Search results for query: Q PLATE

If you can prove age of parts ........ Like all new from manufacter You should get a cert of newness or if you got parts from here there and every were and cant prove age ... you might get a Q . I got a cert of newness and i got an 18 Reg plate .

Hi there newbie here so please forgive the stupidity of the nature of the question to all the many experts on here …. following a successful IVA test what age plate is your car given....new, age related or Q.. Much appreciate anyone trying to help an idiot...!! kind regards marcus

...a little.... it appears to be a minefield for the novice.... sad thing is I got a great project option but with many mixed parts my only option looks to be an IVA test conformity and then a Q plate.... which IMO would not be ideal... Its a real pain I'd love to get her actually on the road... !!!

...have examples as a matter of records on file. Any attempt to import using a South African registration document will immediately result in a Q plate if the document states “Built up” clearly in the title with no date of manufacture. This is therefore not acceptable to the DVLA for Classic...

...have examples as a matter of records on file. Any attempt to import using a South African registration document will immediately result in a Q plate if the document states “Built up” clearly in the title with no date of manufacture. This is therefore not acceptable to the DVLA for Classic...

Many thanks for the replies. It looks like I'll be okay with new heads then. Just don't want to get the registration wrong and end up with a Q plate; at least withe the IVA you can have more than one attempt... Cheers, Matthew

The Q plate make no different to the insurance so it is down to perception and myth...strangely, its is an age thing.. people over 40 in the UK tend to remember the Q plates being on the bastard built vehicle from scrap yard parts....nowadays, this just isn't practical which is why we see Toyota...

What factors dictate having to have a 'Q' plate versus an age appropriate registration?

Unfortunately, once a Q plate has been registered to a vehicle, it's impossible to remove. As I understand, when the vehicle is registered, if you cannot prove its age and origin and at the same time using the majority of mechanical components,then it will be given a Q plate by the DVLA...

Yep there will be a few more Q plates....there was a GT40 on ebay a few months ago and the dealer stated it was registered on a 67 Ford Coupe and offered to put a Q plate to be legitimate.....still wanted £70k When I bought my Q GTD it was still worth spending money on....I call it my...

Can somebody explain to non-UK citizens why a Q-plate is so poorly appreciated ? Is it a question of insurance ? MOT ? or only snobbery about having an age-related plate (the "my original replica is older than your bastard kit car" thing ?)

It's been for sale for a while,unfortunately on a Q plate,which I think reduces the value considerably Will

Nice one :thumbsup: I heard that can cause problems if it has not had an SVA / IVA test, you get a vigilant MOT tester and the DVLA get involved. There was talk of retrospective IVA testing for such cars.

I wouldn't be put off by a Q plate....remember that a GT40 race car we all aspire to, wouldn't of had a registration on it in the first place. I was in the same position last year looking for a 40, but the prices were skyrocketing and having been gazumped twice by THT snatching a car from...

This only snobbery about having an age-related plate (the "my original replica is older than your bastard kit car" thing Any car with a Q plate is one with an unknown age. It applies to non kit cars too but generally is perceived to be a moniker of a cheaper quality kit car which may not...

Hi Sam, To re-affirm some of what Ian as stated. Avoid a Q registration at all costs. Once a car gets a Q plate then the game is over ....... it will be a Q plate for ever. Most recent builds are fundamentally based (or completely built) around parts from Tornado or Southern GT and typically...

...instruments seats loom mirrors tyres as BF Goodrich not acceptable at IVA etc Then IVA and registration. Unless you can prove everything is new you get a Q plate which in turn would knock about £10k of the sale price Just my 2c worth having bought a similar project 12 years back Ian

...without registering I'm looking for a gt40 with a preference of the folloŵing 400bhp plus Gulf colours Down draught webers Non q plate I'm not 100% sure on what cars would fit the bill? I'm 6 foot 3 inch and I'm not sure I could fit in all the cars available I understand CAV...

Still plodding on with sheet metal. Been working on the firewall area. Used the bead roller to step the panel where the door catch reinforcement plate sits ontop of the steel frame. It was either that or pack it out behind, but think this is a neater solution. Fit to the firewall panel atill...

Hi Sam I went through SVA about 10 years back and this is what happened back then. If you used enough parts from a donor vehicle eg Ford Granada mk2 you could use the engine, all 4 hubs and bearings and driveshafts, all he brakes and a few other parts which meant that you got a Renault 21...