I know a few folks have (stupid, pathetic) names for their cars, especially our American cousins, you may get the idea I'm not a fan of this practice but if I had to give a name to my old boat I would think the above would be fairly apt. You see following a lengthy and certainly not cheap episode of re-build and restoration I finally got the car into a state sufficiently roadworthy for it to pass a MOT test not that it really was a requirement, due to the age of the vehicle, but the MOT document was listed a something that should be included with paperwork when submitting documentation to the DVLA to obtain first registration. So all the papers, pictures and invoices were bundled up and with great hope and a following wind despatched to the interior of Swansea for the folks at the DVLA to do their worst. After a two week wait the whole lot came back to me with a request for a NOVA declaration. Was I upset? Of course but I was more annoyed with myself for not knowing exactly what this NOVA declaration was and what it meant to my application. NOVA stands for 'notice of vehicle arrival' from outside the UK and the car or rather the shell I started the restoration with had unknown origins. It wasn't stolen or anything like this because it came from a very respected Porsche dealer who is still trading today, but how it came into their possession was not known and at the time of purchase, I stupidly didn't press home any requests for such information.
The NOVA requirement comes under HMRC umbrella due to possible taxes which may have to be paid, so after trawling through pages of stuff on their website and making numerous phone calls I'm pleased to say I'm fully clued up regarding the dreaded novas etc. So after finding paragraph x subsection y third clause z on page 333 I found a little bit about what you do if you have a car and don't know where it's come from. Phew! Anyway, more forms, more declarations, more invoices, and with a whole lot of luck I might just get through this latest episode. Of course once I do obtain HMRC clearance with a NOVA declaration I've still got to go back to the DVLA and try and register the old boat.
D'ya know I might just turn it into a track day car!
The NOVA requirement comes under HMRC umbrella due to possible taxes which may have to be paid, so after trawling through pages of stuff on their website and making numerous phone calls I'm pleased to say I'm fully clued up regarding the dreaded novas etc. So after finding paragraph x subsection y third clause z on page 333 I found a little bit about what you do if you have a car and don't know where it's come from. Phew! Anyway, more forms, more declarations, more invoices, and with a whole lot of luck I might just get through this latest episode. Of course once I do obtain HMRC clearance with a NOVA declaration I've still got to go back to the DVLA and try and register the old boat.
D'ya know I might just turn it into a track day car!