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Registration Information for Older Vehicles

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

The Motor Vehicle Register was computerised in 1986 by NZ Post. Any vehicle with a live rego in 1988 will be on the current system (the MVR was copied to the current system in 1996). Between 1986 and 1988 Post deleted a small number of records but most 1986 live regos should also be available.

In many cases the chassis number recorded differs due to spaces, dashes etc – this was one of the reasons VINs were introduced. When these older vehicles with incomplete or vague history are presented to an inspector for registration, the NZTA will provide a search service to look for the old registration plate and record. This is only provided for the inspectors and will typically only be done when you present the car for re-registration. As there are some potential security issues if we inspection, VINing and document checking are not all done together.

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Comments

I bought a classic car & need to find out the mileage history for registration no. BDP214 before 1995. Are you able to help?

— Doug Swan on September 5th, 2009 at 3:05 am

Some information was lost during transition to the new systems in 1995-1996. Your best chance is to contact NZTA directly.

— Anton on September 5th, 2009 at 10:51 pm

Greetings,
I am the proud owner if a NZ new 1931 Ford Model a Deluxe Roadster. I purchased it from the son of the original owner so I have providence on the veracity of it’s origin. It came from San Fransisco Ca. USA. I do not know how to get the accurate info to you because you have it registered as a sedan when it is a roadster/convertible with a dickey seat.
Please advise.
Cheers,
Robert DeLong

— Robert DeLong on March 24th, 2010 at 5:34 pm

ps sorry for the typo< San Fransisco CA

— Robert DeLong on March 24th, 2010 at 5:35 pm

Hi Robert, Unfortunately, body style has a limited range of values. Looks like the vehicle was categorised as “sedan” being the closest to what they have in the system. “Deluxe Roadster” is not on the list. What’s the rego?

— Anton on March 24th, 2010 at 6:47 pm

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