All very interesting Mark, but even with " stretching the truth" to its limits, I doubt I could convince the DVLA's inspectors that ANY of our cars were made before 1973! Still paying road tax CP. -----Original Message----- From: Mark [mailto:mark@xxxx] Sent: 26 April 2003 20:04 To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [doc] Digest Number 852 Hi Guys Martin is quite right on the taxation period. However the DVLA states that the vehicle has to be manufacturered prior to Jan '73, not registered. A friend of mine with a VW Beetle registered March '74, took this up with the DVLA with help from myself and proved to them that his vehicle was manufactured in Germany in November 72 via the chassis number. Thus it fell before their cut off date. Not only was he able to change the taxation class of the vehicle, but also claimed back his previous 18 months duties paid. Regards Mark DOC UK Website: www.delorean.co.uk Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine ** Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/