Late registration madness

[Markeh]

Saw a 55-plate Mk1 Focus ST170 on my way home earlier. Did these carry on until the Mk2 ST was sold? I've seen Mk1s on an 05 before.

[forbeslongden]

[forbeslongden]

[adw1977]

This was sold via Easylive auction in 2021 and the sale description includes this:

"The car came off the production line at Canley, Coventry on the 5th July 1979 and was destined for a small Leyland dealership in Scotland. Presented in Brooklands Green with Green and Black Cord interior, this Home Market car came with inertia seat belts, Sundym glass, heater and 5-speed gearbox.

The story goes that dealership proprietor was so pleased with the Triumph, he decided to retain it as an early retirement present to himself and as such, the car remained unregistered as a showroom centrepiece for the next 14 years. In October 1993, the car passed to his daughter, Jane Pardoe, living in Reigate and became road-registered for the very first time – hence the 'L' prefix "

[MiniMinorMk3]

On 21/04/2024 at 16:33, forbeslongden said:

Clone?

[MantaGTE85]

That mk4 estate would have been heavily discounted when new, especially at the time when the mk6 Golf was introduced. But this is Volkswagen, so maybe not.

[High Jetter]

Watching B&C Restoring Classics on a Beetle I noticed a Maestro van with a T prefix plate.

[Richard_FM]

31 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Watching B&C Restoring Classics on a Beetle I noticed a Maestro van with a T prefix plate.

Maybe a Ledbury assembled one, I think some van kits were made.

[High Jetter]

15 minutes ago, Richard_FM said:

Maybe a Ledbury assembled one, I think some van kits were made.

I wondered about that, but had only heard of cars. I think the van continued after the hatch was stopped.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Sure there were some van kits too.

[Yoss]

On 08/04/2024 at 02:26, MiniMort said:

On the subject of classified ads...

...it seems that some Dacias were sat on the forecourts for a few years. 

I wonder what the many extras were. 

[High Jetter]

8 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Sure there were some van kits too.

Yup, I think you're right - Aronline says:

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According to the Maestro and Montego Owners Club, 621 left-hand-drive Maestro 1.3 cars and vans were purchased and subsequently converted to right-hand drive using factory parts.

 

[mk2_craig]

8 hours ago, Yoss said:

I wonder what the many extras were. 

You could try phoning Kintore 32511 and ask. They’ve probably still got it. 

[Yegoloda]

Very late Mk1 RX7

[MJK 24]

[Missy Charm]

On 29/04/2024 at 11:41, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Clone?

Yes, quite likely a hooky plate.  AE58CZD belongs to a Golf BlueMotion diesel.  According to this article: https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-reviews/volkswagen/vw-golf-bluemotion-19-tdi-5dr-2008-review/ the BlueMotion diesel debuted in 2008, thus was a variant peculiar only to Golfs of that year and later.  Such Golfs would be the incarnation after the blue estate.  Something's not right...  

[JJ0063]

On 21/04/2024 at 16:33, forbeslongden said:

 

[Drumtochty]

Nice Golf GTI.

[quicksilver]

Some late registration truck shite from a couple of recent shows. I think we've seen this Guy before but I asked the owner what its story is. It's one of the last Big Js built in 1978, by which time it was an elderly and outclassed design so Leyland were practically giving them away. The first owner's accountant convinced them it made financial sense to buy it and keep it in storage even though they had no immediate use for it, and it was still unregistered and unused when they ceased trading. The next owner finally put it on the road when it was seven years old and its contemporaries were coming out of service. I can't remember what he said it replaced but it was a more modern truck and the driver was surprisingly okay with this downgrade. Imagine getting this mid-1960s design as your new truck in 1985.

This International is another year-letter at the wrong end cock up as it's an import new in 1978. The owner said the plate was already on it when he bought it and didn't realise there was anything wrong with it.

 

 

[bunglebus]

[bunglebus]

[lesapandre]

25 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Production finished in April 1971 - the reg' is as late as 1976. But I suppose it could have sat around unregistered for those years.

Such a useful and nice little car.

[quicksilver]

3 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Production finished in April 1971 - the reg' is as late as 1976. But I suppose it could have sat around unregistered for those years.

Such a useful and nice little car.

The armed forces used Moggie Travellers so this is probably one of them. DVLA says it was built in 1969 and seven years of military service before entering civvy street seems about right.

[lesapandre]

Probably explains the colour. 

[TrabbieRonnie]

Can I put my new Rover in the mix...?  Built for export in 1959, it spent 19 years in Malaya before it's return (via Ireland), in 1978.

Hence the 'S' plate...

[lesapandre]

That looks just lovely - was the paint applied in Malaya? That number looks great - great plates too. That is probably the wackiest late registration there is @LightBulbFun?

Autoshite top prize with that car...the fogs, wing mirrors and black roof are 🥰 

[TrabbieRonnie]

29 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

That looks just lovely - was the paint applied in Malaya? That number looks great - great plates too. That is probably the wackiest late registration there is @LightBulbFun?

Autoshite top prize with that car...the fogs, wing mirror and black roof are 🥰 

I think so, but have no proof.  By the build sheet it left the factory (as an export model), in black.  My pal reckoned some government cars abroad were painted red in those days?  

Not sure, but it gives her a special something!

[High Jetter]

43 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

That looks just lovely - was the paint applied in Malaya? That number looks great - great plates too. That is probably the wackiest late registration there is @LightBulbFun?

Autoshite top prize with that car...the fogs, wing mirrors and black roof are 🥰 

Desmo mirrors, ?Lucas or Wipac aux lamps ( 1 fog 1 spot as was typical). Colour not standard tho!

[High Jetter]

Just noticed the non-standard brackets for the aux lights, and the keyway for starting handle.

[TrabbieRonnie]

Wipac...

And Raydyot...