In order to circulate and park on the surface without restriction, vehicles must be over 50 years old
The municipalities allow the circulation of historic vehicles, that is to say with an age of at least 30 years since their manufacture or registration – also to remain in their original state, without substantially changing the technical characteristics of the main components: engine, brakes, steering and bodywork, in LEZs. Of course, circulate and park in a closed parking lot. To circulate and park on the surface, vehicles must be over 50 years old.
A historic vehicle also has other advantages: exemption from the mechanical traction load -depending on the city administration-, economic insurance, as well as its revaluation, “because of the scarcity and official character of a unique vehicle”, he emphasizes.
Antonio Guzmanregulatory advisor to Approvalab, official laboratory for cataloging historic vehicles.
So anyone interested in cataloging a vehicle as historic “should go to a historic vehicle cataloging lab authorized by the autonomous community where they live,” he explains.
Antonio Alcocertechnical director of the laboratory, in Madrid, Extremadura, Castilla y León and Andalusia.
The steps to follow are: « get a technical cataloging report, submit it to the Ministry of Industry of the Autonomous Community where the cataloging is requested – payment of the corresponding fees, if applicable -, that it be approved and ask for a appointment at an ITV station passes a pre-registration inspection”, details Alcocer. “Once the new technical inspection card is obtained, the documentation is presented to the DGT so that it can proceed with the registration as a VH, paying various fees,” he adds.
Guzmán points out that the “catalogue confirms that it is an original vehicle, that it has not been reformed or modified that changes its original character. Or what is the same, that it is an authentic vehicle, the one that has been manufactured and that it has been kept in an acceptable state of conservation to circulate ».
Finally, the cost of the whole process will depend on the autonomous community where it is processed, as industry and ITV rates, as well as the price of the number plates, vary. “We are talking about a range between 600 and 900 euros,” they conclude from Approvalab.
Source: La Verdad
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