adw1977 Posted June 26, 2021 Author Posted June 26, 2021 397. 1967 Volvo 121 Seen in Finchley, north London on 13th May. HOU 135E ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 July 2022 ✓ MOT Expires: 21 December 2021 Vehicle make VOLVO Date of first registration March 1967 Year of manufacture 1967 Cylinder capacity 1780 cc Fuel typePETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour RED Number of previous owners: 3 Current owner since at least 2012 (date of last V5 issue) Mileage at last MOT: 107,492 (or 207,492) Mileage since previous MOT: 759 mk2_craig, Steviemillar, danthecapriman and 1 other 4
adw1977 Posted July 3, 2021 Author Posted July 3, 2021 398. 1970 Triumph 2000 Seen in Redhill, Surrey on 15th May. Registration number: EGJ 327J ✓ SORN MOT Exempt Vehicle make TRIUMPH Date of first registration 1 August 1970 Year of manufacture 1970 Cylinder capacity (cc) 1998 cc Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status SORN Vehicle colour WHITE Number of previous owners: 1 Current owner since Oct 1994 Mileage at last MOT (2012, fail): 18,256 puddlethumper, LightBulbFun and danthecapriman 3
adw1977 Posted July 3, 2021 Author Posted July 3, 2021 399. 1983 Land Rover Lightweight Seen in Horley, Surrey on 6th May. Presumably it spent its first 9 years with the armed forces before being registered with DVLA. CPD 773Y ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 March 2022 ✓ MOT Expires: 3 November 2021 Vehicle make LAND ROVER Date of first registrationSeptember 1992 Year of manufacture 1983 Cylinder capacity 2286 cc Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour GREEN Number of previous owners since 1992: 1 Mileage at last MOT: 29,886 Mileage since previous MOT: 52 LightBulbFun and danthecapriman 2
adw1977 Posted July 3, 2021 Author Posted July 3, 2021 400. 1992 Fiesta Freestyle 1.4 Seen in Redhill, Surrey on 15th May. K646 KCD ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 August 2021 ✓ MOT Expires: 15 July 2021 Vehicle make FORD Date of first registration 9 October 1992 Year of manufacture 1992 Cylinder capacity 1392 cc Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour SILVER Number of previous owners: 5 Current owner since Aug 2006 Mileage at last MOT: 92,515 Mileage since previous MOT: 2,553 The MOT history shows that it returned to the road in 2018 after a five year gap. danthecapriman, mk2_craig and LightBulbFun 3
adw1977 Posted July 7, 2021 Author Posted July 7, 2021 401. 1990 Nissan Micra 1.0 LS Seen in Horley, Surrey on 15th May. H281 HPR ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 July 2021 ✓ MOT Expires: 9 December 2021 Vehicle make NISSAN Date of first registration 8 August 1990 Year of manufacture 1990 Cylinder capacity 988 cc Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed and due Vehicle colour WHITE Number of previous owners: 5 Mileage at last MOT: 83,926 Mileage since previous MOT: 9,520 LightBulbFun and danthecapriman 2
adw1977 Posted July 7, 2021 Author Posted July 7, 2021 402. 1981 Ford Escort van Seen in Horley, Surrey on 21st May. Seems to have had an engine transplant and a colour change. Mark 2 Escort car production ended in 1980, so I'm not sure if van production continued a bit longer or the year of manufacture is wrong. PKO 148W ✓ SORN ✓ MOT Expires: 21 August 2021 Vehicle make FORD Date of first registration 2 April 1981 Year of manufacture 1981 Cylinder capacity 2000 cc Fuel typePETROL Export marker No Vehicle status SORN Vehicle colour GREEN Number of previous owners: 5 Mileage at last MOT: 38,151 There is no MOT history prior to 2020. LightBulbFun, Steviemillar, Dick Cheeseburger and 2 others 5
adw1977 Posted July 19, 2021 Author Posted July 19, 2021 403. 1988 Vauxhall Nova GTE Seen in Redhill, Surrey on 3rd June. The lack of MOT history suggests it has been off the road since at least 2007. F699 OYE ✓ SORN MOT - No details held by DVLA Vehicle makeVAUXHALL Date of first registration 1 August 1988 Year of manufacture 1988 Cylinder capacity 1598 cc Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status SORN Vehicle colour GREY Number of previous owners: 11 Current owner since June 2008 Dick Cheeseburger, danthecapriman and Steviemillar 3
adw1977 Posted July 19, 2021 Author Posted July 19, 2021 404. 1987 Toyota Trueno Seen in Rudgwick, West Sussex on 12th June. EDE 86R ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 April 2022 ✓ MOT Expires: 27 April 2022 Vehicle make TOYOTA Date of first registration March 1987 Date of first registration with DVLA July 2008 Year of manufacture 1987 Cylinder capacity 1580 cc Fuel typePETROL Export markerNo Vehicle statusTaxed Vehicle colourBLACK Number of previous owners: 4+ Current owner since March 2021 Mileage at last MOT: 126,901 km Mileage since previous MOT: 37km danthecapriman and Isopon 2
adw1977 Posted August 7, 2021 Author Posted August 7, 2021 405. 1980 Ford Granada 2.8 GL Auto Seen in Horley, Surrey. JMV 993V ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 April 2022 MOT Exempt Vehicle make: FORD Date of first registration: 9 April 1980 Year of manufacture: 1980 Cylinder capacity (cc): 2792 cc Fuel type: PETROL Export marker: No Vehicle status: Tax not due Vehicle colour: RED Number of owners unknown Current owner since Jan 2019 Mileage at last MOT (2020): 71,040 Mileage since previous MOT: 951 No MOT in place 22 Mar 2018 - 7 Jan 2019 Seen in Horley, Surrey. Steviemillar, mk2_craig, Shite Ron and 4 others 7
adw1977 Posted August 7, 2021 Author Posted August 7, 2021 406. 1968 GKN Defence FV 432 Seen in Capel, Surrey. Registered as an Alvis TD21, which it clearly isn't! Alvis did buy the military vehicles division of GKN, but that was long after this vehicle was built. Some of these vehicles are still in use with the UK armed forces, so it seems likely that this one was still in military service until 2005. MUF 770F ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 April 2022 MOT - No results returned Vehicle make ALVIS Date of first registration March 1968 Date of first registration with DVLA May 2005 Year of manufacture 1968 Cylinder capacity 7000 cc Fuel type DIESEL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour GREEN Number of previous owners (since 2005): 1 This vehicle appeared in the TV series "Ashes to Ashes" painted pink! http://www.imcdb.org/v165200.html Dick Cheeseburger, danthecapriman, mk2_craig and 3 others 6
adw1977 Posted August 31, 2021 Author Posted August 31, 2021 407. 1982 Renault Trafic camper "Tobago" Seen in Horley, Surrey on 1st July. An Autosleeper conversion. WGW 509Y ✓ SORN ✗ MOT - Expired: 4 September 2017 Vehicle makeRENAULT Date of first registration 14 September 1982 Year of manufacture 1982 Cylinder capacity 1397 cc Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status SORN Vehicle colour WHITE Mileage at last MOT (2016): 63,119 This campervan has had plenty of struggles passing MOTs in recent years, largely down to corrosion. It failed on 20 separate points one year! danthecapriman 1
adw1977 Posted September 12, 2021 Author Posted September 12, 2021 408. 1972 Renault 4 Seen in Horley, Surrey on 7th July. No MOT history prior to 2020, which suggests it recently returned to the road after being laid up for a long while. DFS 2J ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 September 2021 ✓ MOT Expires: 1 October 2021 Vehicle make RENAULT Date of first registration 22 May 1972 Year of manufacture 1972 Cylinder capacity 845 cc Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed and due Vehicle colour RED Current owner since Nov 2019 Mileage at last MOT: 43,009 500tops, Shite Ron, Steviemillar and 3 others 6
Tadhg Tiogar Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 That's the only time you're going to see a "DFS" that's not on sale.
adw1977 Posted September 13, 2021 Author Posted September 13, 2021 409. 1975 Mercedes 350SL, 1984 Mercedes 500SL, 1979 Mercedes 250, W123 1970 Mercedes 280SE 3.5 coupe Seen in Wimbledon, south London, outside a specialist garage on 7th July. AGU 185N ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 June 2022 MOT Expired 14 Nov 2018 (exempt) Date of first registration 1 Sep 1975 Year of manufacture 1975 Cylinder capacity 3500 cc Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour YELLOW Current owner since Feb 2006 Mileage at last MOT: 131,283 A363 GAL ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 August 2022 ✓ MOT Expires: 28 July 2022 Date of first registration 30 Dec 1984 Year of manufacture 1984 Cylinder capacity 5000 cc Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour GREY Current owner since Apr 2017 Mileage at last MOT: 126,746 MGT 514V ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 July 2022 ✓ MOT Expires: 4 July 2022 Date of first registration 31 Dec 1979 Year of manufacture 1979 Cylinder capacity 2496 cc Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour SILVER Current owner since Nov 2000 Mileage at last MOT: 65,037 HGC 2J ✓ SORN MOT Expired 20 Jan 2020 (exempt) Date of first registration November 1970 Year of manufacture 1970 Cylinder capacity 3499 cc Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status SORN Vehicle colour BLUE Current owner since May 2013 Mileage at last MOT: 17,734 Steviemillar, danthecapriman and LightBulbFun 3
High Jetter Posted September 13, 2021 Posted September 13, 2021 Merc wombling or is it some sort of racquet?
LightBulbFun Posted September 13, 2021 Posted September 13, 2021 39 minutes ago, adw1977 said: AGU 185N ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 June 2022 MOT Expired 14 Nov 2018 (exempt) Date of first registration 1 Sep 1975 Year of manufacture 1975 Cylinder capacity 3500 cc Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour YELLOW Current owner since Feb 2006 Mileage at last MOT: 131,283 for what its worth im pretty sure this one is on an age related plate it caught my eye because most County Councils only ever made it up to Xxx-N if that, before the 1st of October 1974 when the DVLC and their local offices took over and it all reset to Gxx-N so I thought perhaps Ooh I wonder if London managed to get to Axx-N before the reset but then I saw that its first registered on the 1st of September 1975! so quite clearly an age related plate (as theres no way they would get from GGU-N to AGU-N in such a short space of time) and I also checked other vehicles and saw it was pretty obviously an age related series just based on the vehicle results being spat out by the DVLA checker (although iv not actually checked its previous plate history FYI) adw1977 1
adw1977 Posted November 4, 2021 Author Posted November 4, 2021 410. One owner 1989 Citroen 2CV6 Mint Seen near Seaford, East Sussex. I'm not sure if Mint is a special edition, but it's certainly a rather ironic name now, looking at the condition of it! G381 SWV ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 December 2021 ✓ MOT Expires: 4 September 2021 Vehicle make CITROEN Date of first registration 23 December 1989 Year of manufacture 1989 Cylinder capacity 602 cc Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour GREEN Number of previous owners: 0 Mileage at last MOT: 80,277 Mileage since previous MOT: 4,337 At the last MOT, it was presented with the rear seat missing, presumably so it wouldn't fail on the corresponding seat belt mount area being corroded as noted in an advisory. ProgRocker and Shite Ron 2
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 4, 2021 Posted November 4, 2021 1 hour ago, adw1977 said: 410. One owner 1989 Citroen 2CV6 Mint ....At the last MOT, it was presented with the rear seat missing... In the photo, you can see what seems to be part of the rear seat resting against the fronts!
adw1977 Posted November 4, 2021 Author Posted November 4, 2021 6 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: In the photo, you can see what seems to be part of the rear seat resting against the fronts! Judging by the pattern in the fabric, is that not a dog bed?
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 4, 2021 Posted November 4, 2021 38 minutes ago, adw1977 said: Judging by the pattern in the fabric, is that not a dog bed? I can't see that closely, but now that you mention it....
adw1977 Posted November 5, 2021 Author Posted November 5, 2021 411. 1986 Volvo 240 GLE Seen in Golders Green, north London. D630 TFR ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 June 2022 ✓ MOT Expires: 20 May 2022 Vehicle make VOLVO Date of first registration 21 September 1986 Year of manufacture 1986 Cylinder capacity 2316 cc Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour GOLD Number of previous owners: 3 Current owner since Sep 2019 Mileage at last MOT: 33,586 Mileage since previous MOT: 518 No MOT history prior to 2016. ProgRocker, mk2_craig, Shite Ron and 2 others 5
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 5, 2021 Posted November 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, adw1977 said: 411. 1986 Volvo 240 GLE Seen in Golders Green, north London.... In the Khan Zone, but not yet ULEZ-exempt. Another 6 years to go....
bunglebus Posted November 6, 2021 Posted November 6, 2021 On 10/12/2020 at 10:59, adw1977 said: 316. 1980 Vauxhall Chevette E 4 door saloon Seen in Horley, Surrey. Somewhat modified, but looks like it still has its original red Vynide interior. NVW 928V ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 September 2021 ✓ MOT Expires: 3 September 2021 Vehicle make VAUXHALL Date of first registration 25 March 1980 Year of manufacture 1980 Cylinder capacity 1256 cc Fuel type PETROL Export markerNo Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour WHITE Number of previous owners: 4 Current owner since July 2020 Mileage at last MOT: 91,812 Mileage since previous MOT: 134 Sorry just catching up on this thread - my friend used to own the Shoveit, it had been off the road for years before he swapped it for a MK4 XR3I Bloke he sold it stuck a crossflow lump in it and did the lowering etc Shite Ron, ProgRocker and mk2_craig 2 1
adw1977 Posted November 6, 2021 Author Posted November 6, 2021 That's a shame, it looked a lot better when your friend owned it! Shite Ron 1
adw1977 Posted November 6, 2021 Author Posted November 6, 2021 412. One owner 1985 Ford Granada Ghia X auto Seen in Redhill, Surrey on 27th July. Quite a late Mark 2 Granada, registered after the launch of the Mark 3. Excuse the crappy long range phone shot! 1196 AP ✓ Taxed - Tax due: 1 August 2022 ✓ MOT Expires: 7 September 2021 Vehicle make FORD Date of first registration 30 August 1985 Year of manufacture 1985 Cylinder capacity 2792 cc Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour GOLD Number of previous owners: 0 Mileage at last MOT: 88,171 Mileage since previous MOT: 232 Dyslexic Viking, 500tops, mk2_craig and 2 others 5
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 6, 2021 Posted November 6, 2021 4 hours ago, bunglebus said: ... Bloke he sold it stuck a crossflow lump in it and did the lowering etc The real problem is when new owners make irreversible changes to a car. adw1977 and LightBulbFun 2
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