Where DVLA registrations are concerned, the forms and procedures for registering cars are based upon the way they are categorised or described.  Registration fees and procedures are based on classifications such as new, used, kit cars, radically altered, or rebuilt.  If you want to register a vehicle that is categorised as a kit car or one that has been radically altered or rebuilt, there are certain steps that you need to take in order to get them registered properly.

If you have a vehicle that falls into one of these specific categories, it will need to comply with certain criteria before you can successfully register it.  Based on the evidence that you provide, your Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) local area office will assign either an appropriate registration mark or the vehicle’s original one.  It typically boils down to a couple of aspects, namely the vehicle’s identity and a vehicle identity check.

Whenever a vehicle needs to be rebuilt, the identity of the vehicle may come under scrutiny.  Certain questions may be asked.  These questions may include, “was the original vehicle rebuilt,” or, “were so many different or new parts used during the process of rebuilding it that you have broken up the original vehicle?” When a registration mark has been allocated to a rebuilt vehicle, the DVLA has to establish if the vehicle had no original or previously registered identity.  Additionally, if the rebuilding of the vehicle has been significant, you will need to take it to a DVLA office in order to have it examined.