I want that number plate

[mercrocker]

Rather than hijack any similarly related subject threads I thought I would start this one....Its just a question really.   Pissing about on Cartell one wet evening I found that my grandfather's number plate is still in circulation.   Notwithstanding that the car was scrapped decades ago it somehow managed to survive on some 4wd thing (I imagine a lurking log book surfaced some while ago).    Point is - I would like it.  How do I go about tracing the owner and asking if its for sale - in an above hand manner, preferably!  

[Noel Tidybeard]

doovla would prolly be a (good?) starting point if you explain the circs

[Cavcraft]

Can't you write to the DiVLAds and enclose a fiver? SRSLY, I seem to recall you could do that and say you were a previous owner or something, and they'd send you the ownership history.

[mercrocker]

Had thought of doing that but wasn't sure if they gave out details of current owners.   Will give it a try, cheers.....

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Unless you are a scumbag private parking contractor trying to scare a little old lady into giving you a couple of hundred quid 'penalty' for parking for 5 seconds on some invisible lines outside a home for fluffy kittens, DVLA won't give you details of current owner.

[Lankytim]

Tell the DVLA he cut you up and you want to go to his home and kill him in revenge. The twats will probably supply you with his details then.

[overrun]

I have tried and failed to reclaim, or at least find out the current owner of my Escort's original plate.

 

No dice.

 

Even the V888 history enquiry offers little help.

[carlo]

Can't you write to the DiVLAds and enclose a fiver? SRSLY, I seem to recall you could do that and say you were a previous owner or something, and they'd send you the ownership history.

 

I think you have to the current owner or have a legitimate interest in the car to use that method, and you sign a declaration to boot.  Don't think idle curiosity counts.

[Guest Lord Sward]

Find a bent Copper.