RichardS wrote:So looks as though I will have to continue to fork out for a tax disc!
I've just got a "free" tax disc!
This is thanks to Tim and Alan Morgan at Club Lotus. Tim kindly sent me a letter stating that Sprint production had ended by December 1972. I then spoke to Alan at Club Lotus who sent me a letter on Club Lotus paper confirming that my car was built prior to December 1972 - the letter also states that Club Lotus are "approved by the DLA for authenticating all Lotus road cars produced since 1962".
I presented the relevant documents
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Ow ... DG_4022042 at the DLA office this morning and there was no problem in changing the tax status to "historic". So thats a couple of hundred pounds a year that can go into the Sprint kitty rather than the taxmans coffers.
Couldn't get a refund on the road tax I have paid for the last 12 months but am not complaining!
Richard