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ukdave2002
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Posts: 4225
Location: South Cheshire
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 Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:14 am Post subject: Engine Capacity DVLA V5C |
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Hi all
When I acquired my Morris 8 series E a few years ago, I noticed that the engine capacity was incorrectly listed on the V5C as 885cc rather than the correct 918cc. It was a simple matter to amend the form send it off to the DVLA and it came back corrected.
I just received the V5C for my Morris 8 tourer and surprise surprise the engine capacity is again incorrectly listed as 885cc 
A quick check with other Morris 8 owners reveals that some of them have 885cc rather than 918cc on the V5C's. 885cc was never an engine capacity that Morris used on the 8's, it was 918cc from 1934 till the last z van in 1952.
Is this some sort of hangover from the 70's when the computerisation came in? why did the DVLA pick 885cc was it a mistake? did they just pick a cc that would be about right for an 8?
Did it affect other vehicles?....its not a big problem to get it changed, I'm just curious
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Roger-hatchy
Joined: 07 Dec 2007
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Location: Tiptree, Essex
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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The first V5 I got for the DLM, forget how long ago.
The car was still in boxes.
Anyway according to DVLA it was a two wheel tractor.
Didn't know there were any two wheeled tractors.
I think they make it up as they go along sometimes. |
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JohnDale
Joined: 19 Mar 2008
Posts: 790
Location: Kelvin Valley,Scotland
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Roger-hatchy wrote: | The first V5 I got for the DLM, forget how long ago.
The car was still in boxes.
Anyway according to DVLA it was a two wheel tractor.
Didn't know there were any two wheeled tractors.
I think they make it up as they go along sometimes. |
Only the Azani Iron Horse comes to mind,Roger,which was really a walk behind but one of my neighbours had one to which he had fitted a trailer with a seat on the drawbar so he could ride to the shop,cheers,JD.
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Roger-hatchy
Joined: 07 Dec 2007
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Location: Tiptree, Essex
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| JohnDale wrote: | [
Only the Azani Iron Horse comes to mind,Roger,which was really a walk behind but one of my neighbours had one to which he had fitted a trailer with a seat on the drawbar so he could ride to the shop,cheers,JD. |
I remember now, like the one in the TV series 'The good life' |
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Posts: 4850
Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:39 am Post subject: |
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Only the Azani Iron Horse comes to mind,Roger,which was really a walk behind but one of my neighbours had one to which he had fitted a trailer with a seat on the drawbar so he could ride to the shop,cheers,JD. |
I thought Tom and Barbara Good lived in Surbiton not Scotland. 
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Churchill Johnson
Joined: 11 Jan 2011
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Location: Rayleigh Essex
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| Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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| The DVLA are a bunch of muppets since when have you ever known a government department to be run for the benefit of the people they serve,i would like to know what happens to all the money they make from selling off the registration numbers. |
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