Hi there, new to the site and have a couple of questions. I have numerous full custom vehicles based on VW chassis. They are currently all on the road but the ownerships do not reflect the final product. Lant ins does not have a problem with it either.
I have read the postings on "kit cars" and understand how the ownership should read. In 1999 when I did my first restoration, a 68 Dean Jeffries Mantaray II Kyote {he only made 150 bodies between 68 and 69}, I had no ownership and I wanted the ownership to read 68 Jeffries Kyote. The ministry insisted that they assign a new vin even though the chassis already had a valid VW vin. It came back as a 1999 Kyote Kit asdxxxxxxxxx. Uninsureable as Lant wanted a minimum 15 years old on paper. Since then I have taked the advice of an mto officer and registered it as a 1966 VW type1 convertible {the donor car}.
My question is when you restore or build a 19xx vehicle that does not resemble the donor car and are in need of an ownership, how do you go about getting the mto to assign the year that the body was manufactured?
Thanks
Dan
I have read the postings on "kit cars" and understand how the ownership should read. In 1999 when I did my first restoration, a 68 Dean Jeffries Mantaray II Kyote {he only made 150 bodies between 68 and 69}, I had no ownership and I wanted the ownership to read 68 Jeffries Kyote. The ministry insisted that they assign a new vin even though the chassis already had a valid VW vin. It came back as a 1999 Kyote Kit asdxxxxxxxxx. Uninsureable as Lant wanted a minimum 15 years old on paper. Since then I have taked the advice of an mto officer and registered it as a 1966 VW type1 convertible {the donor car}.
My question is when you restore or build a 19xx vehicle that does not resemble the donor car and are in need of an ownership, how do you go about getting the mto to assign the year that the body was manufactured?
Thanks
Dan
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