No log book question

marcjagman · Post by **marcjagman** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 8:09 pm

Been looking at an abandoned project this last week or so which could be on it's way to the crusher. The guy bought several moons ago, pulled the engine out to stick a V8 in, which is still sat on the floor and then decided to restore and in the process has lost the log book and the number plates. He did however re-attach the vin tag, it's a Jago geep. The question is this, can you get a log book with just a vin number? Would be a shame to see it get crushed as he has made a real nice job of it.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:15 pm

I've read of this problem on another forum, unsurprisingly the DVLA were a waste of space

The best way is to pay for a HPI report based on the chassis number, you then get all the other details like registration number etc.

Mark

Post by **katanaman** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:04 am

If he ever had it in his name then he will find it simple to get a new logbook (£25 I think at this time) if he didn't then it can be done but will take a bit of time and form filling. Depending on how long it has been though the registration might be scraped. They scraped a load of them when they went to the new log book and the vehicle hadn't been taxed for x number of years.

Cavman · Post by **Cavman** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:10 pm

I recently had a similar problem to this with a '69 Volvo P1800e. DVLA had no record of the car but did have a record of the registration number but it was no longer assigned to a vehicle. I did have the original V5 but with no record at the DVLA, the V5 didn't mean much anyway. The way these kind of situations are now solved is by having the vehicle assessed by it's respective owners club to prove it's authenticity. Most owners club will provide this service to non members for a fee, or to members for free (it's often cheaper to join the club, as it was for me). The form you'll need is a V765 downloadable from here:

http://www.dft.gov.uk/dvla/forms/onlineforms.aspx

To find the right owners club look at form V765/1 which can be found here:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/dvla/forms/onlineleaflets.aspx

Fill out the V765 as much as you can, you'll need as many photos as poss showing the car from all angles, the vin, engine numbers, chassis numbers etc.... It would probably be worth seeing if the previous owner has any old photos showing the vehicle with the reg plates still on, this would help a lot! send it all off to the owners club, they'll do their bit and should send it back to you. Then you'll have to send the whole lot off to the DVLA, they'll probably fudge it up like they did with mine

useless feckers, but you'll get there in the end!

or if the DVLA still have a record of the vehicle, then you can just say that you've bought it, but don't have the V5 or reg plates. If they've got a record of it they'll be able to find it from the VIN number, they'll then check, by letter, with the owner they have recorded to verify the sale. Assuming no problems arise they'll issue you with a V5 in your name, for a fee of course.
This is best case scenario as you'll avoid all the V765 to-ing a fro-ing as mentioned above!

hope this helps, and good luck!

James