40th Birthday

Now my golf is 40 years old can I just go out and drive it out on the roads with insurance or do I have to do anything else to make it road legal and not get pulled by the police.
Thanks for any advice in advance …

When was the reg date?

I would assume you actually have to register it as historic first

Reg date Aug 83. Yes I guess I need to make it historic how do I go about this…?

If reg in Aug 1983 take your V5 to a large post office and it should come up on their system as historic, they will take v5 from you and tax your car for £0 and in a few weeks a new v5 will be posted to you

Thank you  for that Earlly.

You'll also need a form V112, very simple to complete and downloadable from the DVLA.

Signing it, you'll be declaring your car is eligible to be MOT exempt so read up on the criteria, certain modifications / changes from standard might rule you out and require you to continue to have your car tested.

Even that happens you can still apply for historic / tax free status.

If you're in N. Ireland you'll also need to bring proof of insurance