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Getting a Q plate changed to an age related plate.

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Trigger:
A bike that had been a write off in the 80's would of had to have frame damage to warrant a Q plate.
Back in the 80's the DVLA tried to introduce that all imported vehicles had to be Q plated to show that they had been through type approval but, the SMMT blocked it before it even became public knowledge  ;) 

Arch stanton:
Back in the 80,s when the Q plate was introduced.
Q plates denoted "vehicle of inderminate age"

ogri211:
I think the reason the bike was Q plated originally when it was almost new the engine got badly damaged in a crash , as the cost of rebuilding it was more than the value of the bike so it was written off the bike is a Kawasaki Z1300 so the cost of rebuilding the engine with new parts would have been very expensive back then. The V5 says on it constructed from parts, nowadays if you can age the parts and the bike is a true reflection of a vintage vehicle it can get an age related plate based on the youngest part, but back then when the vehicle was new to re- register it after it had been written off it had to be inspected and if some of the major parts IE: the engine were not original it was classed as constructed from various vehicles and given a Q plate. But to answer my original question it would look like unless Swansea have lost the details of my frame from their system and I can go through the route of getting a dating letter ect, I think I will need to rebuild it using a Canadian frame that I have when I can sort out all the NOVA stuff. Thanks for the input.

ogri211:
Got a NOVA letter today from HMRC for my Canadian frame so thats the way I'll be going I dont suppose anyone will be looking for a Z1300 frame on a Q plate.

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