Chris A Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Colin Lindsay said: You still can, I've ordered a period version for the convertible. They'll supply for any year / region. I know why you need a repro version - nobody in Ireland paid the tax back in the day?😱 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 26 minutes ago, Gully said: I have a 'period' tax disc in my GT6. The debate in my head was always whether to have one dated for Jan '71 (when the car was registered), or the expiry date of its original tax disc (assuming 12 months period - Dec '71). I went with the latter... Gully I made the same decision 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 38 minutes ago, dougbgt6 said: OVAL?!! What years? We have to get it right. Obviously a pin is not good enough, that's just a perforation, a hole is required, a tiny tiny cutting tube thing, but oval, hmm. db Love it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josef Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 18 hours ago, Badwolf said: Oh no, what have I started this time. By the way, does anyone happen to know the correct names of the fonts used on tax disc. There most be a list somewhere but I have not found it up to now. If you are worried about the holes around your discs, don't forget that for concourse, some of the holes on certain years are oval and it's very important that you get it perfect... If you want a free repro disc for your car, you might also find this link useful. https://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/topic/258099-free-repro-tax-disc-downloads/ I’d be very surprised if the tax disc fonts were identical to any readily available PC font, except possibly on the very last issues when they certainty will have been computer designed. There might be something close about (but will it be close enough for concours, who knows ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 14 hours ago, Chris A said: I know why you need a repro version - nobody in Ireland paid the tax back in the day?😱 No idea, I know they didn't have an MOT for years which explained the state of many of the cars back in the day. They were so overwhelmed a few years back with people waiting for a driving test they just decided that anyone who had been driving for a reasonable time had passed... licence in the post. However when it comes to collecting tax no doubt that was done properly. Up North we were controlled from DVLA Coleraine then more recently Swansea and you could get away with absolutely nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 22 hours ago, dougbgt6 said: Absolutely! A low life I know off had 4 cars, he'd tax one and photocopy the disc for the other 3. Year after year, never got caught. Doug The other solution was to have multiple cars that looked the same and all had the same registration number on them. That still works today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 1 hour ago, thescrapman said: The other solution was to have multiple cars that looked the same and all had the same registration number on them. That still works today. Even easier here, there is NO road tax as such Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 Got one made up... it's 99% accurate (ours didn't have the word 'Private' and the hand-written text was usually down the centre, not to one side) but it's quite nice otherwise. I like the way that the 'Belfast' stamp at the bottom is dated 2 MR 70 to reflect that the car was first registered in March 1970, so 12 months (inclusive) tax expires Feb 71. Had to search high and low to find a good period tax-disc holder for it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Colin Lindsay said: Had to search high and low to find a good period tax-disc holder for it... Yes I know I bet you spent ages & ages going through your boxes of bits. . . This is what I have for mine 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted January 17, 2022 Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 I see that Tom has added the 2022 club tax disc artwork to the main club site pdf page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted January 17, 2022 Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 Well done BW! Mentioned in despatches. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted January 17, 2022 Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 Thank you. We'll have to see what happens for next year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted January 17, 2022 Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 5 hours ago, Badwolf said: I see that Tom has added the 2022 club tax disc artwork to the main club site pdf page. " main club site pdf page" You what? C'mon, give us a link! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted January 17, 2022 Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 https://www.tssc.org.uk/tssc/uploaded_files/TSSCTaxDisc2022.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 all the what you need down loads are available from the main club website click "the Club" and scroll down you wil find these , you dont need to be looged in (being different to the forum login Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 But which one is the tax disc Pete? Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 the one that says tax disc 2022 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! come keep up Ha Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said: the one that says tax disc 2022 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! come keep up Ha Pete Doug was just testing to see if YOU know which it was, crafty blighter that Doug chap 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unkel Kunkel Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 Here, you still have a to display a “real” tax disc on any vehicle that goes on the road no matter what age it is ( even the oldest vehicle on the Island, a roadworthy 1900 New Orleans, has to have one) “ historics” are £25, like for my Spitfire, which hasn’t been on the road for …err…well.. a few years.. ( if you let it lapse a couple of years a fairly stringent test is required before it can go on the roads) Hard to believe now, but I can recall when that the tax disc also used to display the name and the address of the owner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 5 hours ago, Chris A said: Doug was just testing to see if YOU know which it was, crafty blighter that Doug chap 😁 Nah, I was poking fun at JohnD who, although posting on here since 2014, doesn't seem to know where the front page is. I suspect Pete was doing the same. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 Just goes to prove what I have been saying all along. Too much style and the content that you want is either difficult to find, or non existant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 Who wants or even goes to the front page? Newbies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 1 hour ago, dougbgt6 said: I suspect Pete yes but im not on 24 hrs in police custody which hovers around luton a lot Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 2 hours ago, dougbgt6 said: Nah, I was poking fun at JohnD who, although posting on here since 2014, doesn't seem to know where the front page is. I suspect Pete was doing the same. Doug Yes I know 🤫 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Pete Lewis said: yes but im not on 24 hrs in police custody which hovers around luton a lot Bloody Hell Pete! I'm I gonna have to come up there and sort the plod out again? Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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