HPI check from VIN number only
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2016 9:07 am
Does anyone know how to do this? Ideally to get the reg number too?
The reason I ask is not because I want to build a ringing empire but because I am restoring an old 1976 vespa small frame which I bought off some bloke on eBay four years ago without a clue and without a V5, although it does have a reg plate.
Now that I have built the engine and the frame is at the body Shop awaiting being made beautiful, I thought I would sort out this pesky v5 business. So did a hpi I check on the reg number - all clear and shows as black scoot, which is good because the scoot was black when I bought it, but it also shows that it has a colour change from green to black in 1996. Not so unusual you might think - scoots get repainted all the time - but my issue is that I think the colour change was in fact a frame change. My scoot is a 50cc but the frame is from a 125 primavera - I'm convinced that the vespa (which was made by PIaggio's UK agent, Douglas, at the time) cannot have left the factory with that frame.
If I apply for a new V5 I need to give both the reg number and the frame number. If both don't match the DVLA's records (because the frame has been swapped) then I won't get a V5. I therefore need to know either the VIN number for my reg, or the reg number for the frame (if that is HPI clear I could register that bike instead).
Can do a hpi check from my frame number and get details of the registration associated with it?
Otherwise what are my options - can I re-register the bike somehow on a Q plate?
Many thanks
Olly
The reason I ask is not because I want to build a ringing empire but because I am restoring an old 1976 vespa small frame which I bought off some bloke on eBay four years ago without a clue and without a V5, although it does have a reg plate.
Now that I have built the engine and the frame is at the body Shop awaiting being made beautiful, I thought I would sort out this pesky v5 business. So did a hpi I check on the reg number - all clear and shows as black scoot, which is good because the scoot was black when I bought it, but it also shows that it has a colour change from green to black in 1996. Not so unusual you might think - scoots get repainted all the time - but my issue is that I think the colour change was in fact a frame change. My scoot is a 50cc but the frame is from a 125 primavera - I'm convinced that the vespa (which was made by PIaggio's UK agent, Douglas, at the time) cannot have left the factory with that frame.
If I apply for a new V5 I need to give both the reg number and the frame number. If both don't match the DVLA's records (because the frame has been swapped) then I won't get a V5. I therefore need to know either the VIN number for my reg, or the reg number for the frame (if that is HPI clear I could register that bike instead).
Can do a hpi check from my frame number and get details of the registration associated with it?
Otherwise what are my options - can I re-register the bike somehow on a Q plate?
Many thanks
Olly
