My first Porsche circa 1990

[philip.bagshaw]

Here's an old pic of my 911 from 1990. It's a modified 1973 911T. Loved this car. I permanently exported the car to NZ in 1995 when I moved there. I sold it when the corrosion repairs got beyond me.
I moved on to a Boxster and sold that in 2017 when I returned to England. I got back into 911's this year and I'm enjoying my 991.

 

[Greenman986S]

1973 on a y plate ?

 

[philip.bagshaw]

Car is a LHD and was imported hence the later reg

 

[911hillclimber]

Same for my 1973T, imported from Germany in 'Y' reg.
IIRC, you can't change the reg to date related.

 

[sylvia.j.lukes]

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Here's an old pic of my 911 from 1990. It's a modified 1973 911T. Loved this car. I permanently exported the car to NZ in 1995 when I moved there. I sold it when the corrosion repairs got beyond me.
I moved on to a Boxster and sold that in 2017 when I returned to England. I got back into 911's this year and I'm enjoying my 991.

What a great bit of Porsche history! That ’73 911T must have been a real joy to own, and it’s cool that you’ve found your way back to a 911 again.

 

[T911UK]

Why so many bots in this forum? No other forum I visit has this problem

 

[barrygale]

Same for my 1973T, imported from Germany in 'Y' reg.
IIRC, you can't change the reg to date related.

My 1969T was imported from Belgium in 1979 and was therefore registered on a 'T' plate. I bought a 'G' reg as a 'cherished plate' and put it on my car so it looks correct. I was going to try and get the DVLA to 're-register' it as a 'G' but decided that putting a 'cherished plate' on was easier! I've kept the 'T' plate on retention to prove the car's history

 

[911hillclimber]

Bought my '73T on a Y plate which was the year it came here from Germany.
DVLA would not give it a period reg.
Have owned it since 1988

 

[nadab.sardar]

Interesting one on the retention plates - never realised you could keep the original age-related reg "in reserve" like that while running a cherished plate for looks. Seems like a sensible way to have your cake and eat it, appearance-wise vs provenance-wise.


On the DVLA point, my understanding is they'll only issue a period-correct age-related plate if you can prove the car was actually in the UK/on these shores during that period - reflects the import date, not the manufacture date, unless you've got solid evidence otherwise (old logbooks, dealer invoices etc). Worth a shot if anyone's got paperwork going back far enough, but for most imported cars the Y/T/whatever reg is just going to reflect when it landed here rather than 1969 or 1973.

 

[ianthow]

Interesting one on the retention plates - never realised you could keep the original age-related reg "in reserve" like that while running a cherished plate for looks. Seems like a sensible way to have your cake and eat it, appearance-wise vs provenance-wise.


On the DVLA point, my understanding is they'll only issue a period-correct age-related plate if you can prove the car was actually in the UK/on these shores during that period - reflects the import date, not the manufacture date, unless you've got solid evidence otherwise (old logbooks, dealer invoices etc). Worth a shot if anyone's got paperwork going back far enough, but for most imported cars the Y/T/whatever reg is just going to reflect when it landed here rather than 1969 or 1973.

That was the case back in the day. I believe that if you can supply evidence via the VIN and a build sheet, that they will issue age correct registrations now.