Thread: Registering a classic Landrover? Help.

Get a receipt.
Even if it has to be typed/written by you and signed by the seller.
It is important this receipt has the sellers name and address, your name and address, the vehicles chassis number and the engine number.

Mr. Marsh is correct - that's #1. If they have any old rego papers it can be of assistance to also have them when you visit RMS.

Assuming it is unmodified Land Rover and hasn't been re-engined (if it has a diesel Land Rover engine that's a good possibility), it is then a matter of getting it roadworthy. AFAIK all bits would be available. The electricals can be a headache if it has been sitting for a fair while and in this case replacement is often the best way.

You would no doubt be aware that you will be up for all manner of seals in the engine, drive train and brake systems.

Then you need a blue slip from a licenced inspector and a green slip from an insurer and then you visit the RMS.

If it is a LWB diesel (LR engine) S3, one complication can be getting the arcane vacuum and storage system functioning for the brake assistance to achieve roadworthy status (it is usually considered that there is insufficient room to install an alternator with a vacuum pump).

Best of luck with your find

As Mick says.
Just type up a letter yourself that says "????? hereby sells this vehicle ???? VIN???? to ???? for the sum of $$$". Dated and signed by both seller and buyer. That is enough to prove ownership for rego purposes.

Have fun.

Ok cool guys thanks for the imput, will be typing up a letter of sale tonight then! Hoping it will be an easyish fix, plan is to get it drivable and ready for rego. Then just leave the paint and cruise! No doubt will be posting in the near future for help with mechanical etc etc.

Here is a template purchase receipt from NRMA, ive used it before. Just fill out as much as you can..:


[ame]http://www.mynrma.com.au/images/Motoring-PDF/car-sellers-receipt.pdf[/ame]

Mike,
I have a similar situation whereby I was given a 1962 Series 2A from a property out near Broken Hill; I just had to transport it back home (NSW mid-north coast). It was purchased new by the property owner and was never registered as it was a farm vehicle.
Whilst it is still in bits - and a long way off being put back together - a few years ago I queried NSW RMS as to the procedure for eventually registering it.
As it was a gift and there was no paperwork for the sale, from memory I was told I would either have to produce a letter from the property owner saying I was given the vehicle for nil charge, or in the absence of such a letter have an affidavit signed by me and witnessed by a JP attesting the same. The procedure was then a blue slip inspection, and payment of registration and stamp duty in an amount appropriate to the value of the vehicle.
It would be worth confirming this arrangement with your state RMS authority via their assistance line; I found them quite helpful though it took a while to thread my way through their system. I found at the time this information wasn't covered on their website, probably as it was an unusual situation.
Good luck; hopefully the arrangements haven't changed.
Cheers, Dave