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My SX 200 Has a 1968 (F) reg but is a 1966

PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 1:19 am
by Timbo23
My SX200 Has a frame and engine number SX2008409** which makes it a 1966 but DVLA have it registered as a 1968 (F)
It seems this mistake occurred in 1998 as the VO5 shows Date of first registration in UK as 1998

Firstly I’m sure making a vehicle appear newer is illegal and secondly my insurance could be invalid as the details are not correct?

Has anyone any similar experience of this?

I’ll now have to inform DVLA but I’m not sure what can of worms this will open

Re: My SX 200 Has a 1968 (F) reg but is a 1966

PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 6:49 am
by Storkfoot
Entirely plausible that it was produced by the factory 2 years before it was registered in the UK. I had an Li150 years ago that was similar.

Re: My SX 200 Has a 1968 (F) reg but is a 1966

PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 7:45 am
by bookertmgs1
Storkfoot wrote:Entirely plausible that it was produced by the factory 2 years before it was registered in the UK. I had an Li150 years ago that was similar.


Don’t think you actually read the post - it’s an import 1st registered in 1998.

I think the DVLA will issue you a new registration mark with evidence that it is indeed 1966. I suppose this would mean a dating certificate but not sure if you would need an inspection

I’d call them for advice, you can be non specific and not quite your existing reg

Re: My SX 200 Has a 1968 (F) reg but is a 1966

PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 10:41 am
by Rich Oswald
Timbo23 wrote:My SX200 Has a frame and engine number SX2008409** which makes it a 1966 but DVLA have it registered as a 1968 (F)
It seems this mistake occurred in 1998 as the VO5 shows Date of first registration in UK as 1998

Firstly I’m sure making a vehicle appear newer is illegal and secondly my insurance could be invalid as the details are not correct?

Has anyone any similar experience of this?

I’ll now have to inform DVLA but I’m not sure what can of worms this will open


Hi, I think you should be able to get it changed but you will definitely need to get a Dating Letter from myself first. Please see here for full instructions:-

http://www.ilambretta.co.uk/register.html

Most likely that it was dated wrongly in 1998 so a new Dating letter should clear it up. Your insurance will be fine if you have told them exactly what DVLA have already registered it as.

Rich'

Re: My SX 200 Has a 1968 (F) reg but is a 1966

PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 10:56 am
by Storkfoot
bookertmgs1 wrote:
Storkfoot wrote:Entirely plausible that it was produced by the factory 2 years before it was registered in the UK. I had an Li150 years ago that was similar.


Don’t think you actually read the post - it’s an import 1st registered in 1998.

I think the DVLA will issue you a new registration mark with evidence that it is indeed 1966. I suppose this would mean a dating certificate but not sure if you would need an inspection

I’d call them for advice, you can be non specific and not quite your existing reg


Yep. Apologies. Reading quickly with contacts in.

Re: My SX 200 Has a 1968 (F) reg but is a 1966

PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 2:55 pm
by missing lynx
Sorry to sound daft but why does it matter it won't affect how it works or what it would be worth if you sold it. Also in theory a scooter could sit in a dealers for a few year and would only be registered when it was sold so you could have a C reg S2 or a H reg SX so the reg only relates to the date of registration and not year of manufacture I know this becomes a bit of a grey area with foreign imports given age related plates but personally it wouldn't bother me

Re: My SX 200 Has a 1968 (F) reg but is a 1966

PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 7:58 pm
by ROClarke
Yeh,but 1966 was a special year for some reason :D :D

Re: My SX 200 Has a 1968 (F) reg but is a 1966

PostPosted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 6:41 pm
by vintage65scoot
hi just my 2pence worth if the scooter is registered as a 1998 bike its does not qualify for historic tax which as a 1966 bike it is eligible to have ie FREE TAX and secondly if the owner lives anywhere near London can stick two fingers up at the ultra low emission zone as the scooter becomes an historic vehicle so is also exempt from this and as you know this WILL eventually become country wide where ever you live town or city . That is as the law stands today

Re: My SX 200 Has a 1968 (F) reg but is a 1966

PostPosted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 9:55 pm
by Rich Oswald
vintage65scoot wrote:hi just my 2pence worth if the scooter is registered as a 1998 bike its does not qualify for historic tax which as a 1966 bike it is eligible to have ie FREE TAX and secondly if the owner lives anywhere near London can stick two fingers up at the ultra low emission zone as the scooter becomes an historic vehicle so is also exempt from this and as you know this WILL eventually become country wide where ever you live town or city . That is as the law stands today


I am sorry but you are wrong my friend. Historic Vehicle status is determined by when a vehicle was manufactured and NOT when it was registered. There are very many recent imports which are indeed elegible for Historic Vehicle status!

Rich'

Re: My SX 200 Has a 1968 (F) reg but is a 1966

PostPosted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 10:39 pm
by vintage65scoot
From what ive read the DVLA have agreed the the chassis number is a 1966 therefore it is an historic vehicle because of age of manufacture at some point the bike has been imported or re registered for whatever reason its the date of 1st registration ie 1998 which it probably was so therefore historic tax can be applied for I have done this myself successfully on a motorcycle a 1975 bike and date of first registration still says 2007 a new dating letter and an enclosed letter asking to be changed to an historic vehicle was all I had to do not trying and tread on anyones toes

Re: My SX 200 Has a 1968 (F) reg but is a 1966

PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 5:13 pm
by Timbo23
Just for clarification;

The scooter was deemed in 1998 by DVLA as a Lambretta scooter first registered in 1968 and issued with an age related plate, suffix F, and was as is standard practice granted Historic status so tax and now MOT exempt.
I presume the clerk at DVLA who checked the year of registration got his 98 confused with his 66 and suddenly it became a 1968 scooter in the system, things were a lot different in 1998 than they are now .....

So, the V5 states Year first registered in the UK 1998, Year of first registration 1968 and the scooter is furnished with a suffix F registration number, all well and good until I checked the frame and engine number from the database and noticed it actually related to a 1966 scooter.

What does that matter.... they were still manufacturing SX200’s in 1968 so who cares?

I do... for these reasons

Re: My SX 200 Has a 1968 (F) reg but is a 1966

PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 5:26 pm
by Timbo23
1. Any prospective buyer would be forgiven for thinking it’s a poorly executed fake.

2. I could end up in a legal wrangle with my insurers and prospectively give them a get out of jail card

3. The scooter is a 1966 so should display the correct number plate.

Re: My SX 200 Has a 1968 (F) reg but is a 1966

PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 5:31 pm
by Timbo23
I’ve tried entering into dialogue with DVLA to start the ball rolling but couldn’t get past the chat robot with preemptive answers instructing me to tick the “No box and still apply for my road refund licence in the usual way”..... WTF?

I’ll perseve and continue with contacting them once I’m back home next week, I can’t wait for them to ask me for money to rectify the problem, given it was their administrative errors not mine, time will tell....

I would however be glad to accept a post 1962 birth certificate for myself issued by Births, Deaths and Marriages, any ideas please PM me LOL

Re: My SX 200 Has a 1968 (F) reg but is a 1966

PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 5:43 pm
by vintage65scoot
Timbo the year of manufacture could be 1966 but by the time it was sold and first registered that could have well been 1968 there are many cars bikes scooters out there with the correct chassis numbers for a certain year that were not sold on that year so if the numbers are correct it then makes the scooter a correct SX200

Re: My SX 200 Has a 1968 (F) reg but is a 1966

PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 7:10 pm
by gizmo
[quote="Timbo23"]I’ve tried entering into dialogue with DVLA to start the ball rolling but couldn’t get past the chat robot with preemptive answers instructing me to tick the “No box and still apply for my road refund licence in the usual way”..... WTF?

I’ll perseve and continue with contacting them once I’m back home next week, I can’t wait for them to ask me for money to rectify the problem, given it was their administrative errors not mine, time will tell....

I would however be glad to accept a post 1962 birth certificate for myself issued by Births, Deaths and Marriages, any ideas please PM me LOL[/quote Unfortunately if you do get a post 1962 birth certificate just like your scooter you will still be older. :lol: ] I actually had the dvla ring me once. Some how I had taxed scooter twice and they wanted one of the discs back. I've ticked it off my bucket list. Getting to talk to a dvla man. And he was Welsh too

Re: My SX 200 Has a 1968 (F) reg but is a 1966

PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 7:12 pm
by Hornbyfrog123
I have a scooter that is registered 5 years after manufacture, I love riding it and think all the trouble you are taking is like p.......g into the wind!

Re: My SX 200 Has a 1968 (F) reg but is a 1966

PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 9:29 pm
by ROClarke
Hornbyfrog123 wrote:I have a scooter that is registered 5 years after manufacture, I love riding it and think all the trouble you are taking is like p.......g into the wind!

;) :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: My SX 200 Has a 1968 (F) reg but is a 1966

PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:56 am
by Rich Oswald
vintage65scoot wrote:Timbo the year of manufacture could be 1966 but by the time it was sold and first registered that could have well been 1968 there are many cars bikes scooters out there with the correct chassis numbers for a certain year that were not sold on that year so if the numbers are correct it then makes the scooter a correct SX200


Nobody seems to know if the scooter is an original British one or a later import. Either way it was first registered wrongly in 1998 so it couldn't possibly be a 1966 which was not registered until 1968. Your so called two pence worth is therefore wrong in every respect.

Re: My SX 200 Has a 1968 (F) reg but is a 1966

PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2019 11:06 pm
by Timbo23
Rich Oswald wrote:
vintage65scoot wrote:Timbo the year of manufacture could be 1966 but by the time it was sold and first registered that could have well been 1968 there are many cars bikes scooters out there with the correct chassis numbers for a certain year that were not sold on that year so if the numbers are correct it then makes the scooter a correct SX200


Nobody seems to know if the scooter is an original British one or a later import. Either way it was first registered wrongly in 1998 so it couldn't possibly be a 1966 which was not registered until 1968. Your so called two pence worth is therefore wrong in every respect.


The scooter was imported from Italy and in 1998 it was registered by DVLA as a first registered in 1968 scooter, I fully appreciate scooters sit in dealerships for periods of time between manufacture and registration as has been suggested twice already in this thread but this is not the case in this instance and it was just wrongly put down as a 1968 when the engine and frame numbers place it as a 1966

Re: My SX 200 Has a 1968 (F) reg but is a 1966

PostPosted: Mon Oct 21, 2019 10:12 am
by Rich Oswald
Timbo23 wrote:
Rich Oswald wrote:
vintage65scoot wrote:Timbo the year of manufacture could be 1966 but by the time it was sold and first registered that could have well been 1968 there are many cars bikes scooters out there with the correct chassis numbers for a certain year that were not sold on that year so if the numbers are correct it then makes the scooter a correct SX200


Nobody seems to know if the scooter is an original British one or a later import. Either way it was first registered wrongly in 1998 so it couldn't possibly be a 1966 which was not registered until 1968. Your so called two pence worth is therefore wrong in every respect.


The scooter was imported from Italy and in 1998 it was registered by DVLA as a first registered in 1968 scooter, I fully appreciate scooters sit in dealerships for periods of time between manufacture and registration as has been suggested twice already in this thread but this is not the case in this instance and it was just wrongly put down as a 1968 when the engine and frame numbers place it as a 1966


You keep saying it was registered in 1998 but when was it imported here, they all come from Italy? Was it imported in the 60's or the 90's? Just because it was registered in 1998 doesn't mean it was imported then. It could be a 60's import that has dropped off the DVLA system and discovered with no paperwork. It could be a 90's import which has been Dated wrongly or it could simply be a mistake.

Rich'