COREdevelopments
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 04:42 PM |
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Swansea dvla!!!
hi all. just got back from dvla to enquire about my vin number as i need to send my forms off for sva! spoke to a bloke, and asked him if my chassis
number would be ok. he seemed to think that i needed to be issued one by the dvla, i said that i have been told i would be able to make up my. anyway,
he was having none of it, so he then went off to ring someone. he came back to say i could make up my own if i was building a new kit! and having a
new reg!! i told him i was going for a Q because i dont have a single donor and he said there would be no way i could be allowed my own VIN.
So is there anyone on this SITE that has a made up chassis number on a Q plate???
please help someone please
rob
[Edited on 25/3/08 by COREdevelopments]
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 04:44 PM |
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Yes and had a nightmare registering it.
Is it worth the hassel ?
Me - yes I have a very personal Vin number
Paul
edit - there is a thread with a letter from the DVLA on it that explains the rules. You need to find it and go back again.
[Edited on 25/3/08 by Paul (Notts)]
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COREdevelopments
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 04:46 PM |
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how did you win in the end? the guy i spoke to seemed hell bent that i would no way on earth get my own accepted
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Humbug
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 04:52 PM |
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Yes - homegrown VIN number + Q plate. As you will see in numerous places, each local DVLA office is a law unto itself. My approach was to contact the
office I intended to use and get them to confirm the VIN I wanted to use was OK. IMHO it's not worth the hassle of fighting it if they insist on
issuing one rather than letting you invent your own. After all, it's not the first thing that people are going to see when they drool at your
car, is it? 
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COREdevelopments
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 04:56 PM |
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true but i would like my vin to relate to my car, sad i know but it makes sense instead of having one that means nothing at all to the car. this is
really starting to wee me off now!!
rob
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coozer
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 05:17 PM |
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I sent my VIN off to the local office, they replied saying it was OK but would prefer me to use another DVLA!! How mads that??
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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nitram38
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 05:24 PM |
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Ask them this "If I import a Jap car, will I have to change the Vin?"
There answer should be, "only if it already exists".
There is no difference in accepting an existing foreign vin to you creating one as long as no other vechile has the number.
The guy is talking out of his jacksy, so ask him to show you the specific regulation.
Normally shuts them up!
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COREdevelopments
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 05:43 PM |
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has anyone in south wales used swansea dvla? and spoken to a bloke called Mike? he said he was the welsh inspection officer!! this has really upset me
as was set on that particular VIN!
is it worth another attempt or will that just wee him off?!?
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 05:48 PM |
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See this thread
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=83113
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COREdevelopments
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 05:56 PM |
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ye seen that paul, only trouble with that letter is its dated a while back and the "officer in question" will probably say "its
changed since then lad" is there anyone i can phone?
rob
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COREdevelopments
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 06:00 PM |
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nitram did you make your own vin up?
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richard thomas
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 06:07 PM |
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Top tip - don't go near Swansea DVLA at any cost. Go to Cardiff - they are ace there.
From one who knows........
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COREdevelopments
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 06:21 PM |
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right then cardiff it is!!! is yours a Q did you make up your own VIN Rich?
cheers
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nitram38
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 06:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by COREdevelopments
nitram did you make your own vin up?
I made my own Vin and checked it against a free online hpi checker (there are lots of them).
I rang my local vro office in wimbledon to ask if it was ok.
They basically said I could use it, but there was no guarantee that someone else would not take it before I had got my sva and had re-submitted my
paperwork to them for a reg number.
Are they kidding! I can't even pick 6 numbers on the lotto let alone 17 digits of numbers and letters! 
Anyway, did sva with my own chassis vin stamp and on the paperwork. A week later a visit to wimbledon (after a vist to my house to check the car) and
I got my own chassis number.
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BenB
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 07:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nitram38
Ask them this "If I import a Jap car, will I have to change the Vin?"
There answer should be, "only if it already exists".
There is no difference in accepting an existing foreign vin to you creating one as long as no other vechile has the number.
The guy is talking out of his jacksy, so ask him to show you the specific regulation.
Normally shuts them up!
that's exactly the question I asked when they tried to get me to change the VIN (after passing SVA!!!)....
They confirmed they keep the Japanese VIN code unless it's already in use. Job's a good'un....
The DVLA are lazy and ignorant. If you make it obvious you're not going to give in without a fight they'll crumble  When they demanded
an MOT immediately after SVA I asked them to show me a list of MOT criteria that are not already covered in the hefty SVA manual. Turned out I
didn't need an MOT after all
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iank
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 07:15 PM |
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Working horn, what do I win?
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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adithorp
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 07:20 PM |
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Minimum tread on tyres? Do I get second place?
adrian
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clanger
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 08:37 PM |
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Made up my own VIN and registered at swansea DVLA office on a Q when I built my Striker back in 2003.
Trouble is they've reduced the dole queues by employing more boneheads to push the mountain of red tape around the civil servants office
emporium.
This country drives me nuts
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caber
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| posted on 25/3/08 at 08:58 PM |
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I was told I couldn't make up my own VIN so I did anyway! After SVA I had and argument about needing an MOT, you don't, an argument about
the length of my VIN so changed it by adding zeros, an argument about the legibility of the VIN plate, solved by showing it to another inspector from
the same office and eventually after 5 weeks got a Q plate. worst bit of the build by far!
Caber
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COREdevelopments
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| posted on 26/3/08 at 12:12 AM |
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i agree with you clanger this country has gone mad! think i will give cardiff a ring and see what they say, if they say i aint allowed my own vin then
im stuffed and will have to settle with a dvla one!! which i dont really want!!
wish me luck, and thanks for the input guys,
rob
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