DVLA reclassification - Have I got what I need?

Don't know anything about reclassification, but I'm seriously impressed by your handbrake. :)
 
K9d said:
Don't know anything about reclassification, but I'm seriously impressed by your handbrake. :)
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Haha, you got me scratching my head for a minute there!!

Thanks for all the replies, I will get on photoshop this evening just to get rid of the blue light and red crosses, hopefully everything else will be fine.

The plates are German style ones I had made when I imported it, not strictly legal but I wanted it to look right!

It's not got an MOT at the moment, it's had one whilst ive owned it and went straight through without issue, hopefully it will again next week. I needed the insurance first to drive it there!
 
XOX said:
I tried to get XOX reclassified but DVLA said that externally it did not look different enough from a standard Defender and would not do it even though the inertia met all of there qualifications. It appears that the police need to be able to see at a glance that it is not a standard vehicle. My insurance company (NFU) agreed after a bit of hassle to insure it for its true value but not without a lot of toing and froing.

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that rule has now been revolked,so it does not require to look like a c/van but must meet the other requirements.
 
Thanks for the advice everyone, I did everything you said and today my v5 came back with the body type changed to motorcaravan!! :D

Really pleased, I can get on and MOT and tax it again now and start using it very soon!
 
As of today Ihave been refused reclassification as motor caravan on my Mercedes vario althouggt they said all the work has been done inside 12 pics sent, came back as van with side windows, they said in a phone conversation that the exterior had not changed, pissed off now. Years work, its even mot'd as a motor caravan.
 
Teutone said:
They are german aluminium plates and the letters are the wrong font. I am not saying that this will cause an issue but some picky DVLA jobsworth may not like it that it's shows "foreign" lettering]
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I should think its already passed its mot at some time as there's a road tax disc in the window and to get its registration doc on import dosen't it require a mot
 
hi. they need some pics with m,home type stripes etc even a motorhome sticker in big letters like ALANS M.HOME . or your name . its so it can be visually seen to be a m.home on the road .make it look like one and later remove the stripes etc .
its a game they play.
 
Thanks, but didn't they change that a year or so ago, didn't think it had to look like a motor home any more, dvla are no help and won't say what needs doing.
 
all i know is if you make it look like a m,home it gets done .
did two last year easily
.a friend tried a white truck with a box and windows got refused . added some stripes and a m,home logo. sent back in .it came back motor caravan .
just do what works . like i said its a game they play.
 
sometimes it seems you come up against a jobsworth who wants you to jump through a few hoops ! try re-applying with the original pics etc while you wait for your new decals, hopefully it'll go to a different clerk !
 
witzend said:
I should think its already passed its mot at some time as there's a road tax disc in the window and to get its registration doc on import dosen't it require a mot
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when you import a vehicle you will need an MOT before you even get a UK registration mark. That's a requirement to register a vehicle in UK
 
Here we go again, after an appeal to the dvla, which took a month, its still a van with side windows, and not only that, its not even on the insurance data base anymore, no one will insure it as they don't know what it is, ask if a mini bus, or van, so not been on the road in months now, as can't insure it. Totally pissed off, one thing did come from a conversation with dvla, was if you convert anything that was previously a bus, will be a van with side windows, get this, even a double decker, mine has never been a bus, but was a computer classroom.
 
my camper was classed as a iris bus and now in log book as motorcaravan,dont see why they will not reclass it. Have you got a six foot bed and side window which is a must ,i see you have a 2 ring cooker which is correct but the table may not be correct,ask them why.also you require a wardrobe.
 
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trickydicky59 said:
Thanks, but didn't they change that a year or so ago, didn't think it had to look like a motor home any more, dvla are no help and won't say what needs doing.
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Take a picture of it dropping grey water on a car park, then they will have no doubts.
tongue in cheek. before you start.
 
I don't understand WHY

Can anyone explain to me why it has to have all of these features? We have been done twice now for speeding (doing 70mph on a dual carriageway) because we remain classed as a van (T5). We are somewhat basic when we hit the hills - we have a bed, a really effective cool box, large water bottles (removable) and a camping stove. So we fail almost all of their criteria, but we use it as a camper - maddening!
 
Claire said:
Can anyone explain to me why it has to have all of these features? We have been done twice now for speeding (doing 70mph on a dual carriageway) because we remain classed as a van (T5). We are somewhat basic when we hit the hills - we have a bed, a really effective cool box, large water bottles (removable) and a camping stove. So we fail almost all of their criteria, but we use it as a camper - maddening!
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My understanding is that it is to demonstrate that it clearly cannot be used as a van. Otherwise many van owners may potentially reregister their vans in order to make use of the lower insurance and higher speed limits.

From my experience there is a certain amount of movement in relation to the stipulated requirements if it is very obvious a permanent motorhome conversion. Without seeing photos of your van it's difficult to comment further, but at the end of the day it should be registered based on what it is rather than how it's used.

Probably a bad analogy but I'd say sleeping in a van no more makes it a motorhome than driving it fast makes it a racecar.
 
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