What happened to the Colt?

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I was just e-stalking my old motors on the MOT history site, and noticed the Colt of Many Shiters has dropped off the radar. The MOT expired last August, and the tax website returns 'no details found'. 

 

At least nine of us had our names on this car's V5. How did its story end?

 

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Written-off? Or does it now have a personalised plate?

[strangeangel]

personalised plate

 

If not this then it's been scrapped, sadly.

[overrun]

It may be like my cars, often MOT's expired, but still happily in use. oops.gif

[Ghosty]

Didn't the tank sender or something render it immobile?

[Dick Cheeseburger]

I was just e-stalking my old motors on the MOT history site, and noticed the Colt of Many Shiters has dropped off the radar. The MOT expired last August, and the tax website returns 'no details found'. 

 

At least nine of us had our names on this car's V5. How did its story end?

 

Checked and tax appears to have run out in November 2017. It seems to have been SORNEDED since.

Last owner change August 2016.

Sounds like it’s still potentially in one piece?

[Pillock]

This one?

http://autoshite.com/topic/27091-small-cheap-automatic-car/

[Ghosty]

Of course, I'm forgetting what tank senders do.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Well, I think from all the information above, it either exists or it doesn't, and it burns oil if it does. 

 

Based on this, and the "details not found" from gov.uk, I'm guessing it's gone to the big 1980s in the sky. 

 

[SiC]

I think Kiltox was one of the last. He sold it to someone on here (I forget) and there was something that had a catastrophic failure. I think burning oil in a big way??

[Junkman]

I thought Japanesish cars are soooo reliable and never break???

[Angrydicky]

Nyphur sold it to RobT who promptly drove it straight to Southend to visit me and the Sierra base. That would have been 2016? It was in desperate need of a pair of rear arches but was otherwise a tidy little thing that drove well. Don't know who had it after Rob. A shame if it's lost it's life, particularly at the hands of a shiter.

[Kiltox]

Last known custodian was castros_bro - it suffered some kind of failure and despite offers to buy it back it seems to have gone.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Last known custodian was castros_bro - it suffered some kind of failure and despite offers to buy it back it seems to have gone.

Has anyone asked him?

[Jim Bell]

RIP little nugget.

[BorniteIdentity]

Sadreactsonly

[eddyramrod]

It certainly had some adventures once it found the forum, didn't it!

[dollywobbler]

Indeed. Here it is the day after I bought it in Portsmouth.

 

And here it is two days after I bought it at the Fast Car Festival, Donington Park. Next to Ratdat's Nissan Cherry Europe.

 

And here it is being ignored later in the day, next to a Vulcan.

 

RIP fun little car.

[captain_70s]

This will remain in my heart as one of the cars I entered a roffle for and genuinely wanted to win...

 

On the flipside I'm glad I didn't win it and have to deal with it exploding on me...

[BorniteIdentity]

Is it still around?

 

It would be a shame for it not to help another live. I remember bits being impossible to get so I’m sure it’d be invaluable to some poor sod somewhere.

[Kiltox]

Would be worth putting an engine in imo

 

There were a stack of parts with it when it left me and I think I still have some too

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Would be worth putting an engine in imo...

A Proton one might do.

[chaseracer]

^ Mitsu motor anyway, isn't it?

[dollywobbler]

Indeed so. 

[BorniteIdentity]

10/10 would crowdfund the revival of it.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Probably already been weighed in.

[garbaldy]

Is it a 1400 or a 1500 ?

I've got an 11k miler motor sitting doing nothing.

[Matt]

Was a 1500. Castros_bro didn't explicitly say but I would imagine it is now a fridge freezer.

 

Did you explicitly ask?

[captain_70s]

Was a 1500. Castros_bro didn't explicitly say but I would imagine it is now a fridge freezer.

So 1500cc compressed down to 1.5cc?

[Christine]

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