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hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#958634
Gday all

I'm helping a mate out who is in the process of restoring a two door MkII VW Golf, and has hit a brick wall as far as registering his car in Victoria.

He purchased the car a couple months back from SA, and after bringing it back to Melbourne, has found out that the cars VIN is not on any of the registration databases (im guessing its a UK import)

Is there a way to go about registering this in Vic?

If not

Is it possible to register this interstate? In this case he would transfer the rego back to Victoria.

ragged Just ask if you need HELP!

478 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#958674
I'm not sure how it works in Vic but it should not be a problem here in SA. Do you have any paper work from the seller? Don't expect the rego office to tell you how to do it though!
Cheers Dave

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#958685
ragged wrote:I'm not sure how it works in Vic but it should not be a problem here in SA. Do you have any paper work from the seller? Don't expect the rego office to tell you how to do it though!
Cheers Dave
Cool will look into this. Thanks!

AA003 Custom Title Time!

1,189 posts · joined Oct 2011 ·

#958693
2 door Mk2 Golfs were never sold in Australia.

Was it ever registered in SA?

If it wasn't, it may be a problem in any state. Even if it was registered in SA it may not be able to be registered in other states.
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.

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hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#958724
AA003 wrote:2 door Mk2 Golfs were never sold in Australia.

Was it ever registered in SA?

If it wasn't, it may be a problem in any state. Even if it was registered in SA it may not be able to be registered in other states.
That was my concern.

I just found at the car was imported from UK some time ago. It seems to be taking some time to get more info on the car.

Canni. Wolfsburg Wizard

471 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#958734
If its an import then to register you'll need the vehicle import approval (if it has never been registered before)...if the seller doesn't have it you can contact the Department of Infrastructure and Transport to get a copy of it. Depending on the year to get full registration he'll then either need to get a VASS certificate (engineers and they put an import plate on the car) plus you need a roadworthy to get full registration.

I'm not sure if you go with club plates whether you can get away without the VASS certificate? Anyone know?

Hopefully it has been registered before! Maybe someone else can chip in on whether it is easier to get an imported car registered in SA or NSW but I'm imagining they all have similar requirements.
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donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#958739
I reckon SA will be easier than NSW, I bought a writen off vehicle in SA and all my enquiries showed that it wasn't going to get a look in in NSW so I got it reegistered in SA (thanks to a lot of help from Dave) and then swaped it to NSW rego, yeah not quite the same situation but I'd bet that the brick walls in NSW would be simmilar.
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hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#958753
Canni. wrote:If its an import then to register you'll need the vehicle import approval (if it has never been registered before)...if the seller doesn't have it you can contact the Department of Infrastructure and Transport to get a copy of it. Depending on the year to get full registration he'll then either need to get a VASS certificate (engineers and they put an import plate on the car) plus you need a roadworthy to get full registration.

I'm not sure if you go with club plates whether you can get away without the VASS certificate? Anyone know?

Hopefully it has been registered before! Maybe someone else can chip in on whether it is easier to get an imported car registered in SA or NSW but I'm imagining they all have similar requirements.
Thats the problem the car has never been registered in Oz... its a real pain.

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#958755
donn wrote:I reckon SA will be easier than NSW, I bought a writen off vehicle in SA and all my enquiries showed that it wasn't going to get a look in in NSW so I got it reegistered in SA (thanks to a lot of help from Dave) and then swaped it to NSW rego, yeah not quite the same situation but I'd bet that the brick walls in NSW would be simmilar.
Ye VIC isnt any better.

helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body

7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#958761
Yep Canni is on the ball. We do imports at work, and the VIA from the DOIT is the key. If you dont have one, contact them to get one. You may need the VASS report costing about $800. Then it is all legal and yours.


Canni. wrote:If its an import then to register you'll need the vehicle import approval (if it has never been registered before)...if the seller doesn't have it you can contact the Department of Infrastructure and Transport to get a copy of it. Depending on the year to get full registration he'll then either need to get a VASS certificate (engineers and they put an import plate on the car) plus you need a roadworthy to get full registration.

I'm not sure if you go with club plates whether you can get away without the VASS certificate? Anyone know?

Hopefully it has been registered before! Maybe someone else can chip in on whether it is easier to get an imported car registered in SA or NSW but I'm imagining they all have similar requirements.
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hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#958762
helbus wrote:Yep Canni is on the ball. We do imports at work, and the VIA from the DOIT is the key. If you dont have one, contact them to get one. You may need the VASS report costing about $800. Then it is all legal and yours.


Canni. wrote:If its an import then to register you'll need the vehicle import approval (if it has never been registered before)...if the seller doesn't have it you can contact the Department of Infrastructure and Transport to get a copy of it. Depending on the year to get full registration he'll then either need to get a VASS certificate (engineers and they put an import plate on the car) plus you need a roadworthy to get full registration.

I'm not sure if you go with club plates whether you can get away without the VASS certificate? Anyone know?

Hopefully it has been registered before! Maybe someone else can chip in on whether it is easier to get an imported car registered in SA or NSW but I'm imagining they all have similar requirements.
Sweet, thanks for your help!

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#958874
Good news!

The Department of Infrastructure & Transport (also known as DOTARS) have sent all the import papers (usually takes around 2 weeks).

Here is a link for future reference...
http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/