Vespa dating certificate

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The club, as an authorised signatory, is allowed to charge a fee for this service and rates can be obtained from the contact below.

Typical information required to accurately date a machine is usually the engine and frame numbers and these can be provided as ‘pencil rubbings’ or by digital photos, and must clearly show the required numbers.

I did think about putting Vespa Douglas on the V55, as they are no longer in business, and DVLA register almost all Vespa's as Douglas still. When it was the last time you registered a scooter using a certificate that hasn't been provided by piaggio? Keep us updated on how it goes and maybe once completed you could create a sticky with the correct steps on it to save hassle for others in the future. This is what it looks like Yep, deffo an interesting thread.

(I've got one to do also....)Cheers Shane Update Well i though i will be cheeky this morning and call Piaggio UK back to "double check" if they have received my email. Keep us updated on how it goes and maybe once completed you could create a sticky with the correct steps on it to save hassle for others in the future.

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I tried blagging it with fake letters to Piaggio and saying they wouldn't reply, but he was having none of it. I called Piaggio UK this morning and when I mentioned registration with DVLA they said no problem sent us an email with the scooter details and an address to post the dating certificate over!! I called Piaggio UK this morning and when I mentioned registration with DVLA they said no problem sent us an email with the scooter details and an address to post the dating certificate over!! I called Piaggio UK this morning and when I mentioned registration with DVLA they said no problem sent us an email with the scooter details and an address to post the dating certificate over!! You can obtain a certificate from the Vespa Club without having to join.

I threw my toys out of the pram and refused to chase around anymore and sold the scooter to a collector in Germany. Sounds too good to be truth so I’m not holding my breath until I see a dating certificate popping through the letter box. Sounds too good to be truth so I’m not holding my breath until I see a dating certificate popping through the letter box. Sounds too good to be truth so I’m not holding my breath until I see a dating certificate popping through the letter box. I think DVLA's issue is that the certificate hasn't been provided by the manufacturer. It was requested yesterday and arrived today, and all FREE of charge.

In some cases the vehicle may have to be inspected by a Club official.

a) Machines for which there is appropriate documentary evidence to tie the machine to a particular registration, and that may have been out of use since 1983, or earlier that lapsed when centralisation of vehicle records was completed, and b) Machines for which there is no documentary evidence of a previous registration, and this can include Historic Vehicles imported into the UKThese machine fall in the V765 scheme and the club is authorised to provide a ‘certificate of recommendation’ that the machine retain its original registration mark.