Morris Minor Owners Club

I recently noticed a couple of errors on the V5C log book for my Morris Minor. I have owned the vehicle for over 2 years.
The car is a late 2 door saloon (1971 'J' Reg), Colour is peat brown. It appears to be a very original low mileage car.
However, within section 4 of log book, the 'Date of registration' is shown as 13/05/1986, and colour is shown as CREAM.
Section 3 on front of log book states 'WAS REGISTERED AND/OR USED . DECLARED MANUFACTURED 1971.
I do not believe car has ever been resprayed.

I am in process of amending the V5C log book and sending it off to DVLA for it to be corrected and updated.
I was wondering if there is anyone/system within the Club that can confirm exact date of manufacture / registration.
Reg. is GMG 206J
Thanks, Kevin (Coventry)

GMG***J series was a London north-east / Middlesex issue (e.g. Enfield area) used in June and July 1971 so the reg.no. appears to be original not a re-reg.

Date of registration suggests as a possibility, that it retained an old style log-book beyond the 'deadline' for inclusion on the DVLA database. Can't remember exactly when this was but 1982 rings a bell. If it missed that deadline, the date it finally went on the database will be the date first registered (13/5/86 in your case) with the 'declared manufactured 1971...' endorsement. I wouldn't worry too much about these. Perhaps getting the colour logged correctly is more important though...

Photocopy any documents before you send them anywhere, you never know what might go wrong!

Another reason is when a V5's been lost and re-applied for.

Colour discrepancy is puzzling, presumably the first 2 digits of the body number is "51????"

Off he goes AGAIN!