MOT when? Registration process sticky?

[eSteve]

Hi all,


I was down at the Bournemouth DVLA office the other day sorting out the road fund licence for my wife’s car and while I was there, I asked about registration of my build. Not that I am anywhere near completion, but just to see if they had any information on registering self-built cars. The short answer is no, with respect to printed information, they have some, but it’s not very descriptive of the whole process.


However, the chap behind the desk went and got the person who specialises in kit car registrations and I had a long chat with him. The outcome, which I was not expecting at all, was that I came away with a chassis number and a lot of useful advice on how the Bournemouth office deal with kit car registrations and age related plates.


So, all in all, a very useful visit, apart from the £140 or so for the wife’s tax disc!


Any way this led my on to thinking: What happens to the chassis number and VIN plate cut from the donor car and its V5? Do these have to be destroyed / passed over to the DVLA inspector who confirms the registration of the new vehicle?


Also another point I am not clear on: Presumably the vehicle, if it has an age related plated, requires a MOT. At what point in the registration / inspection process is the MOT required?


I read some other good threads wrt the registration / inspection process; maybe we should have a sticky thread giving the details? Wdyt moderators?


Brief update on progress so far: Chassis fully tacked, donor partly stripped and a shed full of parts. So fingers crossed, I should have a rolling chassis by spring.