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Feb 9, 2008 | 09:00 AM

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Bogsye

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From: Glasgow

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Originally Posted by Lloyd Six,Feb 5 2008, 11:56 AM

Idea-

Give it to a TR enthusiast for free but only on the grounds that once he has restored it the plate gets retained but he gets to keep the car.

The less scrupulous would buy a simillar car that's worthy of an MOT, temporarily swap ID's. Get the plate, and then flog the car. Iguess the DVLA must be up on this kind of thing.

I had a Riley 1.5 once that I inherited. I wanted the plate and did a deal for someone else to basically rebuild it. The thing fell through, so the car ended up being fit for scrap.

Now when I check on the DVLA website, the plate is attached to an Astra!

I have a feeling some ID swapping went on to get the plate "off" the car.