WHERE IS IT NOW? Try to trace your old car

[mat777]

H150 AAV, a black Mini 1.3 John Cooper edition with signed stripes, read leather, minilite wheels etc. Not currently showing on the DVLA database, but on the off chance it still exists and hasn't been scrapped, has anyone seen it recently? It used to be Mum's pride and joy back in the day.... but you can't fit a pram in an original mini

[rumple]

Every car I've ever owned has gone to the great motorway in the sky

[steve_bmw]

Just checked a few of my old cars, lost still alive, but my mr2 turbo and non turbo have this,

Vehicle Identity Check (VIC) Marker.

VIC required.
Does this mean its been crashed?

[andy-xr]

rumple said:

Every car I've ever owned has gone to the great motorway in the sky

The early ones I owned seemed to have done the same, I just looked up my first car and that lasted a year from me selling it, guessing it didnt make it through the next MOT

[cossy400]

Just checked my Escort RS Turbo and thats not been taxed since 2008, i sold it in 2006 IIRC.

G828NNN Black.

And my Sierra Cosworth tax was up for renewal 1/2/2013, still showing as insured. G28CVW

[djdestiny]

Sometimes you'll wish you didn't find it!
I had a very very good condition Cavalier Turbo, everything was perfect.
Unmarked leather, working 4x4, sensibly modified, no rust, no rot. Even the chassis rails at the rear IRS mounting points where perfect (common place to rot)

I was totally happy with it and loved it. Then out of the blue I got a phone call after someone saw it featured in Total Vauxhall magazine saying he wanted to buy it.
It was not for sale at the time, but everything has a price....
He made me a big offer well above its value and that was that.
Big promises of it being kept as it was and basically he talked of wanting to worship it.
2 months after buying it he rang me to ask what coolant was in it so he could use the same still!
It seemed like it had gone to a really good home.....

This was it a few months before I sold it, approx 6-7 years ago.





Fast forward to last month, and a mate who is still into Cav Turbos saw it by chance sitting outside in a yard.





The owner I originally bought it off always said he wanted first refusal on it if I sold it, so I rang him before I sold it but he wasn't in a position to buy it.
Now he is and still wanted it back, so they went to find the current owner (still the same one that I sold it to).
Yes, he would sell it, but wanted £4k for it as it sits!
Ask he desperately wanted it back and was happy to pay that for it he had a good look round it and found:

All 4 arches are rotten
Boot floor rotten
Sills rotten
4 doors rotten
Rear chassis rails rotted through
Headlining ripped and sagging
Floor pan rotten on all foot wells
Leather gone tight and ripped
Gearbox knackered
4x4 transfer box seals gone

Basically, its now worth scrap, yet he still wants £4k for it

[911p]

It's got to be a damn shame finding the car you loved - which you remembered in all its glory - in st condition.

[bebee]

djdestiny said:

Sometimes you'll wish you didn't find it!
I had a very very good condition Cavalier Turbo, everything was perfect.
Unmarked leather, working 4x4, sensibly modified, no rust, no rot. Even the chassis rails at the rear IRS mounting points where perfect (common place to rot)

I was totally happy with it and loved it. Then out of the blue I got a phone call after someone saw it featured in Total Vauxhall magazine saying he wanted to buy it.
It was not for sale at the time, but everything has a price....
He made me a big offer well above its value and that was that.
Big promises of it being kept as it was and basically he talked of wanting to worship it.
2 months after buying it he rang me to ask what coolant was in it so he could use the same still!
It seemed like it had gone to a really good home.....

This was it a few months before I sold it, approx 6-7 years ago.





Fast forward to last month, and a mate who is still into Cav Turbos saw it by chance sitting outside in a yard.





The owner I originally bought it off always said he wanted first refusal on it if I sold it, so I rang him before I sold it but he wasn't in a position to buy it.
Now he is and still wanted it back, so they went to find the current owner (still the same one that I sold it to).
Yes, he would sell it, but wanted £4k for it as it sits!
Ask he desperately wanted it back and was happy to pay that for it he had a good look round it and found:

All 4 arches are rotten
Boot floor rotten
Sills rotten
4 doors rotten
Rear chassis rails rotted through
Headlining ripped and sagging
Floor pan rotten on all foot wells
Leather gone tight and ripped
Gearbox knackered
4x4 transfer box seals gone

Basically, its now worth scrap, yet he still wants £4k for it

Does he by any chance know it's your old car?, that can add 20/40% to a robbing bds price!

[Gwagon111]

Oh dear, it seems my beloved old scooby has a VIC marker against it now . I guess it's dead then.

[djdestiny]

bebee said:

Does he by any chance know it's your old car?, that can add 20/40% to a robbing bds price!

Its not me wanting it back, its the person who I originally bought it from.
Yes, he does know he owned it before me, so yes I agree that has probably put the price up!
Its fked now anyway, so not worth buying unless you want to weight it in

[R8Steve]

Found my old S1 RS Turbo by googling the reg no.

There is a full restoration thread about it and it's had a top to bottom rebuild (again!)

[JoshB25]

Hi, I am trying to find my Dad's very first BMW he bought back in 1994. Its a J reg 320i se E36 saloon. Reg Number J528 MJO. Its one of the very first E36's so its red with the black bumpers.

DVLA and HPI check says it not scrapped, written off or anything like that so I am hoping it is still around somewhere.

Any information would be great. Thank you.

[MarkP1973]

djdestiny said:

Sometimes you'll wish you didn't find it!
I had a very very good condition Cavalier Turbo, everything was perfect.
Unmarked leather, working 4x4, sensibly modified, no rust, no rot. Even the chassis rails at the rear IRS mounting points where perfect (common place to rot)

I was totally happy with it and loved it. Then out of the blue I got a phone call after someone saw it featured in Total Vauxhall magazine saying he wanted to buy it.
It was not for sale at the time, but everything has a price....
He made me a big offer well above its value and that was that.
Big promises of it being kept as it was and basically he talked of wanting to worship it.
2 months after buying it he rang me to ask what coolant was in it so he could use the same still!
It seemed like it had gone to a really good home.....

This was it a few months before I sold it, approx 6-7 years ago.





Fast forward to last month, and a mate who is still into Cav Turbos saw it by chance sitting outside in a yard.





The owner I originally bought it off always said he wanted first refusal on it if I sold it, so I rang him before I sold it but he wasn't in a position to buy it.
Now he is and still wanted it back, so they went to find the current owner (still the same one that I sold it to).
Yes, he would sell it, but wanted £4k for it as it sits!
Ask he desperately wanted it back and was happy to pay that for it he had a good look round it and found:

All 4 arches are rotten
Boot floor rotten
Sills rotten
4 doors rotten
Rear chassis rails rotted through
Headlining ripped and sagging
Floor pan rotten on all foot wells
Leather gone tight and ripped
Gearbox knackered
4x4 transfer box seals gone

Basically, its now worth scrap, yet he still wants £4k for it

i'd be absolutely gutted to be honest. I have a feeling that if I ever find the car i'm looking for it'll be in a similar condition!!

[deltashad]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2013...

Browsing the second hand car adds I just found my old jeep.
I loved that car!! Didn't keep any decent photos now have 18 new ones I am very happy.....

[Hullahoop777]

Hello All,
This is my first post and I am hoping to find some information on my first car which I found in a barn, I hunted all over at 17 for a car I coud afford and restored it with my dad, little by little when I saved a bit more money.

He is an Austin A35, 1957, black with cherry red interior, cream wheels and grill, reg 827 LMX. His name was Tommy.

I never have got over selling him, but I was expecting my first child and felt he was too small, I didn't have the money to keep him and buy another at the time.

Here's hoping you can help, as this car was very special to me and my dad, I still remember my boiler suit with my hair pulled up like a pineapple on my head, my brothers were never into cars.. Lucky for me.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

[Alx323]

The enquiry is complete.
The vehicle details for 827 LMX are:
Date of Liability 01 11 2013
Date of First Registration 01 06 1957
Year of Manufacture 1957
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1098cc
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status SORN Not Due
Vehicle Colour BLACK
Vehicle Type Approval Not Available

SORN in someones garage somewhere, so it's still alive!

[e46acs]

I would love to have my R5 GT Turbo Raider back. I know it was still in/around Epsom a couple of years ago as it was spotted by a mate.

Date of Liability 01 03 2014
Date of First Registration 21 02 1990
Year of Manufacture 1990
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1397cc
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status SORN Not Due
Vehicle Colour BLUE
Vehicle Type Approval Not Available

Nice to see its still going though.

[Alx323]

Googled the registration of the A35 and this was the first result http://www.motorbase.com/uploads/2007/11/27/fs_827...

[Hullahoop777]

Oh thank you!! It certainly was a solid car so I was hoping he was still around somewhere, hopefully being loved.

Let's hope I finally get to see him one day. Although reading the stories on here I sure hope they looked after him.

Thank you again.

[Hullahoop777]

Thank you for that photo, I did not see that, I am now blubbering, wheels and grill are wrong but looks like the interior is the same.

That's my boy and the first love of my life.