[Paul Spencer]

Thanks for your advice. Before I purchased the ute I noticed that there was a Victorian number plate in the back tray and rang VicRoads in order to find out whether there will be any problems registering it when it's restored. They confirmed that the plate did match the description of the vehicle and advised that the last time it was registered was in 2001. Apparently, as long as they can verify that the vehicle has been registered in the past, there shouldn't be an issue with getting registration without I.D. plates. I will check with the Police as well as you suggested.