6cyl major

[Superted820]

I have just bought a Fordson major that has had a 6cyl engine fitted. It has no V5 or documentation with it. How do I go about getting it registered for road use? DVLA have been quite unhelpful!
Many thanks

 

[Superted820]

 

[roscoe erf]

Registering a tractor

Can someone tell me how to go about registering a tractor for going on the road. I have no paperwork for it but would like to get an age related plate, local to the area if possible but the original number if it had one would be even better.

thefarmingforum.co.uk

 

[Superted820]

Thank you

 

[grainboy]

Nice

 

[Superted820]

The link is only of use if you know the registration number. I should have been clearer. It has no registration number. No v5. No nothing. Struggling to even find a serial number on the engine anywhere.

 

[Oliveau]

The engine serial no. will be of no help anyway as it is a conversion from the original 4 cyl engine. It will probably have to be registered with a ‘Q plate’ or whatever is the modern equivalent.

 

[Ploughmaster]

Your best route will probably be to consult someone such as the National Vintage Tractor and Engine Club who have a lot of experience of advising owners with very similar registration problems - having no V5C, number plate or serial number for a vintage tractor is not uncommon.

At the very least they will probably be able to help you persuade DVLA to issue an age related registration number, even if the original one for the tractor cannot be identified (or has been re-assigned to another vehicle), and will avoid having to put up with a generic 'Q' plate.

Your experience with DVLA being "quite unhelpful" seems to be perfectly normal!

 

[Nearly]

Patrick Pawsey does them for Ford clubs.

He has done me a 4cyl Major and an 8100

Contact US

 

[essexpete]

I gather, if you go through one of the clubs, it might be possible to obtain an age related reg. Is the original tractor number present on the fire wall in front of the battery? You also have all the casting codes which should be close age wise, unless a total bitzer.

 

[onthehoof]

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Was that from Cheffins vintage?

 

[Superted820]

Your best route will probably be to consult someone such as the National Vintage Tractor and Engine Club who have a lot of experience of advising owners with very similar registration problems - having no V5C, number plate or serial number for a vintage tractor is not uncommon.

At the very least they will probably be able to help you persuade DVLA to issue an age related registration number, even if the original one for the tractor cannot be identified (or has been re-assigned to another vehicle), and will avoid having to put up with a generic 'Q' plate.

Your experience with DVLA being "quite unhelpful" seems to be perfectly normal!

Thank you! Good to know I’m not getting special treatment!!

 

[Superted820]

Was that from Cheffins vintage?

No. It’s been a southwest tractor for a number of years I believe.

 

[KOBI Dave]

Try this.
Last February, I bought a 1958 MF35. It had no number plate, no documentation, no nothing, BUT, it did have a chassis number.
What I did was to ring DVLA and ask if I could fill in a V62 form ( the one to apply for a log book) and send it without a reg number. The girl said yes, but enclose a covering letter saying what had happened.
So, I filled in all of the form except the reg number. I enclosed a covering letter saying that I had bought it and the number plate had fallen off and the number was unknown. Sent the £25 cheque with the application and waited for the cheque coming back!
Well, let me tell you, the V5c arrived with original reg number no problem . It turned out that it was last taxed in 1980, and the computer hadn't forgotten it.
If it hasn't been on the computer in the first place, this won't work, but give it a try, it might work for you too. What's the worst that could happen?

 

[KOBI Dave]

Perhaps don't tell them it's modified in the first instance!

 

[Mur Huwcun]

Perhaps don't tell them it's modified in the first instance!

Hell yes, just apply for a Fordson Major historic vehicle

 

[KOBI Dave]

No that's confusing the issue.

The simple fact is that if that vehicle has a chassis number, and has been taxed any time since DVLA first got a computer 43 years or so ago, then there is a registration number on the computer.

Do what I did, and you'll get it back.

 

[KOBI Dave]

I went from this

To this

It was goosed, but the structure was all original. 23c and it starts OK.
Point being , that it was still on the computer despite what it looked like.

 

[Lazy Sod]

Where's the footplates?

 

[KOBI Dave]

I like the old fashioned look, so I just use the pegs!