As we all know, once the car reaches 40yrs old you can apply for classic status making the car tax and MOT exempt. Ive looked into it and you have to notify the DVLA of this and send off a small fee (obviously. About £55 iirc as an admin fee ). You cant just stop paying the road tax and stop taking it for a yearly MOT. Some here may still have to obtain an MOT depending on whether theyve changed the engine or done major work to the chassis. Then again, how would they ever know? Its not like its recorded at the MOT or anything. But I digress...
As many of our cars are put on a 'W' plate that would mean a 1980 build so therefore the car is 40 this year (but looking at the .gov site it wont be exempt till the start of next year as it lists cars in 79 as being exempt. It also is going by months too so looks like you would have to wait till october if like mine but then again, the DVLA have classed it as a Jan 1st car ). My question is will the DVLA recognise the car as 40 or 39? My car being an Oct 81 officially is 40 next year but the DVLA decided (even with having pictures of the VIN plate) that its 40 this year.
On my V5 it states a manufacturing date of 01/01/1981. God they are confusing. Its an 81 so lets give it an 80 plate, cue another . If thats the case, then i would need to wait till 01/01/2022 to declare it as classic.
I dont know if you have to send off a picture of the VIN again? Im guessing you dont as they seem to only want the fee and the V5 log book.
Some info here: https://www.gov.uk/historic-vehicles