I am trying to get both my 1300s registered as a Historic vehicle at the earliest opportunity so I can start taxing them for free. Although they were both first registered in 1977 I am sure they were built in 1976 - is there a way of determining this from the chassis number? Or if anyone has any other ideas it would be much appreciated. Also I need a way to present this info to DVLA in an acceptable format. I am sure there must be a few other 1300 owners on here wondering the same thing!
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This is quite interesting as in the next couple of years the earliest X1/9s will qualify as tax free as they have reached 40 years old.
My opinion is that the DVLA will only be interested in the registered date rather than the build date. They are only bothered when a car is legal on the road. Some of the cars may have lurked in dealerships for a year or so before being registered.
However, it will be interesting to find out what the true situation is regarding this.
Have you contacted the DVLA about this yet?
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I’ve been thinking about this too. My car was registered 13th May 1977 and I’m assuming that it was built in 1977 as well. I think that cars built in 1977 will qualify for historic road tax from 01 January 2018.
I’ve sent my car’s details to Fiat UK via their ‘contact us’ and asked them if they could confirm when it was built. I’ll let update you as soon as I can.
Its the build date that determines when a vehicle qualifies for tax exemption. Under the old system it was vehicles built pre 1st January 1973 regardless of when it was sold.
Tom Doyle wrote: Its the build date that determines when a vehicle qualifies for tax exemption. Under the old system it was vehicles built pre 1st January 1973 regardless of when it was sold.
Hope this helps.
Yes, this is correct. Lots of people with '73 registered cars tracked down their build date for tax-exempt status; before it became rolling exemption again, '72 built cars were obviously more attractive to buyers and commanded a higher value.
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It seems accurate enough as my car which was registered on 3rd January 1980 is serial number 118926, and it shows the first 1980 produced car to be 121001.
There is a Latvian (!) website giving the exact build dates which works for my other 2 Fiats, but kicks out the 7 figure VIN shown in the V5C for my X1/9.
I’ve had a couple of ‘phone calls and an email from Fiat. They can send you written confirmation of date when your car was built for £36. However, during one of their calls they mentioned that my car was built in April 1977. So for mine it tallies with the information that Pete posted two weeks ago but it may be worth considering if your car was registered in early January 1977.
Just bumping this thread to the top! Us 1300 owners must start taking advantage of this tax exemption. One of my 1300s was first registered on 03/03/77 so there is a good chance it was built in 1976.
Looking at this link
www.p6club.com/content/applying-tax-exemption
- it seems getting a heritage certificate is the way forward... Anyone got any ideas how to get one for an X1/9 though?
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Thanks Andy - I actually did ask at my local Fiat dealer but they said "nope no can do", so I will try Fiat UK head office and see if I have more luck that way.... I'll keep you all posted how I get on!
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Citroen car club and 2cvgb both have officials in the club committee who are authorised to issue dating certificates to the dvla. Citroen is easy to be fair, as they have an RP number which dates the body to a specific day it was built.
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Thanks Keith, I did that and all sorted - both my X1/9's are now Historic, very happy that they are finally free of the shackles of evil road tax! :woohoo:
1977 Serie speciale in green original spec
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