Polly

[quote user="partout"] Polly, Do you know of the possibility that old cars need not be re registered, this is the first that we've heard? [/quote] It's false, any vehicle has to be re-registered in the new owner's name with whatever reg N° is allocated to it, either under the existing system or the new one Possibly the confusion has arisen from the fact that under the old rules, change of ownership within a dept did not give rise to a change in reg N°, but that applied to all vehicles, not just old ones

Is the car on CG Collection or CG Normale? If on collection, you can keep old-style plates (with your new reg N°), if CG Normale you should have modern plates.... but doubtful if you would 'get caught' and fined, so many classic cars are on old-fashioned plates and plod generally turns a blind eye. The new SIV rules apply to second-hand cars from 15 October 2009. FVE give a dinky table summarising the situation post 15 October 2009 concerning the new N°s and requirements for Controle technique etc. at http://www.ffve.org/?option=com_content&view=article&layout=simple&id=60&menu_id=106&Itemid=51

Hi I've never heard of a medical when simply changing a 'normal' UK car or bike licence for a French one, what categories were you after?