how do find the owner ?

[bones96]

Spotted a nice 1953 anglia sitting in a pub car park with flat tyres been two weeks no movement tax not in date 06/13 i want to rescue it before it gets vandalised ?,

[RedSparrow]

Ask in the pub.

[Novanick1]

ask around the area or the pub

[FredTransit]

check with the cops its not been stolen and dumped if the pub know nowt.

[simmo]

Long shot: Google the Reg Number may be a photo or mentioned on a forum etc.

 

Dodgy Punt:  Apply for a V5.

[gary_davidson]

the DVLA can give you the details of who owns a car but only under certain circumstances, you yourself couldn't ask them, but the owner of the pub probably could - the car is in his car park

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/197528/Release_of_information_from_DVLA.pdf

from the link 

Regulation 27 of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulation 2002 provides 

for the release of information from DVLA’s vehicle register to the police and local 

authorities. The regulation allows us to release data to individuals, private and public sector 

organisations providing they can demonstrate reasonable cause to have it. The release of 

information about vehicles and their keepers for such purposes is long established and predates the existence of the DVLA. 

[Station]

ask around the extended area, the area or the pub

[Tetleysmooth]

I think the general opinion is to ask in or around the pub.

[Mr Livered]

I'm not really sure that applying for the V5 is a "dodgy punt". I mean, I can see the point, but if you did that the registered keeper would get a letter from the DVLA and if he wanted to keep it all he'd have to do is say "FRO it's mine" and that would be that.

 

On the other hand it's possible that he'll get the letter and think "yeah, someone's after it who might look after it, time to let it go". That's what happened to me years ago when I had a rotten 70s Range Rover that didn't run; it ended up in some geezer's yard and I didn't have the time, money or inclination to get it sorted (lots of shit happening in my life at the time). Obviously the bloke who owned the yard decided to have a go at claiming it, and in due course I received a letter alerting me to that fact. Letting him go ahead and take possession of it seemed sensible, so I did and it was probably the right decision. So you never know.

 

Getting a car that way will land you a motor without keys, but that's not a massive problem on an old car, and it will have been free.

 

I do agree that a good first step would be to grab yourself a pint in the pub and see if anyone can enlighten you first, though.

[Richard]

A V5 doesn't mean you own the car.

[Mr Livered]

A V5 doesn't mean you own the car.

Nobody who's ever glanced at the front of one would be in any doubt about that. There's that big blue band across the top.

 

But what's the difference - in practice? I'm hardly going to go back to the fellow who claimed my Range Rover and explain that it's actually mine and can I have it please, am I? Possession being nine tenths, etc.

[londonm]

Got a pic of it?

[bones96]

Got pics but cant upload yet

[Des]

Getting arrested for breaking into it might lead to finding owner details.

[bones96]

this is the car as it sits in car park

[overrun]

Apply for the log book. Old Stan probably keeled over during Dominoes.

 

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[mercrocker]

I would expect there to be a scuffle over ownership just in view of its numberplate....Cannot believe this vehicle is not spoken for!

[Angrydicky]

That's far too interesting to be abandoned. It almost certainly belongs to either the landlord or someone who works at the pub, go and ask. In fact I'd put money on it.

 

Whoever owns it won't take kindly to you applying for a V5 for their car!

[Mr Livered]

That's true, but they won't know who the applicant was!

 

I'd only suggest doing it if nobody in the pub knew whose it was though.

[trigger]

I suspect it belongs to a regular and is sat there as it's got a puncher and they don't have a spare, it's far to nice to have been dumped.

 

Have a chat inside the pub, someone will know the answer.

[dollywobbler]

Can I cautiously suggest amending those photos to take the number plate out? Someone might well be tempted to have a punt on it having seen it in internet land. 

 

As has been said, ask around. Applying for the V5 is not worth doing in my opinion. Yes, you could be the registered keeper, but if Joe Bloggs comes along wanting his car back, you'll have to give it back - which would be galling if you did a load of work on it.

[overrun]

puncher

Always tickles me.

 

Surely a typo from a gentleman as learned as yourself!

[garethj]

Have you been into this bloody pub yet?

[trigger]

Surely a typo from a gentleman as learned as yourself!

 

I wish it was!, I'd be knackered without spell check and that's one of the words I'm never sure how to spell!

[face]

Any mileage in asking at the pub?

[jonny69]

^^^Speaking like a true alcoholic. Good call, sir. Let's go and get pissed instead

 

Looks too tidy to be abandoned. Knackered but complete Anglias and Pops fetch good enough money that it wouldn't get abandoned, and that one has a good looking original number on it too.

[George-Roper]

Ford Anglia 4177 H by Faversham 2009, on Flickr

Ford Anglia 4177 H by Faversham 2009, on Flickr

 

Someone loves it as its been shown - be very carefull!.

[gary_davidson]

those photos don't look like it's being shown, more like they were taken in the car park outside the show (don't you just love it when there's something better in the car park than what is on show). But yes, be very careful if you apply for a V5, somebody has looked after that car and although your intention is to try and stop the car being vandalised, you could find yourself being accused of trying to steal it and have a somewhat pissed off owner to deal with.

[Volksy]

Why the f*ck would you apply for a V5. Honestly.

 

It's blatantly someones, just ask the person nearest. i.e the pub.

 

 

 

 

[Mr Livered]

Yeah. I supported that suggestion, but that was because when it happened to me I didn't mind and was happy to let the car go. Thinking about it now though, it's not the appropriate thing to do before even asking in the pub. After all, it probably just belongs to the landlord or a regular and that's that.