Ford timelord

35,892 · January 22

Remind me, again, exactly what is it that we are to be MOT'ing in February?

A 1968 Ford UNKNOWN? There must be a physical car to put on the ramps??

4,831 · January 22

You would think in this day and age the MoT regulations would have brought in the requirement for a digital photo of each vehicle every time it was tested.

Although this one is of course exempt on grounds of age, current owner has a few weeks left to transfer the plate off.

11,826 · January 22

It's most peculiar that this thing has now been taxed and MOTed for nearly a year yet nobody has ever seen it, and there's been loads of activity with SORN and new V5s but nobody at the DVLA appears to have questioned that. Will be interesting to see if it gets MOTed again this year and how much the mileage has increased.

10,024 · January 22

4 hours ago, mk2_craig said:

You would think in this day and age the MoT regulations would have brought in the requirement for a digital photo of each vehicle every time it was tested.

Although this one is of course exempt on grounds of age, current owner has a few weeks left to transfer the plate off.

This is now a thing. Or certainly was as of last night at my favourite mot place. Wasn't a thing last time I went though last night they defo took a pic of the Panda over the pit.

Would of thought this new addition times well with available tech to get around it for those intent on a no show ticket. Not saying thats the case with the Ford Timelord or that anyone would do such naughtiness of course.

14,416 · January 22

4 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

A 1968 Ford UNKNOWN? There must be a physical car to put on the ramps??

Seems to be a thing with imported/non-UK vehicles, and sometimes, UK sold vehicles but from long ago.

It does seem to be a strange thing about WGU 18G going through a test.

I suspect, it's had a "telephone" MoT given the interest around it. This just gets the tongues wagging again.

6,229 · January 23

Photo is part of MOT now. Still won't stop the professional ringer etc.

7,669 · January 23

6 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Photo is part of MOT now. Still won't stop the professional ringer etc.

But who is going to check 100s of thousands of pics daily 🤔 and will they know one old car from another I wonder.

January 23

12 minutes ago, garbaldy said:

But who is going to check 100s of thousands of pics daily 🤔 and will they know one old car from another I wonder.

AI ...

7,669 · January 23

And we all know how accurate that is 🙄

42,524 · January 23

There will be no more to that car than a dog eared V5 and some old VIN plates. The car as we know it will have been long gone decades ago. I’d love to be proved wrong but it’s gone IMO.

35,892 · January 23

Someone's gone to the trouble of doing that because:

1) To noise up about twelve middle aged men in an obscure corner of the Internet.

2) Because they want to make or improve an authentic replica.

Which is most likely?

34,214 · January 23

There's somewhere on the dvsa site to tip them off isn't there?

11,826 · Friday at 22:25

I reckon there is a real Galaxie driving around somewhere on WGU 18G plates but it's not either of the original cars. It's probably a newly imported car with no UK reg that has been given WGU's identity to either get around a problem registering it properly or more likely convince people it's the real Timelord.

6,229 · Saturday at 01:25

Or it could be the real one that's time travelled.

14,416 · Saturday at 03:00

14 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Someone's gone to the trouble of doing that because:

1) To noise up about twelve middle aged men in an obscure corner of the Internet.

2) Because they want to make or improve an authentic replica.

Which is most likely?

I'd say 1). There is a blog on the Internet somewhere that shadows this conversation (I believe by the OP or a member on here at least) which either Cauty/Drummond may have come across and have decided to "revive" WGU 18G. It's their kind of MO.

I don't think the car exists any longer, just an old V5, maybe some VIN plates (highly doubtful) a phone number to a dodgy MoT place and playful mind.

There is a replica of the Ford Timelord WGU 18'E' that had white paint brushed all over it by Drummond and Cauty.

Whether this or any other replica motor has anything to do with 18G going through the "MoT" is another question.

4,831 · Saturday at 08:15

9 hours ago, quicksilver said:

I reckon there is a real Galaxie driving around somewhere on WGU 18G plates but it's not either of the original cars. It's probably a newly imported car with no UK reg that has been given WGU's identity to either get around a problem registering it properly or more likely convince people it's the real Timelord.

Nah I don’t buy that, you can’t drive a mile in anything old or interesting these days without someone papping it and sharing the photo all over social media. At an absolute stretch someone might have discreetly transported a Galaxie in the back of a box van to a quiet MoT station so as to keep it hidden from the world, but that seems a lot less likely than something dodgy going on instead.

Happy to be proven wrong though, if Mr Cauty was minded to set the record straight.

22,588 · Sunday at 02:10

17 hours ago, mk2_craig said:

Nah I don’t buy that, you can’t drive a mile in anything old or interesting these days without someone papping it and sharing the photo all over social media. At an absolute stretch someone might have discreetly transported a Galaxie in the back of a box van to a quiet MoT station so as to keep it hidden from the world, but that seems a lot less likely than something dodgy going on instead.

Happy to be proven wrong though, if Mr Cauty was minded to set the record straight.

well someone did make claims of spotting it being transported on the M40 a few years back

https://rustyoldrubbish.blogspot.com/2020/04/who-really-killed-ford-timelord.html?showComment=1602286616928#c1692128770710989293

question is was it the Replica WGU18E or not?

the thing that I find somewhat suspicious as I said back when it first got this MOT, was its currently registered to someone in Northern Ireland yet its had a British Mainland MOT...

(tho to give them the benefit of the doubt, @Datsuncog MOT waiting times are bit buggered over there atm aren't they? so perhaps if they had some sort of dead line to meet it was quicker to just take it to the mainland for an MOT, or the registered keeper resides in NI but the vehicle lives elsewhere)

42,524 · Sunday at 11:42

On 24/01/2026 at 08:15, mk2_craig said:

Nah I don’t buy that, you can’t drive a mile in anything old or interesting these days without someone papping it and sharing the photo all over social media. At an absolute stretch someone might have discreetly transported a Galaxie in the back of a box van to a quiet MoT station so as to keep it hidden from the world, but that seems a lot less likely than something dodgy going on instead.

Happy to be proven wrong though, if Mr Cauty was minded to set the record straight.

They are a pair of wind up merchants, chances of getting any sort of answer from them is extremely unlikely.

6,229 · Sunday at 20:10

It's coming up in my YouTube pics for some reason ?

43,758 · Monday at 12:41

On 25/01/2026 at 02:10, LightBulbFun said:

the thing that I find somewhat suspicious as I said back when it first got this MOT, was its currently registered to someone in Northern Ireland yet its had a British Mainland MOT...

(tho to give them the benefit of the doubt, @Datsuncog MOT waiting times are bit buggered over there atm aren't they? so perhaps if they had some sort of dead line to meet it was quicker to just take it to the mainland for an MOT, or the registered keeper resides in NI but the vehicle lives elsewhere)

MOT waiting times are indeed something of a disaster in NI right now, although there's a protocol in place to allow cars with lapsed MOTs to remain on the road as long as a future MOT test has been booked and paid for.

That causes problems though if a car is then sold without a current MOT, since the new owner can't then tax it. There's a special hotline for people who find themselves in this situation - a certain number of MOT slots are held back each day to be allocated for urgent tests needed for taxing.

In an effort to reduce waiting times, Driver Vehicle Agency has also introduced TECs (Temporary Exemption Certificates) for newer cars, which means they only need to be tested once every two years, rather than annually:

Quote

From 1 June 2025, private cars that were first registered between 1 June 2020 and 31 May 2021 or between 1 June 2018 and 31 May 2019, and have a valid Northern Ireland MOT will be given a Temporary Exemption Certificate (TEC).

This means they will not need a vehicle test (MOT) for 12 months from the date their current certificate expires.

Book your MOT/ vehicle test online | nidirect

A car with a registered owner in NI but an MOT from the mainland may well have been sold from a buyer in GB and tested prior to bringing it over on the ferry - our Avensis falls into this category, with the seller putting it through a fresh test on the morning I came over to collect it.

It would be a rare scenario for someone in NI to go the bother (and expense) of taking a car over on the ferry just to get it MOT'd in GB - especially for an older tax and MOT exempt car - but I understand it did happen a few years back during a similar backlog caused by faulty test lifts, before mitigating procedures were put into place.

I've no idea what's going on with the suddenly resurrected WGU18G, but I suspect it may be less than legit...

Monday at 15:29

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

A car with a registered owner in NI but an MOT from the mainland may well have been sold from a buyer in GB and tested prior to bringing it over on the ferry - our Avensis falls into this category, with the seller putting it through a fresh test on the morning I came over to collect it.

It would be a rare scenario for someone in NI to go the bother (and expense) of taking a car over on the ferry just to get it MOT'd in GB - especially for an older tax and MOT exempt car - but I understand it did happen a few years back during a similar backlog caused by faulty test lifts, before mitigating procedures were put into place.

I've no idea what's going on with the suddenly resurrected WGU18G, but I suspect it may be less than legit...

as with many others id like to believe that ford timelord is still alive but the whole scenario doss seem wildly fishy. but then its owners did burn a million after leaving the music buisness, which i thought was a shame as i was a fan - even before ford timelord appeared.

(quite sure i still have my doctor'in the tardis 7' too)

42,524 · Monday at 15:45

15 minutes ago, SilverMachine said:

as with many others id like to believe that ford timelord is still alive but the whole scenario doss seem wildly fishy. but then its owners did burn a million after leaving the music buisness, which i thought was a shame as i was a fan - even before ford timelord appeared.

(quite sure i still have my doctor'in the tardis 7' too)

Did they even burn the million quid or was that an elaborate hoax?

35,892 · Monday at 16:05

In the back of my head I'm just thinking would Bill and Jimmy really care about some old car from the past and mucking about with identities and so on. I'm also sure they'd choose more prolific folk to noise up than us.

42,524 · Monday at 17:01

55 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

In the back of my head I'm just thinking would Bill and Jimmy really care about some old car from the past and mucking about with identities and so on. I'm also sure they'd choose more prolific folk to noise up than us.

Yes. They’re fucking nuts.

26,271 · Monday at 18:33

On 25/01/2026 at 02:10, LightBulbFun said:

well someone did make claims of spotting it being transported on the M40 a few years back

https://rustyoldrubbish.blogspot.com/2020/04/who-really-killed-ford-timelord.html?showComment=1602286616928#c1692128770710989293

Is this @quicksilver's blog?

9,885 · Monday at 19:12

38 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Is this @quicksilver's blog?

Yes...

11,826 · Monday at 19:23

3 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

In the back of my head I'm just thinking would Bill and Jimmy really care about some old car from the past and mucking about with identities and so on. I'm also sure they'd choose more prolific folk to noise up than us.

Maybe Flinton Chalk has something to do with it. Wasn't he dropping some cryptic hints not long ago about the return of Timelord? Either he's up to something or Jimmy has brought him in on the joke to make it even more elaborate.

43,758 · Monday at 23:50

2 hours ago, quicksilver said:

Maybe Flinton Chalk has something to do with it. Wasn't he dropping some cryptic hints not long ago about the return of Timelord? Either he's up to something or Jimmy has brought him in on the joke to make it even more elaborate.

Yes, I think Flinton released a limited-edition print a few years back featuring pics of WGU as it was when in his ownership...

... and if anyone might still have the old green log book still kicking around, and enough other information to get a new V5C issued, he certainly seems a likely candidate.

That's an interesting theory!

7,134 · Tuesday at 02:11

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Yes, I think Flinton released a limited-edition print a few years back featuring pics of WGU as it was when in his ownership...

... and if anyone might still have the old green log book still kicking around, and enough other information to get a new V5C issued, he certainly seems a likely candidate.

That's an interesting theory!

Well this seems to be his website, maybe drop him an email - http://www.resonation.org.uk/index.php/team

Tuesday at 07:15

Worth a V888 to DVLA, citing cultural interest? Might at least give an indication where it is registered.

DVLA would likely just say 'sod off,' but could narrow it down if it's local to some known potential owners if they responded positively.

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