. During previous, brief ownership the identity of the vehicle had not been questioned, and the original number retained. Regrettably, I guessed that a change of engine many years previously had been the cause of the problem, but it now seems that at some time an entirely fictitious VIN number had been listed at the time of an MOT...perhaps because previous documentation had been lost, and nobody knew where to locate the chassis number. My photographs of the chassis number and body number were accepted, but my Austin is now noted as "being built up from...etc." Much does seem to depend upon the caprice of DVLA staff who may lack a complete understanding of their own regulations and their application.