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[Tamworthbay]

If you can't prove the age or identity of it I'd guess irrespective of it being scrapped, you could register it. But it would be a Q plater, though that's a good thing. Added intrigue.

But it may have to go through an IVA, that would be nigh on impossible for it. It needs saving, a bit of lateral thinking is probably the best way.

[sierraman]

Potential problem there is if you ring up with that VIN and its declared scrap that's the end of it. If its got no numbers at all on it though its complete unknown so as such you could register it.

[egg]

Mrs Egg had her first (short) drive on her own in the Mazda 323 tonight, and her first drive in an auto to be fair, and well, it doesn't have to be sold yet, lol.

[cort16]

I actually took the Cortina out the garage and drove it somewhere shocker. I've had an over heating front brake since the mot and took it all to bits the other night and found one of the pistons stuck like a bastard.

I left it soaking in bbq sauce overnight and managed to get the piston out with a chisel while removing a fair bit of the crown at the same time. The caliper has a big lump out the cylinder and is generally not great so new caliper is probably need. I cleaned it all up with wire wool and it went back in smoothly. As I was quite keen to go to the Kames classic car show in it today I put it back together and after a quick drive it was much better.

 

I got up this morning and very, very nearly took the z4 but I went to get the cortina, which was much nicer to drive once I pumped all the tyres up above the 15 psi they'd been sitting at.

 

I went a route I'd not gone before and what a road! Amazing and no-one on it. I'll defo be back for a shot soon in the Z4 although it did highlight my shocks are shocking. Virtually no damping as I bounce across potholse.

It got there fine, no problems and ran a treat. No stuck brakes, no overheating, which is a first. It's first real journey since I brought it home about 4 flippin years ago.

 

The show was pretty good but it was melting and really busy plus I really wanted to drive back down that great road so I left after 1 hour and consumption of 1 slush puppy and 1 sugary doughnut.. It has a weird noise jangley metal noise like you're driving with a set of ladders on the roof (i checked I wasn't) but can't see anything immediately alarming put it's probably worth investigating.

 

 

 

This cosworth was like brand new it can't have been driven there. I imagine the guy eats cold beans from the tin to preserve his cooker, which is still in it's plastic wrap.

Tt's nice but I like to see them being used.

 

 

 

There was also an original 60's GT40 that they started up and sounded amazing. I tried to take a picture of it but took a picture of my shoe instead.

[cort16]

1500 quid for a potentially unregistrarable Marina and that's seen as too low. Wind that conversation back about 4 years and say it everyone would have laughed. 

It would go well with the van though.

[stuboy]

Nothing exciting fitted egr blanks to collegues mitsubishi 4 x 4 thingy... he says more torquey lower down revs

[DodgeRover]

HPI would show if registered as scrapped. Even if it does it isn't the end of the works as long as you can show the engine & chassis numbers match the reg you are claiming.

Chassis number is usually stamped into the shell somewhere as well as being on the plate, plenty of these got rebuilt into new shells and registered as new as the shells used to be very cheap if you knew the right people which would explain the missing tags

Blank vin plates are usually available, leave to sit in something a bit corrosive to match the vehicle once re stamped.

[The Moog]

Whats the point of doing that jack thing to the Cosworth? 

[cort16]

He had mirrors under it so jacking it up gave a better view or something . A bit ott I recon .

 

My favourite car there I didn’t take a pick of was a well used mk1 avo escort with the bda engine in it. Scruffy engine bay and well battered with obvious welding in the engine bay .

[Saabnut]

It IS possible to get the original number re-issued from DVLA for a car that has been recorded as scrap. but it is a lot of work. A friend recently did this.

[bramz7]

The 605 made it up here fine. Averages about 47 mpg which is very reasonable, although I've now discovered the drivers side rear wing is bubbling in some weird places, suggesting it's had a bump. Still liking it, even if the seats are a bit crap for long journeys.

[Arthur Foxhake]

Spent all day on the Transit camper today. Again.

6 Days a week in a job I hate, then crawling under a rust and mud covered transit is wearing thin.

2 weekends until it boards the ferry now.

It better fucking pass the MOT this time or I'll sell it to the bovington tank testing range.

[clayts450]

Had a go at fixing the headlining today in the Streetshite - it'd started dropping right at the front, shortly after I had wired the dashcam in, and looked a bit Council hanging down.

 

Some magic adhesive in a can from Wilko was the weapon of choice but I ended up getting about a third of what I was spraying on the windscreen rather than the fabric and sponge backing.

 

I also glued all my thumbs and fingers together when I was smoothing the fabric out. The good news is with the mega hot weather it dried dead quick and has held. For now.

 

Few squirts of isopropanol on the windscreen and on me and all was well with the world again.

 

Massive improvement, although admittedly not perfect at all. In the words of any bodger, 'aye, that'll do'

 

Have a shite photo which shows nothing useful

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

It IS possible to get the original number re-issued from DVLA for a car that has been recorded as scrap. but it is a lot of work. A friend recently did this.

 

My problem is trying to track down a number that the oul man had on his Beetle in the 1960s. The car is long gone, but the last time I asked DVLA about it, they said they had no record of it so could not reissue the number.

[BavarianRetro]

Potential problem there is if you ring up with that VIN and its declared scrap that's the end of it. If its got no numbers at all on it though its complete unknown so as such you could register it.

Not necessarily. If you can establish that it is the same car and it exists, the DVLA can accept that the cod was issued in error and give you a V5.

 

I've done it. Needed an inspection and evidence, but it was done successfully.

[Crusty Sills]

New car purchased off of eBay, sight unseen obviously, no MOT been off the road for year! Not terribly old and most of you won't like it! But its cheap, broken and to far away! And

Mrs sills doesn't know yet!!!!

[MorrisItalSLX]

It comes with a free but very rusty Ital Estate too.

 

How bad is the Ital? Terminal or just very rough?

 

It is possible that you could get the Ital for £notmuch due to being "fucked" and spend the time welding it up as opposed to spending the time on the phone to the DVLA whilst they slowly tighten a jubilee clip around your testicals trying to get the Marina legalised.

Then you would end up with a much rarer, and therefore more desireable*, Ital estate that would match the Ital van perfectly!

[Saabnut]

My problem is trying to track down a number that the oul man had on his Beetle in the 1960s. The car is long gone, but the last time I asked DVLA about it, they said they had no record of it so could not reissue the number.

 

If the DVLA have no record of the number, it means the car was scrapped before the computerised system came in, and if the car itself has as you say been long gone, then the number is also gone as there are no circumstances that DVLA will reissue a dead number (until they start flogging them off of course).

[dollywobbler]

It IS possible to get the original number re-issued from DVLA for a car that has been recorded as scrap. but it is a lot of work. A friend recently did this.

My Invacar was scrapped. It wasn't very hard to undo, but perhaps there is a precedent set for them?

[alcyonecorporation]

Have been enjoying the ex-RayMK Stellar over the weekend. 

It clicked over to 85k yesterday - and has been baffling all and sundry at work. 
A delightful anachronism. 

 

 

[LightBulbFun]

got my afternoon "tea" activity sorted out! (note to self: take an instagram food photograph course, it looks like im trying to feed DW my chips...)

 

[BorniteIdentity]

Have been enjoying the ex-RayMK Stellar over the weekend.

 

It clicked over to 85k yesterday - and has been baffling all and sundry at work.

A delightful anachronism.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forgive me, was that the gratis car? I didn’t really keep up with what happened to the free one. Not sure it was even Ray who was offering his (rubbish with names, me.)

 

Anyway, it looks smashing. Enjoy it!

[RayMK]

Forgive me, was that the gratis car? I didn’t really keep up with what happened to the free one. Not sure it was even Ray who was offering his (rubbish with names, me.)

 

Anyway, it looks smashing. Enjoy it!

 

Yes, it was my car and it was a pleasure to meet Mr alcyonecorporation after the Stellar passed its MOT on 7th June with only a couple of minor advisories (ball joint dust covers).  My son's Tipo will also be going soon if the winning ebay bidder turns up - bidding closes at 9pm(ish) this evening.

 

The extra two spaces on my driveway will make it easier to extract my '61 Reliant Regal from the garage to check-over after its 12 months holiday. I have owned it since 1992.  I will decide whether or not to sell depending on how I get on with it. My son has expressed an interest in my '67 Peugeot moped so that could also be staying here for a while. 

[dollywobbler]

I DID A SENSIBLE! A local chum offered me a Volvo V70 2.4 as a swap with cash my way for the Starlet. I didn't think I'd be able to resist, especially when I heard those five cylinders sing. Sadly, there is a bearing in the engine bay somewhere also singing away, the third gear synchromesh is easily beaten and no history - therefore no idea if the timing belt has been done. At 192,000 miles. Oh and £305 a year tax.

 

I still can't believe I actually said no.

 

EDIT - he's offered straight cash. Sounds good to me. Time for some shite-hunting!

[mat_the_cat]

Have been enjoying the ex-RayMK Stellar over the weekend. 

 

It clicked over to 85k yesterday - and has been baffling all and sundry at work. 

A delightful anachronism. 

 

You may have been spotted by Practical Classics!

https://www.facebook.com/225407620810866/posts/1946997511985193/

 

If and when you get bored of it, I may be tempted...

[clayts450]

I might have something for you if I can rely on a fleeting emotion you had in 2015, Ian

 

 

 

A chap we like to refer to as PetrolBlog’s Wales-based cousin, is a man of unquestionable taste and the longest beard in motoring journalism. Surely a man with a penchant for cheap motoring and French fancies couldn’t possibly find anything to like in the Chrysler PT Cruiser? His Twitter account would suggest otherwise…I saw a Chrysler PT Cruiser today and actually thought it looked pretty ace. This has never happened before. Should I be worried?  So what are we to make of that? Given that the tweet was sent at 4:52pm, it’s unlikely Ian was drunk at the time. And as he followed it up with a further three Chrysler PT Cruiser related tweets, we can safely assume his account wasn’t hacked. So there’s definitely some love for Chrysler’s much-maligned time machine.

 

No hiding place on the internet mate

[fordperv]

Whilst I admire the level of dedication and open wallet surgery to get a car to concourse level I fail to see the enjoyment that could be got from doing it, cars need and are there to be driven, if you want a static display just get a 1/18 scale model

[dollywobbler]

I might have something for you if I can rely on a fleeting emotion you had in 2015, Ian

 

 

No hiding place on the internet mate

 

Oh dear. I have been thinking about them again lately...

[clayts450]

You may want to avoid this one, Ian, I'm sure it's possessed.

 

As much as I detest it, we had a little 'moment' a few weeks back where I took it for a hoon down some country lanes, and everything just clicked at that moment. Sadly, that too was a fleeting emotion. 

 

Took me about an hour to stick the re-charged battery in tonight after it spat it's dummy out after not being used for a couple of weeks and FTP'd yesterday .- bit of a tight squeeze as it's not the original, it's some underpowered but oversized (for the space) Vauxhall battery, and the terminal connectors kept jumping off as I wedged it under the seat. Finally sorted it after much cussing. I have also re-attached the rear view mirror with another Ford sticky pad.

 

I'm going to force myself to drive it into work this week to get some charge up, and to see whether I can rekindle any love for it. And see if I can work out just what the hell that scraping/rubbing noise is at the back end....

 

Sometimes when I'm up close to it, I just love the look, the shape and size of the car, and it's a champion load-lugger for the tip run.

 

Other times, I just despair of it, with it's crappy gear change (soup/celery stick combo), stink of diesel and it's rattling engine.

 

And then I love it again when that turbo kicks in and it bloody shifts along.

 

I will probably sell it on here, same price I bought it for, from Tom (£300) possibly less in a couple of weeks when I'm off work.

 

If you want first dibs, let me know. 

[dollywobbler]

Ah, diesel. Noooo!