Late registration madness

[Knotty Ash Towers]

14 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

Spotted this on the 'net recently:

I raise you this :-

Manufactured in the first week of March 1990, this UK-spec Series III is finished in metallic Diamond Blue with Saville Grey leather upholstery. It was originally commissioned by Methods and Techniques as a reference car for technical publications, however most of the study work was done in static conditions and the car only covered 800 miles during that period. It was then passed to Whitley Engineering and covered a further 900 miles before being registered for the road and sold by H A Fox of Cheltenham (the original vehicle order form is on file). Costing £26,000, the car was specified with rubber mats, a car cover and Waxoyled (certificate on file). This was the very last Series III model registered by Jaguar Cars Ltd and by September 2001, the MOT records show a mileage of just 4,308.

[Peter C]

74 reg?

I thought they stopped making these back in the 80s.

[MorrisItalSLX]

Still very popular in Australia, despite the archaic design and astronomical pricing.

[EyesWeldedShut]

SA import likely - have a look at the bargain* prices to be had here

[aotb]

Its slightly more than the usual pickups,  but way less than a Defender or Grenadier. 

[Noah Davies]

I Suddenly Found A 15 REG Plate Zafira

Is This The Only One 15 REG Plate Zafira?

[Knotty Ash Towers]

Y-reg Citroen Traction Avant.

[MJK 24]

Hanging around for 3+ years to be registered…

 

[Knotty Ash Towers]

T-Reg Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider.

[quicksilver]

Something odd here.

It's a 220 Turbo Coupe, production of which finished in 1996, but was registered in June 1999 after the Coupe had been discontinued entirely. At first I thought it might be one of those brought back from Japan but AFAIK those were all registered in the N-FDH series.

[EyesWeldedShut]

17 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

Something odd here.

Looks like it was on eBay at some point and the listing was scraped by this site
There's a date of 24-8-2015 on the ad itself - asking price was £1550 (!)

[JeeExEll]

Early registration madness or re-shelled Mk1?

ELF is a March - June 1965 reg. The Mk2 Cortina wasn't available until around Sept 1966. It's a late 60s pic.

[FakeConcern]

When I was a kid I had the Hippo Book of British Cars and the pic of a Lotus Cortina showed an airflow version with the reg 784BOO which I couldn't understand.

A quick Google now finds the story

https://www.lotuscortinainfo.com/?page_id=420

[sheffcortinacentre]

7 hours ago, JeeExEll said:

Early registration madness or re-shelled Mk1?

ELF is a March - June 1965 reg. The Mk2 Cortina wasn't available until around Sept 1966. It's a late 60s pic.

Probably a reshell as only ever seen D reg. Seen Pre production C reg MK4 Z cars   & the infamous T reg Mk5 cortinas that are regd June 79 ( rhd production started August 79)

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Probably a reshell as only ever seen D reg. Seen Pre production C reg MK4 Z cars   & the infamous T reg Mk5 cortinas that are regd June 79 ( rhd production started August 79)

I had a Mk 1 estate LUU 139D. Driver's door hilariously* opened at roundabouts and left turns. Scratched an itch though, as I loved my Corgi blue one with wood" panelling, and Dad had one in, of course, Silver Fox metallic.

[quicksilver]

Y-reg TR7 is a bit late, especially for a coupe. Interesting how many late reg BL cars were registered in Oxford, possibly because Hartwells were the dealer responsible for supplying cars through the employee scheme to the workers at Cowley and got all the old stock at a big discount.

 

[Knotty Ash Towers]

5 hours ago, quicksilver said:

Y-reg TR7 is a bit late, especially for a coupe. Interesting how many late reg BL cars were registered in Oxford, possibly because Hartwells were the dealer responsible for supplying cars through the employee scheme to the workers at Cowley and got all the old stock at a big discount.

 

There's a Green L-reg one knocking about somewhere. I can't remember the registration number unfortunately...

[Knotty Ash Towers]

Y-reg Opel 1900GT.