1976 original licence pates

hi

first of all, let me introduce myself
my name is paulo, i am from porto, portugal, and i am a great fan of mk1 golf gti.
since i am not native , i do apologise for the spelling mistakes i will surelly make.
a while ago i got to get back a car i had in early eighties , and i know that his first registration was with uk plates.
i have the chassis number and the name of the first owner, can somebody please tell me how, with this information i can know the original plates?

thank you
 

Hi Paulo,

Welcome to the forum.

I would imagine if you stand any chance at all of finding out the information you require, you will need to contact the english DVLA (Driver and Vehicle license agency)
Error - What do you need to contact DVLA about? - Contact DVLA - GOV.UK

This link will be a start, but you might need to contact them by phone or by writing to them to see if they have the information you require.

Hope this helps,
Mike.

A very warm welcome to the club Paulo!   

As above, not sure what you might get from them but it is well worth trying.

So now you've said hello how about showing us your MK1?

Just a few photos and tell us a little more about the history of the car!  

mike.d1979 said

Hi Paulo,

Welcome to the forum.

I would imagine if you stand any chance at all of finding out the information you require, you will need to contact the english DVLA (Driver and Vehicle license agency)
Error - What do you need to contact DVLA about? - Contact DVLA - GOV.UK

This link will be a start, but you might need to contact them by phone or by writing to them to see if they have the information you require.

Hope this helps,
Mike.

hi Mike
Thanks for the info, but i was not abble to acomplish anything… do you have an e-mail adress or phone number i could use?
thanks

Try this link

https://emaildvla.direct.gov.uk/emaildvla/cegemail/dvla/en/vehicle_5.html

… or this one for phone numbers

http://customerservicecontactnumber.co.uk/dvla/

Paulo Magalhaes said

mike.d1979 said

Hi Paulo,

Welcome to the forum.

I would imagine if you stand any chance at all of finding out the information you require, you will need to contact the english DVLA (Driver and Vehicle license agency)
Error - What do you need to contact DVLA about? - Contact DVLA - GOV.UK

This link will be a start, but you might need to contact them by phone or by writing to them to see if they have the information you require.

Hope this helps,
Mike.

hi Mike
Thanks for the info, but i was not abble to acomplish anything… do you have an e-mail adress or phone number i could use?
thanks

I will send you a PM which means a private message which no one else can see in the next few minutes, ok!  

Golf Cabrio said

A very warm welcome to the club Paulo!   As above, not sure what you might get from them but it is well worth trying.

So now you've said hello how about showing us your MK1?

Just a few photos and tell us a little more about the history of the car!  

thank you for your kind words

as i am not shure yet wich car it is, i was trying thru dlva to get the first documents concerning the car, since vw arquives are very scarce.





in my vw museum certificate misses a lot of information such as date of manufactoring, country destination and has an odd extra , the M912 , so it makes me think if this was not a different car, as i known that it was bought by a frien of my father on the 76 paris ehxibit.
it also had been mine in the eighties
before i start i want to be sure of what i am starting .
thanks

mike.d1979 said

Try this link

https://emaildvla.direct.gov.uk/emaildvla/cegemail/dvla/en/vehicle_5.html

… or this one for phone numbers

http://customerservicecontactnumber.co.uk/dvla/

Hi

just called them, and in a very polite way, they said , since de vehicule is now registred in portugal , they do not have that information on their archive….

i do know the car had uk licence plates in october 1976.

any ideas or sugestions on how can i get that info?

i would much appreciate
thank

Paulo,

The document you have is basic but it just a nice thing to have framed.  

But you can find out for yourself all the details about when the car was produced and the extras.

You have to play detective a little and search on line for a VW VIN Decoder first.

The codes for the extras can also be done but for you unfortunately it is the clubs annual meeting this weekend with well over 100 MK1's on show and it's starting now.

But when it's over we will have a number of members here that are very smart with such details and they will be able to help.

That's of course when they've got over the hangovers!      

Paulo Magalhaes said

Hi

just called them, and in a very polite way, they said , since de vehicule is now registred in portugal , they do not have that information on their archive….

i do know the car had uk licence plates in october 1976.

any ideas or sugestions on how can i get that info?

i would much appreciate
thank

Maybe try VW Uk?
http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/need-help/contact-us

They might be able to trace it to the dealer it was sold through and the dealer might still have the details of regestrations from 1976, but it is a bit of a long shot…

Why do you need to have the UK registration number anyway as golf Cabrio  says, you can get a lot from the VIN number…. or is it just to get the full history of the car?

mike.d1979 said

Paulo Magalhaes said

Hi

just called them, and in a very polite way, they said , since de vehicule is now registred in portugal , they do not have that information on their archive….

i do know the car had uk licence plates in october 1976.

any ideas or sugestions on how can i get that info?

i would much appreciate
thank

Maybe try VW Uk?
http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/need-help/contact-us

They might be able to trace it to the dealer it was sold through and the dealer might still have the details of regestrations from 1976, but it is a bit of a long shot…

Why do you need to have the UK registration number anyway as golf Cabrio  says, you can get a lot from the VIN number…. or is it just to get the full history of the car?

Hi
the car was not sold by any uk vw dealer, it was boght in the 1976 paris show (it was the ehxibit car) and right away registred with uk plates, so i think it has to be some associaton or club that has acess to old licence plates. do you have anty clue?
thanks

Paulo Magalhaes said

Hi
the car was not sold by any uk vw dealer, it was boght in the 1976 paris show (it was the ehxibit car) and right away registred with uk plates, so i think it has to be some associaton or club that has acess to old licence plates. do you have anty clue?
thanks

Hi Paulo,

Sorry, I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to suggest.
Have you contacted the organisers of the Paris motor show? They might be able to help you track who would have the information, however, I suspect they may just point you in the direction of Volkswagen.

It maybe that it's just been too long and records of the time have been discarded?

Sorry
Mike.

mike.d1979 said

Paulo Magalhaes said

Hi
the car was not sold by any uk vw dealer, it was boght in the 1976 paris show (it was the ehxibit car) and right away registred with uk plates, so i think it has to be some associaton or club that has acess to old licence plates. do you have anty clue?
thanks

Hi Paulo,

Sorry, I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to suggest.
Have you contacted the organisers of the Paris motor show? They might be able to help you track who would have the information, however, I suspect they may just point you in the direction of Volkswagen.

It maybe that it's just been too long and records of the time have been discarded?

Sorry
Mike.

hi mike
good idea :-)
that will be my next step
thank you

The best way to contact dvla, you can search for customer service number on the Internet. Or you can try wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver_and_Vehicle_Licensing_Agency
Here you will get complete information about DVLA

I am also agree with Mike. He provided 2 URLs Error - What do you need to contact DVLA about? - Contact DVLA - GOV.UK
http://customerservicecontactnumber.co.uk/dvla/
Here anyone can find the important information of DVLA  customer support. If you required complete history and other customer support number here I have found a website you can go through http://phonenumbercustomerservice.co.uk/dvla/

Mate this thread is over a year old. 

Hi Raul

Oh Ok. Is there a new thread, new conversation about UK Customer support?

Thanks