Of considerable assistance to RRA Members is the V765 Scheme.

Since the early 1990's the Association's Vice Chairman and Steam Archivist, Derek Rayner, has been the RRA's Authenticating Officer for the DVLA’s ‘Lost Registration’ Scheme - better known as the ‘V765 Scheme’ after the designation of the form used for the application. This has enabled 'Lost Registrations' for Motor Rollers to be retrieved and re-allocated to the vehicle which they were many previously carried on. Derek now has considerable experience of this scheme and many applications have so far been successfully achieved. Not one of those which has been submitted to Swansea has so far been refused by them, although there have been one or two which have been passed back to the applicants by Derek because of incorrect or inadequate documentation.

The National Traction Engine Trust's (NTET) Authenticating Officer dealt with all applications for steam vehicles, including Steam Rollers - with advice from Derek for those requiring it.

During 2007 the NTET's Authenticating Officer resigned. Having volunteered his services, Derek Rayner has been appointed by the NTET as their Authenticating Officer. This means that Derek will deal all steam road vehicles on behalf of the NTET that come within the NTET's range of interests (obviously excluding steam cars) and will continue to look after Steam Rolers and Motor Rollers on behalf of the Road Roller Association as he has done in the past.

It is the applicant's responsibility to provide adequate traceable documentary evidence that the Registration Number being claimed is specifically for that vehicle. This can be achieved in a number of ways and two Fact Sheets are available to Members who may purchase a Steam Roller or Motor Roller and wish to reclaim the Registration Number. As well as outlining the Procedures, these also give details of the fees appertaining to the service. For those rollers which have never been registered, a dating letter can be provided which will satisfy the Authorities and enable an age-related number to be provided.

The fact sheets, in PDF format, are available for download below :-

Fact Sheet No. 1 - Lost and missing Registration marks - V765 Scheme etc.

Fact Sheet No. 2 - Rollers not Previously Registered

Since V765 applications are for the taxation class of ‘Historic Vehicle’, in view of the recent DLVA’s definition of a Radically Altered Vehicles (RAV), any applications for vehicles that come under the RAV category, which bring them out of the Historic Vehicle taxation class category, will be referred to Swansea for them to be dealt with separately.

N.B. The services of Members of the RRA Committee are, in general, available to members and to non-members for an appropriate fee. In-depth research into aspects of our hobby is time consuming and sometimes costly - involving time, phone calls and postal communications. Expenses in respect of such activities will be expected to be met.

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