So now I have an age related plate, or at least the email confirming it. I still have to wait for the paperwork to arrive (by post!) before I can go buy my number plates. I was going to get them online but to be honest buying them from a shop is only a couple of quid more expensive. I really can't wait now, screwing the plates on will be the final step in getting it roadworthy.
Of course, I'm sat here now with the beginnings of man-flu, and the prospect of a slightly damp bank holiday weekend, so it's not as if the postal delays are making that much difference. The paperwork didn't arrive today (Friday), and we tend not to get post on a Saturday so it'll be Tuesday at the earliest.
(Later that week) It's now Thursday and I've not had confirmation that the new cheque has arrived with the DVLA, and there's no sign of any paperwork. Seriously, can the postal service get any worse? I wanted to get a few hundred miles driven over multiple weekends before I head to the kit car show, at this rate I'll still be waiting to buy the number plates!!
However it is very reassuring to know that the car now fully exists;
It also shows correctly on askmid as insured. The donor car is also gone, that just returns 'vehicle details could not be found'. So everything online looks good.
As I mentioned above I was ill over the weekend (it managed to stay with me from when I finished work on Friday until I started work again on Monday. This week has been slowly recovering back to normal, and hopefully I'll be getting some garage stuff done this weekend. One of the first things I need to do is take it for a drive and give it a shakedown. That'll allow me to check the new diff seals, the rear suspension, and the front screens. I also want to start doing some more work around fuel economy which again needs some miles driven.
The same also applies to the foot rest and thigh pad, as well as checking the passenger side footwell temperature. It's right next to the exhaust and I didn't check how hot it gets in the car because of it.
