Back in June I discussed the subject of having the van reclassified on the V5 from 'Panel Van' to 'Motor-Caravan'. The main advantage being that we can now legitimately travel at the the indicated speed limit for any given road, rather than having to reduce by 10mph - as explained here on the Department for Transport site.
So after writing a short letter to our local DVLA office in Leeds, along with some 'before, during and after' pictures of the conversion, we were then called to pay a visit to the local VOSA inspection site...
Thankfully this was merely a formality; a quick check to make sure the vehicle in the photographs was the same vehicle - they checked the chassis number, took one look at the rear seat:
"so that folds into a bed does it?"
"yes, do you want to see?"
"nah, it's okay..."
He took a quick look at the hob and sink, asked where the gas bottle was located, shuffled about a bit and said the paperwork will be through in a few weeks, no problems.
One further upshot is that we may be able to get cheaper insurance and will certainly be shopping around some specialist 'Motor Caravan' insurers when the time comes.
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