Late registration madness

[forbeslongden]

On 2/8/2018 at 11:21 PM, bub2006 said:

On 2/8/2018 at 1:03 PM, forbeslongden said:

December 2002, latest I’ve seen.

I've seen a few 52 plates all in white. Think it's mentioned on here somewhere that it's to do with police force?

Managed to find another one with a random look on Facebook Marketplace, certainly taken a year to find one after pretty regular searches for old Peugeot tat... I be interested to know what the story behind the police having these is, they aren't even the more spritely 2.0 HDI 

[MKT]

Not my photo but a car I have seen fairly recently, Evo Six on a 52 plate, production having stopped in Feb 2001 with the introduction of the seven (of which a lot are on Y plates). I know of one other one on a 52 plate.

[155V6]

[quicksilver]

I see your 07 MG and raise you a 57. DVLA says made in 2004 and registered September 2007.

Also, 1970 H-reg Mk3 Zephyr. Isn't that well into Mk4 territory? Didn't notice until I cropped the grabbed pic that it's LHD so presumably imported in 1970.

[lesapandre]

36 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

I see your 07 MG and raise you a 57. DVLA says made in 2004 and registered September 2007.

Also, 1970 H-reg Mk3 Zephyr. Isn't that well into Mk4 territory? Didn't notice until I cropped the grabbed pic that it's LHD so presumably imported in 1970.

This may have been a repatriated diplomatic, army or RAF vehicle that came back from the then still big British forces in Germany. I remember loads of these being sold off in the late 60's at the Cow Roast garage on the A41 in Hertfordshire - probably came from government auctions - all lhd.  That may explain it and the 'odd' government black colour. Just a guess - but this  shape of Ford were gov. vehicles. Standard Vanguard and Humber Hawks were popular staff cars too.  Big enough for 5 or 6 burly men but not too showy or too pricey. Would have been bought in bulk under gov. contracts.

Shape of those Fords has aged well - was a 'big' car at the time - now pretty petite compared to the latest Frankenmotors.

[lesapandre]

On 11/12/2019 at 6:41 PM, quicksilver said:

Seems to be a Rover 100 backdated with the older front to make it look like a Metro. I'm not sure why anyone would do that, but it isn't the first I've encountered.

Accident damage and availability of cheap panels?

[HMC]

Gumtree, K Plate bluebird (Wtf etc)

[dtulip8]

Saw this in Leicester, pre-facelift MK2's stopped production late 2007/early 2008 with a few being on 08 plates but never seen a 58 before.

[jumpingjehovahs]

Saw this in Leicester, pre-facelift MK2's stopped production late 2007/early 2008 with a few being on 08 plates but never seen a 58 before.

I have a feeling this is to do with Motorpoint or somewhere similar, I vaguely remember a friends mum have a pre-facelift on an 09 that was from a supermarket that bought loads of them in bulk.


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[bunglebus]

When did these two officially stop being sold in the UK?

 

20200124_093210 by RS, on Flickr

20200124_105202 by RS, on Flickr

[bramz7]

Regarding that 405:

 

[HillmanImp]

I'm sure remember seeing Renault 4s on D plates when I was growing up. I seem to remember that Mrs Going the secretary at my primary schools had one. 

[adw1977]

I've seen C reg R4s that were UK registered from new, they were sold in France until 1994, so you could get a K reg allocated to an imported one.

Flickr link

[forbeslongden]

11 hours ago, bramz7 said:

Regarding that 405:

 

Those are lovely, I would have either of those, sadly looks like the saloon has departed but that station wagon is well maintained if the MOT history is anything to go by.

[Eyersey1234]

13 hours ago, bunglebus said:

When did these two officially stop being sold in the UK?

 

20200124_093210 by RS, on Flickr

20200124_105202 by RS, on Flickr

Not sure about the R4 but I'm sure the 405 stopped being officially sold in the UK late 95/early 96. The first 406s were N reg IIRC. 

[bunglebus]

Struggling to find anything definite but found a source saying Renault stopped selling UK cars in 83. It is RHD so presumably an official import. But then another source says '86...

[Timewaster]

Father TW was looking for a brand new car in 1985. 

His shortlist was Renault 4, Mini, Daihatsu Domino. 

He wouldn't have entertained any import shinanagins. 

[Ghosty]

On 1/1/2020 at 3:32 PM, lesapandre said:

Accident damage and availability of cheap panels?

I suspect it might be deliberate, I think that hole in the bumper is a cold air intake. 

[bunglebus]

I did spot this R4 but I'm guessing it didn't start life here. Well into Clio territory and Renault were still knocking these out

 

Photo1081_zps37wwv8ta by RS, on Flickr

[Ghosty]

The last R4s were 1992 iirc. J/K is the very latest they come, though UK models are very rarely later than C/D plate. 

In France, you can get a runout 1992 4GTL Clan model in almost showroom condition for about €8000. They're valuable, but not massively so - 90s Minis for example significantly outvalue them over there, in similar condition. 

[Ghosty]

From a Fifth Gear video, a 54 plate E39... 

 

[Richard_FM]

I’ve heard of the police buying run outs of cars then storing them up.  The met did this with the sd1 3500s, even buying them from dealers wanting to clear their stock.  Some were issued with E reg plates after being stored.

[Richard_FM]

I’ve heard that some cars brought over from the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man then re-registered have ended up on newer plates than the should be due to a quirk in the dvla system.

[SRi05]

I seen a 07 plate Corsa C at the weekend, I thought 56 was the very last run of these? 

[Eyersey1234]

2 hours ago, Richard_FM said:

I’ve heard of the police buying run outs of cars then storing them up.  The met did this with the sd1 3500s, even buying them from dealers wanting to clear their stock.  Some were issued with E reg plates after being stored.

I believe they did that with Senators too. Also the MOD bought a lot of the last Montego saloons. 

[Richard_FM]

1 hour ago, Eyersey1234 said:

I believe they did that with Senators too. Also the MOD bought a lot of the last Montego saloons. 

Yes not many Senators were sold to private buyers, most being fleet sales for upper middle management.

I heard Rover sold the last Montegos as a job lot to the MOD, & these were later registered with P reg plates when sold on.

[sierraman]

The cops stockpiled some Senators, hence why you used to see a few on a M plate.

[DarrenKC53]

15 hours ago, SRi05 said:

I seen a 07 plate Corsa C at the weekend, I thought 56 was the very last run of these? 

Yes  generally the last Cs are 56 but I'd seen an 07 before, the D model started appearing on the 56 plates

[bunglebus]

I only got this god-awful pic, but this is K399 EEP. 

 

20200220_164244 by RS, on Flickr

*edit* good old Google

 

VW made T3 transporters 1979-1991, and until '92 in South Africa.

DVLA says

 

Vehicle make

VOLKSWAGEN

Date of first registration

March 1993

Date of first registration with DVLA

November 2007

Year of manufacture

1993

Cylinder capacity

1900 cc

CO₂ emissions

Not available

Fuel type

DIESEL

Euro status

Not available

Real Driving Emissions (RDE)

Not available

Export marker

No

Vehicle status

Taxed and due

Vehicle colour

WHITE

Vehicle type approval

Not available

Wheelplan

2 AXLE RIGID BODY

Revenue weight

Not available

Date of last V5C (logbook) issued

20 May 2016

[sheffcortinacentre]

Thought the SA ones went on a bit longer than that.

Ford Essex V6 was a popular swap into them with eng warranty from ford rest by VW!