Pre-1960 vehicles exempted from MoT

[richard]

i hope i can .perhaps you have an old v112 form . they must have reprinted them with the extra category on the reverse see pics att.

[john p]

Thank you for your reply ,i had printed my form from government website early  this week.Perhaps before they had changed form i will try again,thanks again.

[richard]

Typical because I picked mine up in my local dvla 3 weeks ago

[john p]

I now have a tax disc for my scooter ,just need some dry weekend weather to give it a run to see if it will behave now, might be a long wait !!!!!!!!!

[richard]

great news you might be our first ! no mot no charge for tax - wait for the catch  

where did you get the updated v112 from eventually

[john p]

i printed it off directgov   something or other i just googled v112 again last night and the form like your example came up so i printed it quick .The lady in post office just looked at it and gave it back to me so not sure why we need it the reg document said 4th april 1959 you would think that was good enough .Better press on with my frisky now thats 1959 too.

[Barry]

I now have a tax disc for my scooter ,just need some dry weekend weather to give it a run to see if it will behave now, might be a long wait !!!!!!!!!

Especially as it has bald tyres and no brakes!

[john p]

would be funny if true ,it actually has three new tyres and new brakes ,engine rebuilt by villers services ,new paint ,new windscreen ,it is the seat thats missing and my bar stool is too tall  !!!!!!

[Barry]

Would be good to see a photo.  Perhaps there is a temporary seat from something more common?

[john p]

John Meadows has kindly sent me pictures and plans/dimensions  so now to source some suitable tubing and see what i can make.Thanks again John if you read this.

[Barry]

Is it like this? or are we at cross purposes? (trouble with my jpeg and jpg)

[john p]

Yes it is like that but red and does not have grille slats by centre of rear wheel .They were originally Dkw  Hobby but then made under licence by Manhurin who were actually a gun manufacturer.Mine was sold new in Hastings ,East Sussex  April 1959, they  have pull cord start like lawnmower and are belt drive variomatic like a Daf car  it works really well there is a safe position for starting on ignition and a contact breaker on front belt pulley that cuts ign as pulley starts to grip belt so it won,t accidentally pull away.I tried to put pictures on off topic section a little while ago  but could not get them to stick.

[Chris Thomas]

Dear John

I always use a screen wipe to take greasy finger prints off my screen before I try sticking pictures on my computer.

Chris Thomas

[richard]

I am so retro I use sticky back plastic

[Big Al]

Had a few Manhurins. The DKW Hobby carried more pretty bits and thus I preferred it given a choice. Found a load of new bits at Mannheim one year. Cheap as chips as at that point no one was interested. Included a box of packaged sets of porthole trim, badges and such. There would be a punch up for that now. Pretty early for the expanding belt drive used. I was told it was the first machine marketed with it but that is a dangerous statement. It might be the first successful machine marketed with it. Certainly it opens the way for the twist and go revolution in scooters so is a little bit of history. I never liked the popular odd red colour, the green is much more subtle.