jamesp
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is there a awy to get the plate from a classic if it doesnt have a mot ?? iv been offerd a classic but the man want the number plate or a few extra 000s on the price
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Nope, it needs to be MOT'd to transfer it, no way round it besides getting a hooky MOT or ringing it's ID onto an MOTable car.
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is there a awy to get the plate from a classic if it doesnt have a mot ?? iv been offerd a classic but the man want the number plate or a few extra 000s on the price That's a grim situation. I can't see that it's reasonable for him to charge extra for a plate that you don't necessarily want but that can't be separated from the car. Any other interested parties for the car? Is it MOTable in it's current condition? If you're the only prospective buyer and it's been for sale for a while, maybe you should walk away and wait for him to come after you. The seller must know that if he sells you the car with the plate he's got no legal claim to it. I know of a boy who lost a couple of personal plates to his ex-wife because she owned the cars he had the plates on. No hardship, he was a crooked builder. |
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Out of interest, what sort of plate is it? Pre suffix, suffix, prefix, N. Irish?
What I mean is, if it were to be sold, what sort of value would the plate actually have?
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...proper medallion man chest wig motoring. |
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kevfromwales
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the conrod's REALLY out the block now!
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iirc there is a 1 month grace period for transfers after an mot's expiry
sure you could manage to get it on the road james, or is it one for the track??
- kev
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Almost on the road: b11 sunny breadvan, e36 tds, 325i skidcar,
nearly there: ford f250 tathauler, suzuki alto, u11 bluey
not for a while: ford pop, 32 rails,
not in this lifetime: ruby, '29 hillman
''unfortanatly I'm quite old and scruffy and in need of some loving. my drive shaft needs a new boot....''
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number plate removalretrowagen1234
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is there a awy to get the plate from a classic if it doesnt have a mot ?? iv been offerd a classic but the man want the number plate or a few extra 000s on the price That's a grim situation. I can't see that it's reasonable for him to charge extra for a plate that you don't necessarily want but that can't be separated from the car. Of course it is. If he wants the plate but cant mot it himself then he wants more money for the car. If james can get it off for him then he's willing to drop a few 000's That sounds perfectly reasonable.. Sounds like quite a good deal if james can sort it properly. |
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^ It isn't reasonable, but then people like that aren't generally. They see the plate as worth a certain amount, despite the fact that unless the car has been mot'd/taxed within the last 6 months, the plate is effectively useless. I've come across a couple of buyers insisting their plate is worth something, and it's best to walk away if the price isn't right.
In all honesty, it's a waste of time anyway. I have a couple of decent plates, and every reg company will value them at so many hundred but none will actually buy them from you. I did have an offer on one, an ancient NI reg. Offered me £400 straight, £800 on commission... and similar ones were £1200 on their site.
Not to mention there isn't a single one of them reads any of the info you send them, or listens to you on the phone, when THEY ring you!
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jamesp
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the plate is a 5 number followed by 2 letters ,worth a fair bit i would presume , i want the car to give it a fitting send off rather than letting it stay in the field for another 15 years (think only the plates will survive) the man has a few wasted classics and some very very nice good ones so its a hard car to wrestle from him as it is
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jamesp
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oh and as you can imagen 15 years on grass shes a bit tender lol
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Why not talk to him and see if you can work a deal out. Explain the car needs an MOT for the plate to be transferable and without an MOT it's worthless. Offer to buy the car for a peppercorn amount for you to restore on condition he retains ownership of no. plate until MOT'd and he can put on retention or transfer to his own car.
Paul H
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kevfromwales
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the conrod's REALLY out the block now!
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paul, I think james is looking at sending it around the track, rather than it being a viable resto job
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Almost on the road: b11 sunny breadvan, e36 tds, 325i skidcar,
nearly there: ford f250 tathauler, suzuki alto, u11 bluey
not for a while: ford pop, 32 rails,
not in this lifetime: ruby, '29 hillman
''unfortanatly I'm quite old and scruffy and in need of some loving. my drive shaft needs a new boot....''
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number plate removalretrowagen1234
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^ It isn't reasonable, but then people like that aren't generally. They see the plate as worth a certain amount, despite the fact that unless the car has been mot'd/taxed within the last 6 months, the plate is effectively useless. I've come across a couple of buyers insisting their plate is worth something, and it's best to walk away if the price isn't right. In all honesty, it's a waste of time anyway. I have a couple of decent plates, and every reg company will value them at so many hundred but none will actually buy them from you. I did have an offer on one, an ancient NI reg. Offered me £400 straight, £800 on commission... and similar ones were £1200 on their site. Not to mention there isn't a single one of them reads any of the info you send them, or listens to you on the phone, when THEY ring you! I'm making the assumption its worth more sentimentally for him . I.e he'd prefer to keep the car in the hope one day he might take it off. Or he wants money thats going to compensate him for selling it.  I don't see the problem.  If the cars a bit soft as you say james, Then chances are he isnt going to let you have it for the money your thinking because your not going to be able to get the plate off.. At least legally... Got a rough idea of what the plate is? |
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