V5 Issue

[dolly3900]

Slightly odd one, but here goes.

My lad is in process of prepping an old Astra for a mate of his to do classic tracks rallying.

In 3 weeks, he has stripped it to more or less bare, prepped the shell, suspension, engine, underside etc. and TBH done a fine ass job on it.

Problem being, the guy who sold it to his mate has lost the V5 for it so at this moment in time, we are not sure who or where it is registered.

Is there a way to get the DVLA to re-register the vehicle in the new owner's name, rather than getting the seller to re-register it, then transfer the V5 to the new owner.

Reason is that there is a bit of a time limit for getting the V5 as the Classic Track event is on the bank holiday at the end of the month , so time is short

Cheers

Mike