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Originally Posted by karlmalberg
There are many cars with "unknown state" in Great Britain in the 1800 database.
I have therefore decided to check status on the DVLA page.
-"Tax paid" will be "Looks roadworthy"
-"Tax not paid" and SORN "Not roadworthy"
But what about registration numbers not found or on another car. ?
Do you think they are
-scrapped?
-registered again with new number ?
-Exported ?
Thank you for any help or comment
karl eric
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The SORN status is a relatively new complexity in the UK. Before it was introduced all you needed to do was not use your vehicle. You didn't have to have a reason for not having an MOT or insurance so long as you weren't driving on public roads.
There are thousands and thousands of vehicles that still exist in the UK that do not have the SORN status (or a valid MOT). If you find any of these vehicles they could be anything from really nice well kept museum quality examples to just a box of bits.
To the best of my knowledge the DVLA don't publish a register / database of vehicles that have been scrapped. Even if a vehicle has been officially scrapped that also (unfortunately in some cases) does not mean it still does not exist (!). In the best situation a vehicle with scrapped status could still exist (in unregistered limbo) because an insurance company decided it was "uneconomical to repair" - they therefore might have scrapped the car but the owner may have bought it back / kept the vehicle to repair. I knew someone who was always crashing his car - the insurance company would right it off - he'd buy it back and weld some more junk on it and get it back on the road again - I think he did this about three times until he had a really big accident. Cars - "bangers" - at a certain stage in their life cycles are not considered to be valuable - there might be a few P1800s that were "uneconomical to repair" 30 years ago that now would be looked at in a different light.