Buying/selling registrations..

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Wed 10 Dec 2003 13:11
Buying/selling registrations.. - number67
What determines if a registration is transferable?

If you see someone selling an old pre letter prefix car for restoration. But lets say its a hopeless Austin/Morris something with no history and not worth the time/money to save. Can you scrap it and transfer the plate? How does it work?

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Wed 10 Dec 2003 13:33
Buying/selling registrations.. - Dude - {P}


>>Can you scrap it and transfer the plate? How does it work?>>

Sorry no such luck, - if you see an old banger rusting in a field with a cool pre 1963 plate, this vehicle must pass an M.O.T. before you can transfer the plate to another vehicle.

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Wed 10 Dec 2003 14:05
Buying/selling registrations.. - number67
So then Dude is this correct...

1960 Ford Thingy Mot'd but tatty, reg 123 ABC

I can buy it for £350, transfer/sell the reg, and pay DVLA for a different reg for the Ford? Does then that then mean that if I sell the ford its reg is non-transferrable?

1959 Morris Wotsit running but no MOT, reg 345 DEF

Weld it, fix the brakes, MOT it. Then get grubby my hands on the reg as above?

1958 Austin Doodar, stood in a field, reg 789 XYZ

To get it thru' an MOT would cost £k's don't bother

Cheers 67
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