Scottie - Good luck with the DVLA.
My understanding of the V5C rules is the same as
IanA and it
should work as followed:
Model - Disappears completely.
Make - Any name (within reason) up to 20 characters long.
Although I kept Triumph in my new name, you no longer have to.
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Mick O'Malley - If you want a different name on your V5C, then I'd sent it back and ask for one.
Initially my new V5C Make was "Triumph Swordfish1.5" as they attempted to merge my original name onto the single Make line.
( I had picked Make = Triumph & Model = Swordfish 1500 )
But once I realised it all had to fit one a single line it became a "Triumph Swordfish".
Getting the re-body accepted was hard, but renaming the new V5C was easy.
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Gary - Nice try, but no.
You still have to notify the DVLA of the re-body even if you keep the old name.
As they still need to add the following "Special Notes" to the front page of your V5C.
Cheers, Paul.
PS
Sorry, just seen
WCA has posted some similar advice to Mick.