Definitive answer on plates?

Blitzkrieger

Hi All. It's been posted here before that if you register your classic (for the first time) with a new style plate (e.g. 67 C xxx), you can later apply for an old style ZV plate. I was wondering; has anyone actually done this? From reading up on it, it seems possible only if the car has an Irish reg already and is more than 30 years old.

corktina

i have known it done.It costs €50, go to the VRO at your local tax office.

would need to be 30 yrs old to qualify for a ZV

Blitzkrieger

Ta, but was it specifically a vehicle brought into the country aged >30 years, registered with a new style 67 C xxx plate, then later changed to a ZV?

I probably shouldn't be so pedantic and just get the plate I want anyway.

corktina

67 ww 506 as I recall.....previously owned by myself....

folkswagen

it is possible to do that
It is not possible to do the reverse however.
I feel that if traders bring in cars that should put a year plate on them and then it can be the new owners choice to leave it or change it
All personal choice for the car owner of course

Wishbone Ash

Vehicle Registration and Taxation Regulations 1992

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZSI318Y1992.html

8.(4) The identification mark of a vehicle shall remain assigned to the vehicle and no other such marks shall be assigned to the vehicle save in such circumstances as may be determined by the Commissioners or where the owner of the vehicle requests that the identification mark assigned to a vehicle which reaches 30 years of age be replaced by a mark in the ZV series.

Blitzkrieger

Ok - Thanks. I was a bit worried about this bit :

Wishbone Ash wrote:

which reaches 30 years of age

given that it reached 30 years long before being imported.

deckie27

folkswagen wrote:

it is possible to do that
It is not possible to do the reverse however.
I feel that if traders bring in cars that should put a year plate on them and then it can be the new owners choice to leave it or change it
All personal choice for the car owner of course

Thats a very good point
A dealer who has imported a vehicle and thinks its cool to have a ZV reg has denied you of ever having a year dated reg

Wishbone Ash

deckie27 wrote:

A dealer who has imported a vehicle and thinks its cool to have a ZV reg has denied you of ever having a year dated reg

I thought dealers generally did not re-register an imported vehicle until sold.

Bradidup

I presume it can be done the other way around, ie zv xxxxx to 59 d xxx .

I had a combi registerd as ZV and regretted after, also the dept of enviornment got the date of manufacture wrong in the book ie 1949.

Wishbone Ash

Bradidup wrote:

I presume it can be done the other way around, ie zv xxxxx to 59 d xxx

No - it's one way only. Year/year to ZV but not the other way. (See post no. 6)

Bradidup

Cheers.