Sidewinder Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Right, I know some people say it can't be done and others say it can, so in the next few weeks I'm going to go to the local DVLA office in Peterborough to try and register my FV439 to find out either way... afterall the worst they can do is say no and I've wasted a few hours. The key things seem to be trying to get it classed as a 'Special Mobile Unit' rather than a tracked vehicle and putting as little information as possible on the V55/5 which I'm currently filling in, so for people who have got a FV430 road registered whats on your V5? Key area's I'm wondering about are number of seats, Type of body/Vehicle, but any information would be appreciated. Either way whatever happens I will let people know, fingers crossed! James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Pearson Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Mine says it is an FV438 Swingfire, made by GKN. I had no problem registering it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Mine says: Make: GKN FV432 Body type: Special Purpose Taxation class: Historic Cylinder capacity: 6500cc Type of Fuel: Heavy Oil Number of seats including driver: 10 Wheelplan: Crawler VIN/Chassis/Frame number: 08EA21 Engine Number: Not Known Colour: Green All other fields are blank. I hope that helps! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markheliops Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Believe it or not - Mine stated: Make - GKN Sankey Body type - Light 4 x 4 Utility Taxation Class - Historic Type of Fuel - Heavy Oil Number of seats inc driver - 12 Wheel plan - Non Standard Type Approval Number - Exempt Colur - Green and Black No idea how the body type was listed as Light 4 x 4 Utility - but it was as I have just checked a scan of the V5. Markheliops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtreme Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 I have tried registering a stormer . I am now on my second visit from dvla its also been sent to the dft . I think they dont want to register it but are struggling for an excuse . I also want to register a 434 . are there any width excemtions for recovery vehicles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrynevuk Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Ours reads as follows Make: Sankey FV432 Mk1/1 Body Type: Lift Truck Taxation Class: Historic Vehicle CC: 6522 Fuel Type: Petrol Wheel Plan: Non-Standard Colour Green/Black All other headings are blank other than vin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel demon Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 I think 'blank' is the common word here Leave as much blank as possible and stare blankly at the wall when handing it over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewinder Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 Leave as much blank as possible and stare blankly at the wall when handing it over I think that definitely seems to be the main thing, fill in as little as possible, ask no questions, answer any questions as briefly as possible. Guess at the end of the day it all boils down to the person on the other side of the counter and how well they know they system. Thanks for all the answers/info, will try and get an afternoon off in the next week or so and give it ago.. Only remaining thing I'm not sure about is a question on the last page: "Is the vehicle exempt from Type Approval? If yes, give reason why." I assume it is, and its an age related thing? Google doesn't bring back any useful info. Cheers, James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChasSomT. Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 I've been trying to get hold of 'our' 439s V5, but the owner can't locate it yet. As far as he remembers : GKN-Sankey, Heavy oil, 'fully tracked' and not much else! This was less than a year ago, late November ish. Not saying where. The chap seemed to know quite a bit about similar vehicles, it seems to have been a case of letting him come up with something 'suitable' from a list he had in front of him, for his various questions. Hope this helps. Chas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Only remaining thing I'm not sure about is a question on the last page: "Is the vehicle exempt from Type Approval? If yes, give reason why." I assume it is, and its an age related thing? Google doesn't bring back any useful info. I didn't fill in the V5C for mine, but I'd have thought "Historic Vehicle" would be a good start? Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuttydon Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Make; GKN Sankey Body Type; MPV Taxation Class; Hitoric Vehicle CC; 9000 Wheel plan; 2-Axle-rigid body Engine No; N/S Colour;Green/Black Nothing else is given. When registering it I keep the details to as little as possible. Brighton office were useless and wanted to charge me road tax ??? so I went over Dartford way and they were great - straight through no problems but that was back in 2005. Good luck with it, Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewinder Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 Thanks for all the info everyone, now finished filling in the V55/5. Just need to find a spare afternoon now and see what happens. I suppose worse comes to the worse, I can grab another blank v55/5 and try again in 6 weeks:-D I'd imagine a lot of it depends on how clued up the person behind the counter is... will find out soon and report back. Cheers, James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gints Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 Hello guys. I have FV432, but i have a problem, can you help me please. I have vin plate, but there s no vin number on vin plate. I have registration plate HON632D. Mayby there some other location of vin number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirLanceUK Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 I registered my CVRT 5 yeas ago, and got various answers depending on who I talked to. It went from "you cant register that on the road" to "that's unusual I will see if I can help" the second person put me through to the technical department (the guys that write the regulations) and we had a really interesting 2 hour chat. The upshot was, and still is a far as i know, that the "43*" range are over the 2.55m width limit and can not now be registered for the road. So pleading ignorance in this case is your friend. I was also told various other things from other helpful "knowledgeable" people , but my advice is fill as little in as you can, they sent mine back clearly marked what i needed to fill in and with what. And if you don't succeed try again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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