Thread: Perentie compliance plates

Because I bought a Victorian Perentie (without Vic or NSW Blue Slip) I was super paranoid about getting it through Rego in NSW so I made a few calls before making the committment.

I finally got through to a decision maker/policy dude at NSW Roads and Maritime who made super clear that I shouldn't go near a Perentie without a fitted compliance plate unless I wanted the misery.

I then called AFM who said they might be able to help with a manufacturing certificate or something. After weighing up the options it was easier to just make 100% sure the plate was there in the first place.

Getting the blue slip and insurance in NSW wasn't quite as breezy as people made out. For whatever reason RMS dfidn't have a "code" for a 110 ute with 3.9l non-turbo diesel and neither did NRMA. In the end the process took 3 hours longer than it would for a normal car but they fixed it in the end. Roadworthiness wasn't the issue it was red tape.

Also: Being able to drive it unregistered from Vic to NSW was super easy. Just call Vic Roads with the Vin# and vehicle details and request an unregistered vehicle permit. $44 over the phone payment for a one way trip - origin to destination via the fastest route within a 4 day window.

I just registered mine in VIC after a bit of a hassle (even with a compliance plate). In spending a lot of time talking to Vicroads it seems that as it was a defence vehicle the VIN is deleted from the national database which requires the authority to reinstate the VIN on the database. This is apparently the process (according to the bloke from Vicroads) that is used for police and witness protection related vehicles to stop any link from the plate to the individual.

I had a Monty Python moment:

"your vehicle doesn't exist"
"yes, it does, it is parked outside"
"no it isn't, it doesn't exist"...

but after three visits to Vicroads they accepted that the vehicle existed and loaded it onto the VIN database.

Good luck!

Originally Posted by vgpacer70

Aha, I think I am maybe one of the first to be a victim of the "VIN/Compliance" plate not being standard.
I purchased an FFR at the last Adelaide auctions a couple months back.
I had the vehicle sent to Regency for the ID inspection so can get registered in SA.
Short story - vehicle impounded on the spot and told will be collected by the police as part of a Forensic investigation - WHAT THA
tried for next 2 weeks to get an answer on what the hell was the problem. Nobody would say.
Finally someone at Elizabeth Police station indicated that it's something to do with the VIN number or compliance plate - possible tampering. This was what the numpties at Regency impounded the vehicle for.
So Police are required to investigate.
3 weeks later still no update from police!!!!!!!

I believe mine is one of the first to have this happen.

Now it's just a waiting fame.

Note: Both Grays and AFM have offered to assist where they can when/if they get a request from Police.

What a debacle.

Any update on this???

Sorry for delay
Was on a cruise in Caribbean last week and now in Moscow.

It was resolved the week before the cruise so took a while, but resolved okay it was.
The simple fix was a new "surrogate" chassis number was given and stamped onto the chassis and then went thru rego with a breeze.

Originally Posted by vgpacer70

Sorry for delay
Was on a cruise in Caribbean last week and now in Moscow.

It was resolved the week before the cruise so took a while, but resolved okay it was.
The simple fix was a new "surrogate" chassis number was given and stamped onto the chassis and then went thru rego with a breeze.

So was the problem the missing compliance plate or missing chassis numbber?

Originally Posted by vgpacer70

Aha, I think I am maybe one of the first to be a victim of the "VIN/Compliance" plate not being standard.
I purchased an FFR at the last Adelaide auctions a couple months back.
I had the vehicle sent to Regency for the ID inspection so can get registered in SA.
Short story - vehicle impounded on the spot and told will be collected by the police as part of a Forensic investigation - WHAT THA
tried for next 2 weeks to get an answer on what the hell was the problem. Nobody would say.
Finally someone at Elizabeth Police station indicated that it's something to do with the VIN number or compliance plate - possible tampering. This was what the numpties at Regency impounded the vehicle for.
So Police are required to investigate.
3 weeks later still no update from police!!!!!!!

I believe mine is one of the first to have this happen.

Now it's just a waiting fame.

Note: Both Grays and AFM have offered to assist where they can when/if they get a request from Police.

What a debacle.

yours might have had a chassis replacement as part of a refurb.

Originally Posted by Xoanon

I just registered mine in VIC after a bit of a hassle (even with a compliance plate). In spending a lot of time talking to Vicroads it seems that as it was a defence vehicle the VIN is deleted from the national database which requires the authority to reinstate the VIN on the database. This is apparently the process (according to the bloke from Vicroads) that is used for police and witness protection related vehicles to stop any link from the plate to the individual.

I had a Monty Python moment:

"your vehicle doesn't exist"
"yes, it does, it is parked outside"
"no it isn't, it doesn't exist"...

but after three visits to Vicroads they accepted that the vehicle existed and loaded it onto the VIN database.

Good luck!

I had a very pleasant experience registering my 6x6.
The roadworthy was issued no problems. A few broken and worn bits had to be replaced.
The only issue Vicroads had was what to register as. The tandem axles suggested "heavy rigid" but the GVM suggested "light rigid". When I advised them that, because the axles were less than a metre apart centre to centre, it is considered to be one axle for registration purposes, they confirmed this with the manager and accepted any further information I gave as fact.
It was a breeze. The Vicroads people I dealt with were excellent.

These registration dept. problems are similar to what I went through to correct the incorrect rego details for my Series 3 Lightweight, it was regoed in Qld as a 1984 model 4cylinder Diesel (LW but it was in fact a 1980 model SWB 2.25ltre Petrol, when presented to Transport Dept,they couldn't find the Chassis No under the pommie tar like chassis protectorant,so refused,they called one of their Inspectors,he came out looked and then spotted the Nomenclature plate riveted to the dash/firewall and stated "just put all that down it is Military and will be correct"

So I now have a correctly registered 1980 Petrol Landrover Series 3 SWB Air Portable