How about a 'period' classics pictures thread
Discussion
RichB said:
TR4man said:
Well the car by your mum is an MGTD but to make the blurred one would require a real anorak. She is standing on the Embankment by Cleopatra's Needle with Hungerford Bridge in the background. And that's extent of my contribution eccles said:
RichB said:
That's not a TD. Looks more like a tourer than a sports, so my guess would be more like a VA.TR4man said:
In the middle distance it looks like a Vauxhall Cresta, and parked at the side of the road I think it could be a Hillman Minx MkVII.I agree with the MG VA. It's too small to be a WA, which was IMHO one of the most handsome cars of the period.
mehere said:
TR4man said:
It's a Riley 9 Gamecock [a model you have to be careful whom you announce to!].. They were only made in 1932.Roy C said:
mehere said:
KF9265 - Gamecock 9 - chassis 6011208 (according to Styles)I didn't think to check at the time, but KF9265 still exists!
DVLA says it's not taxed or MOT'd, but...
KF9265 Vehicle details
Vehicle make: RILEY
Date of first registration: 23 April 1932
Cylinder capacity (cc): 1087cc
Export marker: No
Vehicle colour: BLACK
DVLA says it's not taxed or MOT'd, but...
KF9265 Vehicle details
Vehicle make: RILEY
Date of first registration: 23 April 1932
Cylinder capacity (cc): 1087cc
Export marker: No
Vehicle colour: BLACK
Edited by Roy C on Thursday 19th May 07:13
Roy C said:
I didn't think to check at the time, but KF9265 still exists!
DVLA says it's not taxed or MOT'd, but...
KF9265 Vehicle details
Vehicle make: RILEY
Date of first registration: 23 April 1932
Cylinder capacity (cc): 1087cc
Export marker: No
Vehicle colour: BLACK
It is not a definite - that search used to show the date of liability which indicated the last time there was activity. DVLA says it's not taxed or MOT'd, but...
KF9265 Vehicle details
Vehicle make: RILEY
Date of first registration: 23 April 1932
Cylinder capacity (cc): 1087cc
Export marker: No
Vehicle colour: BLACK
Edited by Roy C on Thursday 19th May 07:13
The only thing for certain is that it shows that someone put the number onto the DVLA system when it was computerised.....and a huge number of old logbooks were V5'd at that time.
A car I know was crushed years ago shows the exact same status.
Roy C said:
I didn't think to check at the time, but KF9265 still exists!
DVLA says it's not taxed or MOT'd, but...
KF9265 Vehicle details
Vehicle make: RILEY
Date of first registration: 23 April 1932
Cylinder capacity (cc): 1087cc
Export marker: No
Vehicle colour: BLACK
That's interesting. It seems to have a rather puny engine though.DVLA says it's not taxed or MOT'd, but...
KF9265 Vehicle details
Vehicle make: RILEY
Date of first registration: 23 April 1932
Cylinder capacity (cc): 1087cc
Export marker: No
Vehicle colour: BLACK
Edited by Roy C on Thursday 19th May 07:13
Willhire89 said:
...The only thing for certain is that it shows that someone put the number onto the DVLA system when it was computerised.....and a huge number of old logbooks were V5'd at that time.
And that's a real pisser because the cardboard logbooks were destroyed. I am stuggling to find history relating to my car but apart from one buff logbook showing history from about '58 to '72 there's nothing. I wrote to DVLA but the more recent logbooks have been disposed of. Willhire89 said:
The only thing for certain is that it shows that someone put the number onto the DVLA system when it was computerised.
The only thing for certain is that the DVLA has a lot of data. Much of it was input fairly randomly, transposed from handwritten entries many decades ago. And a lot of the handwritten data wasn't accurate...TR4man said:
It seems to have a rather puny engine though.
Riley 9 twin-cam, as used in the Riley Brooklands. A very successful small race engine in its day (late 1920s / earyl 1930s).Edited by Roy C on Thursday 19th May 20:10
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