unusual registration problem

[awtistiaeth goch]

Hi folks. sorry if the following is boring and I have looked around already to see if an an

swer already exists, but I have an unusual problem re changing my classification to motor caravan. I have built a motor caravan by bolting a rare MKP caravan bolted onto the rear of a 2012 Fiat Ducato 7-seat crew-cab. I think you'll all agree that it certainly looks like a motor caravan, and of course, that is exactly what it is as itis a caravan on a motor vehicle.. However, it is currently registered as having a body type of 'Flat Lorry' on the V5c and the list that DVLA give as types of body that can be converetd to a motor caravan excludes this body type, what am I supposed to register it as. It obvioulsy is not a flat lorry anymore, but neither is it any body type on their list

• ambulance
• box van
• goods
• insulated van
• light goods
• light van
• livestock carrier
• Luton van
• minibus
• MPV (multi-purpose vehicle)
• panel van
• specially fitted van
• special mobile unit
• van with side windows

It seems that there is not much benefit to registering as a motor caravan re speed limits etc anymore with teh latest info from DVLA being that it is what it is being used for and looks like to law enforcement agencies etc. that is important, (happy to afix decals it has an awning rail etc) but I have to presumably change the body type to something other than flat lorry. Hellllllllp!!!!!!!!!

 

[st3v3]

At a quick glance it looks like a caravan that's being recovered.

 

[awtistiaeth goch]

Beause the axle fell off! lol.

 

[pmnewross]

I'm sorry, but that is the ugliest vehicle on the road.....I don't blame the DVLA for not reclassified it....no offence but it's hideous...

 

[Caz]

I believe this is a similar scenario to that of the demountable motor caravan pods made by such as Romahome. I do know that the owners of those have to insure the "caravan" part as a separate unit and the base vehicle is insured as a pick up.

 

[awtistiaeth goch]

I'm sorry, but that is the ugliest vehicle on the road.....I don't blame the DVLA for not reclassified it....no offence but it's hideous...

Thank you for your erudite and considered response. I haven't asked DVLA to reclassify it yet; if you'd read my post properly, instead of scan-reading and looking at the picutres, you'd have known that. BTW. It isn't finished, it isn't painted to be colour matched, the awful Union Jack and other decals has not been removed, the side bars and lockers are yet to be put back on and frenched in, the wheel arches panelled in etc etc. Those pics were taken the day the bare MKP was bolted on. I didn't attach the pictures to show it off and have my ego stroked, but to indicate to people who might be able to help with my query of what was in progress. Here I was thinking I'd joined a forum where open-minded motorhome builders, who 'think outside the box' would support and encourage each other in building vehicles, even ones we may personally think are odd, unusual, and "not what I would do". No questions from you about why I needed a crewcab vehicle, why I've chosen to make a motor caravan in the way that I have done, what am I going to do to finish it, how we managed to lift the caravan up high enough to fit it, etc. I accept it is a completely different approach to the one you have taken with your smart-looking luton conversion, (all power to you BTW), but I personally am not fightned by 'difference'; maybe you are.

Better an ugly vehicle than an ugly mind. To quote a certain Victorian Prime Minister, "Perambulate into the region of etc."

 

[awtistiaeth goch]

I believe this is a similar scenario to that of the demountable motor caravan pods made by such as Romahome. I do know that the owners of those have to insure the "caravan" part as a separate unit and the base vehicle is insured as a pick up.

Hi. Thanks for your musings. My wife, who is a Citroen enthusiast, is a fan of the Roamhomes.

I have managed to insure it without any problem via Adrian Flux's self-build motorhome insurance scheme, which I certainly reccomend. To my surprise, they mentioned they had a couple of motorhomes on their database that were of a similar construction, including one based on a Nissan Cabstar. I did build a similar vehicle many years ago with the same caravan as I've used here. That was demountable, but this time, it most certainly is not, as it would take a hec of a long time and some fairly good lifiting equipment to remove and refit.

Thanks again.