SVA application form is mentioning proof of engine age. Recipet for proof of purchase showing vehicle reg be enough.

Engine can from a e reg Fiesta.

Just get your engine number and ask the dvla. They wrote back to me within a week.

You can write to Ford and ask them to clarify the engines age.

Technical Information Centre
Ford Motor Company
PO Box 300
Walsall
WS5 4QH

Fax: 01922 725 266

I used DOHC Sierra as donor. V5 was OK as reciept. Engine actually came from different Sierra. DVLA didnt look at the engine too closely, i told them that the engine number didnt tie up with V5 as i thought donor had had an engine swap (well it did but not in that car ish!!). They werent too bothered as they said it was common, i put correct engine number on the forms and it was all accepted.

Could the Fiesta engine have feasibly come from the donor vehicle????? Might be a way round it.
Alternatively why not make your own reciept showing the reg and actual engine number - i guess this could have been hand written by the private seller (as opposed to letter head from trade seller)????

Edit - oops - i thought you were asking for points towards age related plate. If for engine age i wrote to that Ford address. Answred within a week - they tell you the month and year that the engine was originally assembled into a vehicle - OK for SVA.

[Edited on 31/3/06 by DarrenW]