The elephant in the room thread.

davycc

regarding the mx5 above maybe its just a show plate thingy?
id only be worried if his tax/insurance discs also had the zv reg too the chancer..


just seen this on adverts today a dub chap looking for a mk2 jag lookbook ;-)


http://www.adverts.ie/vintage-classic/jaguar-mk2-logbook/3568167

macplaxton

Capri wrote: »

Regarding 're-regs' - Does the UK / NI have a similar problem ,

Further to my previous posts:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281150065640
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281147934684

Do you think these "poor condition" cars really exist? Of course not. The stakes may be lower and it might be hard work to pull-off, but it still happens.

quattro777

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mk2-escort-irish-tax-book/5516225

Capri

Here's how it's done in the US -

Feds Declare War on Black-Market Land Rover Defenders

Customs and Border Protection, working with NHTSA, has seized more than 20 at ports in the past 18 months. In March, Homeland Security and CBP carted off almost 20 Defenders from a chiropractor’s house in suburban North Carolina. What’s going on? ......

http://blog.caranddriver.com/exclusive-feds-declare-war-on-black-market-land-rover-defenders/

hi5

There was a famous case with Boyd Coddington a few years ago, it happens all over the world.
http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/15165120/great-boyd-coddington-raid

The thing is most of these countries have legislation that takes into account the interests of car enthusiasts.
Releasing unissued age related plates in Ireland would not be a big deal, I don't know why they cant do it?

mountai

hi5 wrote: »

There was a famous case with Boyd Coddington a few years ago, it happens all over the world.
http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/15165120/great-boyd-coddington-raid

The thing is most of these countries have legislation that takes into account the interests of car enthusiasts.
Releasing unissued age related plates in Ireland would not be a big deal, I don't know why they cant do it?

Ireland also has legislation that take into account car enthusiasts. I for one think that the system is more than fair.I have imported cars, paid taxes , and registered these cars correctly. The "Classic" road tax at a reduced rate, is not much of a burden to the CC fraternity. We are in danger of loosing this concession by abuse of the system. To ignore these cheats , we would be giving approval. Issuing "Age related plates" would do nothing to stop these people, rock the boat, expose the cheats for what they are.!!!!!

Capri

Once the state got the Weaver conviction, it expanded the investigation to include all kinds of kit cars and street rods, and Coddington's shop was simply the latest target. The Specialty Equipment Market Association is working with state agencies to simplify "arcane" regulations and clearly define categories for various vehicles, says Steve McDonald, SEMA vice president of government affairs.

How about this - like the 'problem' here of laundered diesel (that doesn't exist elsewhere in the EU ) , IF the govt ironed out regulations that cause all this evasion then perhaps the govt would get more tax/save on paying agents to catch evaders and the economy might take off again ? This reg/tax problem exists because there's such a huge gap between vintage and youngtimers - have a sliding scale of road tax and the problem would fizzle out :rolleyes:

corktina

quite right I guess....give green diesel users a rebate annually and charge them full price at the pumps and that problem is gone....make road tax cheap in increments (say 10 20 and 30 yrs old) and the temptation to cheat the system is reduced.

Capri

corktina wrote: »

quite right I guess....give green diesel users a rebate annually and charge them full price at the pumps and that problem is gone....make road tax cheap in increments (say 10 20 and 30 yrs old) and the temptation to cheat the system is reduced.

Too simple for the lot on Kildare St :rolleyes::rolleyes:

homingbird

corktina wrote: »

quite right I guess....give green diesel users a rebate annually and charge them full price at the pumps and that problem is gone....make road tax cheap in increments (say 10 20 and 30 yrs old) and the temptation to cheat the system is reduced.

Yes as well as having a sliding scale on road tax they should give a 2 year nct to cars 20 years old to vintage as most 20 year old cars dont get much use . eg : the car collecter who has the merc or jag with the big engine that only gets 3 months tax a year 500 to 1000 mls a year & is asked to nct it again. money racket.

carchaeologist

hi5 wrote: »

The thing is most of these countries have legislation that takes into account the interests of car enthusiasts.
Releasing unissued age related plates in Ireland would not be a big deal, I don't know why they cant do it?

No there wouldn't.
The bastard ZVs and the even worse year plates now would make anyone try and ring an old car!

All the minister for making idiotic motoring decisions has to do is ring me up and ill have it sorted in a week or so.

It's not really that ****ing hard.

Capri

I wonder are the Revenue quietly making a note of these and then there'll be a raid and big exposé on 'Customs' on RTE - and of course 'innocent' punters who bought such blatant ringers will be whinging :rolleyes:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/land-rover-vintage/5333076

type85

whats "blatant" about it?

carchaeologist

Capri wrote: »

I wonder are the Revenue quietly making a note of these and then there'll be a raid and big exposé on 'Customs' on RTE - and of course 'innocent' punters who bought such blatant ringers will be whinging :rolleyes:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/land-rover-vintage/5333076

To be fair, some of these are genuine though, but some aren't.

They are horrible bastards to drive anyway, cheap tax would be no incentive to drive one!

mb1725

Capri wrote: »

I wonder are the Revenue quietly making a note of these and then there'll be a raid and big exposé on 'Customs' on RTE - and of course 'innocent' punters who bought such blatant ringers will be whinging :rolleyes:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/land-rover-vintage/5333076

ZV 53288 comes up as a 1978 white Rover P5 !

Capri

Bit of work there to get the chassis to fit :rolleyes::rolleyes: :P


If this was the US /UK / Germany how long would it be out there ???

carchaeologist

mb1725 wrote: »

ZV 53288 comes up as a 1978 white Rover P5 !

Does that make it a white elephant so....?!

Basil Fawlty

VRM: ZV53288

Vehicle type: ROVER P5B RANGE 5DR

Chassis Number: 35547xxxF

All Range Rover Classics have a chassis number that starts 355 so its just a mix up on the system.

http://www.lrfaq.org/RR/RR.vin.html

Range Rover VINs Explained

Up to October 79 the VIN number prefix's looked like this:

355 Manual, home RH stg, 2 door, pre Oct 1979, petrol
356 Manual, export RH stg, pre Oct 79 model, petrol
358 Manual, export LH stg detoxed, 2 door, pre Oct 79, petrol

corktina

Basil Fawlty wrote: »

VRM: ZV53288

Vehicle type: ROVER P5B RANGE 5DR

Chassis Number: 35547xxxF

All Range Rover Classics have a chassis number that starts 355 so its just a mix up on the system.

http://www.lrfaq.org/RR/RR.vin.html

Range Rover VINs Explained

Up to October 79 the VIN number prefix's looked like this:

355 Manual, home RH stg, 2 door, pre Oct 1979, petrol
356 Manual, export RH stg, pre Oct 79 model, petrol
358 Manual, export LH stg detoxed, 2 door, pre Oct 79, petrol

P5B? isn't that a Rover 3500 saloon?

Capri

corktina wrote: »

P5B? isn't that a Rover 3500 saloon?

To be precise, the P5B is a Rover 3.5 saloon/coupe , the P6 was the Rover 3500 (pronounced 3 thousand 5 )

Given our wonderful local authorities it's VERY possible that they mixed up the P5B and the new (at the time) Range Rover :P

corktina

neither a P5B or a Range Rover are a Land Rover then :-)

hi5

That's a td5, they both have 5's so that will do:rolleyes::D

The tax disc on my Mustang says model unknown, but yet the model name was given to them, and is correct on the registration document.
Computer says no!

corktina

so do you Hi5, but we couldn't graft a Landy to you....not even with a mig

Capri

corktina wrote: »

neither a P5B or a Range Rover are a Land Rover then :-)

The POSSIBILITY is a Range Rover chassis with a Disco Td5 body put on it. Land Rover is correct as manufacturer of all of them, the parent company being at that time Rover

Frankly, if I was a Customs ossifer or a Garda, I'd be hauling them all in and checking with a VERY fine toothcomb
http://blog.caranddriver.com/exclusive-feds-declare-war-on-black-market-land-rover-defenders/
because IF there's funny biz going on then it'll feck it up for everyone :mad:
The Govt would love an excuse to tax us more - not that we would pay more, just go on holidays with the money saved on owning one and rent a classic

http://www.classiccarhireworld.com/contentok.php?id=766

http://blacktopcandys.com/classic-car-hire

corktina

it's also a distinct possibility that the taxbook being used is actually from a P5B

macplaxton

corktina wrote: »

it's also a distinct possibility that the taxbook being used is actually from a P5B

Basil Fawlty

Did anyone bother to read what I posted?? I ran the reg and it came up with a Range Rover chassis number, so it is a Range Rover not a P5. Also the description is stating that its ROVER P5B RANGE 5DR. As we are all aware the way the revenue entered details on the system was highly negligible.

If this guy can make a living making a product that customers want within the confines of the law then why begrudge him? Its unusual not illegal.

type85

Is everyone jealous of this man or what? Sometime you wonder are some of the posts on this forum liable or slanderous given what some owners are being accused of. this man is clearly converting these as part of his living so why wouldn't he do it correctly especially given how easy it is to do right. the legalities are simple in that the Reg No. and Tax book belong to the chassis and ANYTHING that bolts onto that chassis can be exchanged/changed for new parts including body parts.

dr.fuzzenstein

Well, that's the point, it's a pisstake and puts the entire classic scene at risk because some people take it too far
And the good old reply of "I am entitled!" won't work forever.

type85

the way i read it is that the points above are asking if this is really a range rover? but whats the pisstaking ? improving a good design with reliability and fuel effeciency?