Raykay, I'm sure you are probably right.
It would make life much easier if they did it this way, but the impression I get is that they notify DVLA as soon as the car comes in - probably to avoid one getting missed later on. I guess it's unheard of for them to ever sell a vehicle to put back on the road.
Here you go John H (not fitted yet as just collected them and it's freezing outside
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But actually, I'm now looking at the pic and isn't the rear one for a Jaguar X-Type...