Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars (Quest)
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Had to keep FFing tonight to avoid the constant "which was better" droning. Other than that, hope they sorted the shell before painting, assume so but no mention. It wasn't rust free.
Liked the green but agree with above comments Miami Blue is better. And of course the wheels were no longer original. Interesting to hear about getting an insurance catagory reduced. But stolen recovered, engine and gearbox usually ragged to death or car stripped of wheels, interior, mechanicals. Wonder what Mr Dyte bought back from the insurance company.
Re the Interceptor: There was a bonny looking one sold at internet auction last night for £26K.
Liked the green but agree with above comments Miami Blue is better. And of course the wheels were no longer original. Interesting to hear about getting an insurance catagory reduced. But stolen recovered, engine and gearbox usually ragged to death or car stripped of wheels, interior, mechanicals. Wonder what Mr Dyte bought back from the insurance company.
Re the Interceptor: There was a bonny looking one sold at internet auction last night for £26K.
Skyedriver said:
Interesting to hear about getting an insurance catagory reduced. But stolen recovered, engine and gearbox usually ragged to death or car stripped of wheels, interior, mechanicals. Wonder what Mr Dyte bought back from the insurance company.
My old housemate had his 205 (XS) broken into on our drive a few years before the GTi was said to have been nicked. Easiest way in was to peel back the upper part of the doors, typical French flimsy metal.I noted the doors appeared a slightly different shade of white, I guess the insurance would have quoted 2 brand new doors, painted and fitted whereas you could probably have got a pair from the scrappy for less than £50 back then.
Back in 2003 I won a pair of doors for my mk1 Golf GTi for £5 on eBay.
I quite like them in white, but Sorrento green is pretty cool and a lot rarer. I liked it!
I can't believe it was a Cat C for being stolen recovered & only having the door locks smashed. I thought Cat C meant it has been smashed up?
Maybe it was me, but the number plates looked strange, maybe it's because we're used to seeing post 2001 font most of the time?
I can't believe it was a Cat C for being stolen recovered & only having the door locks smashed. I thought Cat C meant it has been smashed up?
Maybe it was me, but the number plates looked strange, maybe it's because we're used to seeing post 2001 font most of the time?
As others have said quite like the green but not sure it gained anything over the classic white which would have kept it more original, also means its now got "non original" stitched door cards and carpet, and what was the big hole cut into the new carpet visible on the side of the tunnel?
As usual Mr originality always seems to ruin each car with one change that he thinks will make it stand out but in my eyes only 1% of buyers would prefer, in this case its the wheels.
Goes on about the classic 1.9 wheels then spoils them with some chavvy non-original paintjob that I've never seen before, I know its only another excuse to show a process and easily fixed for the next owner.
Also is there much point in having it "partially" removed from the register, if it shows up as condition inspected surely thats a sign its been previously written off and you've tried to remove it, people may assume its had serious damage so you'd have to explain it was only stolen/recovered with minor damage anyway, also if the owner at the time fitted new doors why did it still have the screwdriver hole next to the lock?
As usual Mr originality always seems to ruin each car with one change that he thinks will make it stand out but in my eyes only 1% of buyers would prefer, in this case its the wheels.
Goes on about the classic 1.9 wheels then spoils them with some chavvy non-original paintjob that I've never seen before, I know its only another excuse to show a process and easily fixed for the next owner.
Also is there much point in having it "partially" removed from the register, if it shows up as condition inspected surely thats a sign its been previously written off and you've tried to remove it, people may assume its had serious damage so you'd have to explain it was only stolen/recovered with minor damage anyway, also if the owner at the time fitted new doors why did it still have the screwdriver hole next to the lock?
tinhead said:
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Also is there much point in having it "partially" removed from the register, if it shows up as condition inspected surely thats a sign its been previously written off and you've tried to remove it, people may assume its had serious damage so you'd have to explain it was only stolen/recovered with minor damage anyway, also if the owner at the time fitted new doors why did it still have the screwdriver hole next to the lock?
I suspect Droopy had it done to prove its originality Also is there much point in having it "partially" removed from the register, if it shows up as condition inspected surely thats a sign its been previously written off and you've tried to remove it, people may assume its had serious damage so you'd have to explain it was only stolen/recovered with minor damage anyway, also if the owner at the time fitted new doors why did it still have the screwdriver hole next to the lock?
Smollet said:
I found another reason to dislike odious little turd. He pronounces the letter aitch with an aitch at the start. Drives me mad when I hear it
Another thing that made my frown, for such a supposed 'enthusiast,' on a previous series, I think the TR4, he said 'Zagota' instead of 'Zagato.' 
sixor8 said:
Smollet said:
I found another reason to dislike odious little turd. He pronounces the letter aitch with an aitch at the start. Drives me mad when I hear it
Another thing that made my frown, for such a supposed 'enthusiast,' on a previous series, I think the TR4, he said 'Zagota' instead of 'Zagato.' wpa1975 said:
They should have restored it to original, would have been better for its value in the future.
But that value was always going to be compromised by the written-off marker, despite removing some of the stigma with the new by inspection category, its not like its back to 'normal'...so changing its colour etc isn't harming it that much. They just should have done it properly though.wpa1975 said:
...I wonder how he got the original registration back...
Re: the Jensen Interceptor.It would be hell of a coincidence if it was on the market exactly when required, so my guess would be that it came from the DVLA.
Pre DVLA/computerisation, if a cherished registration was transferred, the original number was not necessarily reassigned.
Often, they weren't even given an "age-related" registration. For example, there used to be a lot of pre-1963 cars with "A" suffix plates. I recently watched an episode of Find It, Fix It, Flog It that featured a WWII military Harley Davidson on a "T" suffix, whereas nowadays it would be either an age-related mark or a "Q".
If the car had been given a cherished number back in the '70s, and if the original reg. was not re-allocated, and since they had evidence of the car's original reg, is it possible that DVLA just reissued it?
gareth_r said:
Re: the Jensen Interceptor.
It would be hell of a coincidence if it was on the market exactly when required, so my guess would be that it came from the DVLA.
Pre DVLA/computerisation, if a cherished registration was transferred, the original number was not necessarily reassigned.
Often, they weren't even given an "age-related" registration. For example, there used to be a lot of pre-1963 cars with "A" suffix plates. I recently watched an episode of Find It, Fix It, Flog It that featured a WWII military Harley Davidson on a "T" suffix, whereas nowadays it would be either an age-related mark or a "Q".
If the car had been given a cherished number back in the '70s, and if the original reg. was not re-allocated, and since they had evidence of the car's original reg, is it possible that DVLA just reissued it?
Correct - Paul stated on Twitter:It would be hell of a coincidence if it was on the market exactly when required, so my guess would be that it came from the DVLA.
Pre DVLA/computerisation, if a cherished registration was transferred, the original number was not necessarily reassigned.
Often, they weren't even given an "age-related" registration. For example, there used to be a lot of pre-1963 cars with "A" suffix plates. I recently watched an episode of Find It, Fix It, Flog It that featured a WWII military Harley Davidson on a "T" suffix, whereas nowadays it would be either an age-related mark or a "Q".
If the car had been given a cherished number back in the '70s, and if the original reg. was not re-allocated, and since they had evidence of the car's original reg, is it possible that DVLA just reissued it?
Lots of questions on the plate. Amazingly, it had just gone back into the system after a plate swap, years ago. Used to happen like that. After presenting the evidence to DVLA of the car's original provenance, they simply GAVE it back. I kid you not!
aeropilot said:
LARK F1 GTR said:
One thing I noticed on the 205 GTi, just how skinny the width of the tyres were! I know they're 15 inch wheels, but they seemed to be on 135 profile tyres.
OEM tyre size was 185x55x15.Dashnine said:
gareth_r said:
Re: the Jensen Interceptor.
It would be hell of a coincidence if it was on the market exactly when required, so my guess would be that it came from the DVLA.
Pre DVLA/computerisation, if a cherished registration was transferred, the original number was not necessarily reassigned.
Often, they weren't even given an "age-related" registration. For example, there used to be a lot of pre-1963 cars with "A" suffix plates. I recently watched an episode of Find It, Fix It, Flog It that featured a WWII military Harley Davidson on a "T" suffix, whereas nowadays it would be either an age-related mark or a "Q".
If the car had been given a cherished number back in the '70s, and if the original reg. was not re-allocated, and since they had evidence of the car's original reg, is it possible that DVLA just reissued it?
Correct - Paul stated on Twitter:It would be hell of a coincidence if it was on the market exactly when required, so my guess would be that it came from the DVLA.
Pre DVLA/computerisation, if a cherished registration was transferred, the original number was not necessarily reassigned.
Often, they weren't even given an "age-related" registration. For example, there used to be a lot of pre-1963 cars with "A" suffix plates. I recently watched an episode of Find It, Fix It, Flog It that featured a WWII military Harley Davidson on a "T" suffix, whereas nowadays it would be either an age-related mark or a "Q".
If the car had been given a cherished number back in the '70s, and if the original reg. was not re-allocated, and since they had evidence of the car's original reg, is it possible that DVLA just reissued it?
Lots of questions on the plate. Amazingly, it had just gone back into the system after a plate swap, years ago. Used to happen like that. After presenting the evidence to DVLA of the car's original provenance, they simply GAVE it back. I kid you not!
wpa1975 said:
Dashnine said:
gareth_r said:
Re: the Jensen Interceptor.
It would be hell of a coincidence if it was on the market exactly when required, so my guess would be that it came from the DVLA.
Pre DVLA/computerisation, if a cherished registration was transferred, the original number was not necessarily reassigned.
Often, they weren't even given an "age-related" registration. For example, there used to be a lot of pre-1963 cars with "A" suffix plates. I recently watched an episode of Find It, Fix It, Flog It that featured a WWII military Harley Davidson on a "T" suffix, whereas nowadays it would be either an age-related mark or a "Q".
If the car had been given a cherished number back in the '70s, and if the original reg. was not re-allocated, and since they had evidence of the car's original reg, is it possible that DVLA just reissued it?
Correct - Paul stated on Twitter:It would be hell of a coincidence if it was on the market exactly when required, so my guess would be that it came from the DVLA.
Pre DVLA/computerisation, if a cherished registration was transferred, the original number was not necessarily reassigned.
Often, they weren't even given an "age-related" registration. For example, there used to be a lot of pre-1963 cars with "A" suffix plates. I recently watched an episode of Find It, Fix It, Flog It that featured a WWII military Harley Davidson on a "T" suffix, whereas nowadays it would be either an age-related mark or a "Q".
If the car had been given a cherished number back in the '70s, and if the original reg. was not re-allocated, and since they had evidence of the car's original reg, is it possible that DVLA just reissued it?
Lots of questions on the plate. Amazingly, it had just gone back into the system after a plate swap, years ago. Used to happen like that. After presenting the evidence to DVLA of the car's original provenance, they simply GAVE it back. I kid you not!
He mentioned a Volvo P1800 that never made it into a programme as it was too far gone once they got it back, saying (to the effect of) one disaster car was enough.
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