Thread: Australian Rego
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Old 24-02-04, 07:18
Ian Fawbert Ian Fawbert is offline
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Bruce,

From what i can understand, there should be no problem with getting the vehicle registered in NSW on full rego- its just difficult- i can see the problems queing up for my jeep! The RTA doesnt really know what there doing in my opinion, and the reason your getting the run around is because i`d say they are too lazy and dont want the hassle of dealing with any extra paper work! They argued with us that we couldn't have a "day permit" to move our tractor because no such thing existed- we told them to ring a rural office and ask about it- the assistant and office manager learnt something new that day!

If push comes to shove, take your serial number and go to the war memorial in canberrra. Search through the "ARMY VEHICLE REGISTRATION BOOKS" (theres alot of reading but if it means getting your truck on the road!). There are numerous WC's in there- not heaps, but there are a few, and there would be a good chance yours could be in there (unless it was a post war vehicle). Surely they will take the Australian Army rego number as proof of official importation and also prior registration?- wouldnt they?

Combine it with all the advice you got from here, and if needs be join a club where as i understand it, if the vehicle is road worthy and safe it will meet requirements and be put on club rego- not to push it, but the AMVCS- of which i am a member is one club you could join- we're based in NSW- with members from all over.

Cheers, and good luck.

Also, if you can, Five Dock RTA office seems to be good at processing historic vehicles- well they are good to deal with in relation to the club rego plates scheme, so at least they have some understanding about historic vehicles.


Ian.
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