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I tried to do mine before 1st April (13th March) and was told after a phone call to the DVLA that I would need to send in my log book (which had a registration date of 5th January 1978) with proof of a 1977 build date (built on 25th May 1977)
This I duly did with a covering letter explaining I was wishing to change the vehicle class to 'historic' to enable me to tax from the 1st April as my VED expires at the end of March. (Great forward thinking, I thought...)
Rang the DVLA on 5th April, no record of them having received my letter or documentation, I was told to wait another week and contact them again...
I asked do I need to SORN and was told no, but don't use the vehicle on the road.
Fortunately, I only sent a coloured photocopy of the heritage certificate & I have retained a scan of the logbook that I sent...
Fingers crossed that there is a backlog in this dept and my historic class log book will be winging it's way back to me in due course...
Cheers Dave
Quick update, I made my 4th call to the DVLa today as it has been 4 weeks since sending off my documentation. The customer service advisor said that they don't appear to have any record of my documents arriving at the DVLA with the inference now that they must have become lost in the post and not at their end...
I asked what we do now and was told that I would need to purchase a duplicate V5c from them for £25, I asked if this would be with the change to historic class and was told no, this would be a PLG's and would take 3-5 working days to arrive. I then need to take this to the local PO and where I can then tax it as historic class.
DVLA web site states that vehicles registered between 1st Jan - 7th Jan 1978 do not need to provide evidence of a 1977 build date, I wonder how up to speed the local Post office staff are up to speed on this?
All-in-all, very disappointed in the whole process...
Regards Dave