Gadget Boy
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How To Register Your New Imported Early Bay ................
Ok heres how to register a bus
1st) You need to get the bus up to mot standard .
So by swoping over the lights etc to Uk spec and making sure all the brakes etc are adjusted up . The chassis number on an early bay Pre 71 (71 onwards its on the raised lip on the LHS of the engine bay near the hatch seal) is located on the rhs of the engine bay near the base of the oil bath air cleaner this should be clean i.e no rust or old paint . I give this bit a good wire brushing to clean the shit off but if you have og paint then a good T cut helps . Also there should be an ID plate located behind the passenger frt seat On a LHD bus The drivers on a RHD bus . This is stamped alloy and benefits from a good bit of brasso on it too.
The mot certificate is then granted on your chassis number (Because you dont have a Reg number and the DVLA need to say that it is that specific vehicle )
2nd) You MUST have insurance .
Herts insurance only grant two weeks on a chassis number But i think Flux grant 4 weeks so if you fail at the mot u dont have to panic too much .
you get YOUR bus insured on your chassis number . MAKE sure you have written/read the number properly as if you havnt your insurance will be VOID .
AGAIN this is done on the chassis number as you Dont yet have a reg number
3rd ) You will need a D.O.M certificate from Volkswagen Uk . Phone customer services and they will email one to you which you print off ,fill in, and return and they charge you £35 for the privalige . This then gives you and the DVLA an idea of when the bus was manufactured and therefore what year plate to issue .
4th) Do you have all the relevant documentation for your van .
I.e Do you have the customs reciept to say you,ve paid all duties etc And/Or if you didnt bring the bus in yourself do you have a reciept from the previous owner/importer to say that you actually own the vehicle .
5th) The DVLA
Now you can send the details off to the dvla with all the above paper work (FOR GOD SAKE TAKE COPYS AS THE DVLA HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO LOSE STUFF) and you will get it back in a couple of weeks OR you can take it to your nearest DVLA office and push it over the counter .....DONT be scared the are Human and you,ll find are very helpfull too . You have to pay the DVLA £ 55 registration charge .
YOU WILL/MAY need your passport as proof of Id ,You present all your paper work ( P.S take a mag to read cus of the queue ) over the counter they check through it and they give you back a couple of forms to fill in and then they send them of (At there postage expense NOT yours :wink: ) and within two to three days your documents come back with your new reg number and a tax disc too . You then have to get your plates made and Your done
Get In Happy Bus Days
:mrgreen:
Gadget
NOTE ...........
If you have imported it from the USA and have the certificate of title ( US version of the V5) you wont need the DOM certificate to register it
If you do not have the certificate of title from the USA, you WILL have to have the DOM certificate from VW UK.
In this case you MIGHT be asked to have the vehicle inspected by the DVLA for them to check the Chassis number
Last bit courtesy of Slammed resto :wink:
Ok heres how to register a bus
1st) You need to get the bus up to mot standard .
So by swoping over the lights etc to Uk spec and making sure all the brakes etc are adjusted up . The chassis number on an early bay Pre 71 (71 onwards its on the raised lip on the LHS of the engine bay near the hatch seal) is located on the rhs of the engine bay near the base of the oil bath air cleaner this should be clean i.e no rust or old paint . I give this bit a good wire brushing to clean the shit off but if you have og paint then a good T cut helps . Also there should be an ID plate located behind the passenger frt seat On a LHD bus The drivers on a RHD bus . This is stamped alloy and benefits from a good bit of brasso on it too.
The mot certificate is then granted on your chassis number (Because you dont have a Reg number and the DVLA need to say that it is that specific vehicle )
2nd) You MUST have insurance .
Herts insurance only grant two weeks on a chassis number But i think Flux grant 4 weeks so if you fail at the mot u dont have to panic too much .
you get YOUR bus insured on your chassis number . MAKE sure you have written/read the number properly as if you havnt your insurance will be VOID .
AGAIN this is done on the chassis number as you Dont yet have a reg number
3rd ) You will need a D.O.M certificate from Volkswagen Uk . Phone customer services and they will email one to you which you print off ,fill in, and return and they charge you £35 for the privalige . This then gives you and the DVLA an idea of when the bus was manufactured and therefore what year plate to issue .
4th) Do you have all the relevant documentation for your van .
I.e Do you have the customs reciept to say you,ve paid all duties etc And/Or if you didnt bring the bus in yourself do you have a reciept from the previous owner/importer to say that you actually own the vehicle .
5th) The DVLA
Now you can send the details off to the dvla with all the above paper work (FOR GOD SAKE TAKE COPYS AS THE DVLA HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO LOSE STUFF) and you will get it back in a couple of weeks OR you can take it to your nearest DVLA office and push it over the counter .....DONT be scared the are Human and you,ll find are very helpfull too . You have to pay the DVLA £ 55 registration charge .
YOU WILL/MAY need your passport as proof of Id ,You present all your paper work ( P.S take a mag to read cus of the queue ) over the counter they check through it and they give you back a couple of forms to fill in and then they send them of (At there postage expense NOT yours :wink: ) and within two to three days your documents come back with your new reg number and a tax disc too . You then have to get your plates made and Your done
Get In Happy Bus Days
:mrgreen:
Gadget
NOTE ...........
If you have imported it from the USA and have the certificate of title ( US version of the V5) you wont need the DOM certificate to register it
If you do not have the certificate of title from the USA, you WILL have to have the DOM certificate from VW UK.
In this case you MIGHT be asked to have the vehicle inspected by the DVLA for them to check the Chassis number
Last bit courtesy of Slammed resto :wink:
