I have just paid nearly £190 car tax on my 1974 P6B,and it made me think about the MG cars that have run the course of their life and then restored using a Heritage body shell swapping over the VIN plate and and then taxing the car as a pre 1972 car !!. To me it does not seem to right or fair. If I bought a piece of new furniture that looked like an antique it would be a reproduction, I Know that furniture is restored/ repaired but if it was to the extent of a new body at the best it would be a copy.
Considering the production run of the p6 and other cars that straddle the 1972 historic car date, it seems to be stupid that the same model of car one being pre 1972 is a historic car and one post 1972 is not.
I am not saying that a cars like the MG that have had a new body shell change should not be a historic car but any car that has a production run that straddles the 72 date should be historic vehicle
John Gosnell
Considering the production run of the p6 and other cars that straddle the 1972 historic car date, it seems to be stupid that the same model of car one being pre 1972 is a historic car and one post 1972 is not.
I am not saying that a cars like the MG that have had a new body shell change should not be a historic car but any car that has a production run that straddles the 72 date should be historic vehicle
John Gosnell