05-10-2017, 07:10 PM
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On arriving in England from France at the end of June this year I set about trying to register my 1930 GE Cup Model look-alike here in England. I had no paperwork for this car, only the chassis number and engine number, both dating to October 1930. With considerable help from the PWA7 Club DVLA liaison officer, I prepared all the necessary forms and photos and happily sent them off to the DVLA. My application was returned about a week later with a letter informing me that I had not included prrof of residence, i.e. a utility bill, council tax demand or similar. The application was again sent off to the DVLA and after about 2 weeks was returned again with a letter that basically said that I had not provided sufficient evidence of the vehicle's date of manufacture, this in spite of supplying a PWA7 Club Inspection Report and a PWA7 Club Authentication Certificate. At this point I telephoned the DVLA and explained my situation to a very helpful man who said "send it all back again, marked for my attention and I will contact you if we need anything else". After another couple of weeks, I received a further letter from the DVLA advising me that they wanted SGS to inspect the vehicle and to make an appointment direct with SGS. This I did and the SGS Inspector duly arrived punctually at 08h00 at the address where the car is currently kept. He spent 10 minutes photographing and checking the chassis number and the engine number, having previously told me that he had been driving for 2 1/2 hours to get to my address. He said that I should be receiving my V5C in about 10 days, and hey ho, it arrived this morning and my GE Cup is now the proud bearer of registration no BF 8418.
Considering that the car had no original documents and the car was built up from a pile of parts and the body is new, but a close replica of a GE Cup, I think that the treatment I have received from the DVLA has been pretty good, and the end result excellent. Take heart all you special builders out there, it is possible to obtain age related number plates.