Ex-Army Vehicles Importing and Taxing?

barura

Okay, might sound a bit mad. Is it possible to import and tax/insure ex army vehicles in Ireland?

I've seen them pop up from time to time on adverts and donedeal, but some are quite cheap...

Like this fellow:

http://www.mod-sales.com/direct/vehicle/related/34092/FV_432_MK_2.htm



Bit childish, I know...

Couldn't really find anything via google... Looking more at land rovers to be honest!

exador

Try www.clri.net Landrover club as they seem to have a very good website with lots of info...

barura

Oh! Wonderful! But really... On a slightly serious note about the tank, how would you get one over here? Someone must have experience in this matter.

exador

you did say you were thinking of a landrover ? They have lots of info on their forums on ex army and oddball stuff !

Mind you I wouldn't mind seen the other halfs face if I turned up in the tank...whole new meaning to built like a tank..

101sean

It's been done! Probably easier to get it road registered in the UK first (although the DVLA are getting very funny with tracked vehicles now).

If it's a Land Rover or other more practical vehicle, look at the classifieds of www.milweb.net, loads for sale plus links to every military dealer.

If you go to Witham's site (where you got the 432 pic) they have some newly released Tithonus 110s that were only fully refurbished in the last 4-5 years for £5000. They have a load of Snatch 110s if you live somewhere dodgy

A bit closer to home, search for the UMVC website, the lads up north have quite a few vehicles. Not much military available down here although I know of a very nice 101 for sale (not mine!)

-Corkie-

barura wrote: »

Oh! Wonderful! But really... On a slightly serious note about the tank, how would you get one over here? Someone must have experience in this matter.

Plenty of Hauliers will be more than willing to do it. I know plenty of lads that could do it.:)

I must say I would love to play with it for a few weeks...:D

darragh o meara

If you get onto a company called Protac in the Curragh army camp, the owner has brought in a few ex army vehicles and will put you right. He's a sound bloke and is only mad to talk army with anyone.

101sean

There are several pieces of armour over here and their owners are members on here I think. There's a couple of eastern bloc vehicles and a 432, 434 and a Chieftain. Also at least 3 Panhard armoured cars.

barura

that's amazing! Can you actually drive them on the road? I mean, would you have to pay damages if they occured?

Edit: as in, if they had tracks.

101sean

Some local examples

FV434


FV432


Ferret (really practical, you drive this on your own to Tesco!)


Panhard


Panhard


OT64

101sean

In the UK you can as long as the road isn't damaged, most modern AFVs have rubber pads on the tracks. Some are too big to register though, no idea what the rules are here.

The CVR(T) series (Scorpion, Scimitar etc) make an ideal private tank for the road, compact and will do 60mph

barura

You are a wealth of information! Thank you very much! I only realised I'll probably need a class D licence for these vehicles though!

101sean

Don't know about wealth of information, just obsessed with with MVs and Land Rovers :rolleyes:

There's a forum for those with similar afflictions http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/