VIN / Chassis number
I've just put this on my Flickr site in response to a comment by Mike Marlin Cabrio Build and then thought it would probably be good for everyone to be aware of it. Maybe you all are, and I'm just a slow learner, but here it is!!
BTW Mike, have you got a stamped in chassis number ending in two letters rather than numbers. Marlin always used to use the customer's initials at the end of the chassis number. Kevin at Marlin told me, and Terry has confirmed that numbers are now needed at the end of the VIN. And apparently, VOSA will issue an IVA certificate with the initials at the end but DVLA won't register it. So you then have to change the chassis number and as a result the IVA certificate becomes invalid. It then needs re-IVAing with another £450 being handed over to Mr. Lawson for the priviledge.
I don't know how accurate this is but given other stories we hear about peole dealing with DVLA / VOSA it is emminently believable and not worth taking the risk. I have agreed a new number with Terry. I've stamped it into the chassis and Terry is making me up a new VIN plate."
Sounds like a bit of a gotcha to me
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