Red 420 SEAC Reg E754 FLL ???

[ElvisWedgely]

Does anyone know where this car is now? Red, 420SEAC Reg. E754 FLL. It was owned by my brother in law when the car was a year old. Purchased from a lady who had had it from new. After about four years of ownership we part exchanged it for a Ferrari 348 spyder at Maranellows, Egham. They had it last, but I believe they sold it on immediately to a TVR agent. I would like to trace this car if I can, assuming it's still on the road. I found some photos of it in the loft, which has brought back some memories. Though I didn't own it, I was there when we bought it and when we sold it. Also I worked on it a lot as my brother in law's mechanical knowledge was very limited. Having driven it on several occasions, as I used to maintain it for him. It was my first introduction to Wedgedom. It would be interesting to know it's whereabouts. Thanks in advance to anyone who may be able to help.

Tony.TCB.

Edited by ElvisWedgely on Wednesday 26th March 16:59

[earlybay]

its showing as SORN on DVLA but its not currently insured, not sure if that means its still around though, hope it is ...

[ElvisWedgely]

earlybay said:

its showing as SORN on DVLA but its not currently insured, not sure if that means its still around though, hope it is ...

If its showing SORN, then, by law it doesn't have to be insured. Maybe someone is storing it?

Tony.TCB.

[earlybay]

yep true ...

the only thing ive noticed is that since they made SORN indefinite, a lot of old cars just say 'SORN in place' whereas before they used to show the date the last tax expired which gave a good indication of whether they were still around or not ...

Lets hope ...

[pjac67]

Its not even listed on the SEAC pages ?

Red ones are common though - must be at least 4 420's...

[JumboBeef]

ElvisWedgely said:

earlybay said:

its showing as SORN on DVLA but its not currently insured, not sure if that means its still around though, hope it is ...

If its showing SORN, then, by law it doesn't have to be insured. Maybe someone is storing it?

Tony.TCB.

A friend at work has used the rear end of a MK1 Cortina to make a sofa. A bit like this:



complete with number plate. And yes it is SORNed.....

[ElvisWedgely]

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:AN...

Lets hope he hasn't done this to it, and that's why it's on sorn.

Tony.TCB

[cuneus]

Tony - be great if you could post the pictures

[ElvisWedgely]

cuneus said:

Tony - be great if you could post the pictures

I have lots of pictures of this car in my loft somewhere, but when I was up there , so far I've only found three, and they are with the SEAC in the background. I am going to have another search around in the loft this week end and see if I can find some close up pictures. I remember taking loads of photos at the time, but it was a long time ago. I will post the photos if I can find any worth posting, visibility wise.

Tony.TCB.

[adam quantrill]

Yeah we all want to see your 80's mullet!!!

So I missed something somewhere - when did SORN become indefinite?

[earlybay]

adam quantrill said:

Yeah we all want to see your 80's mullet!!!

So I missed something somewhere - when did SORN become indefinite?

it changed in about November last year - no more annual renewal if you have it SORN'ed...

[ElvisWedgely]

adam quantrill said:

Yeah we all want to see your 80's mullet!!!

Adam, have you been smoking those Woodbines again?

Tony.TCB.

[ElvisWedgely]

So nobody has a clue where the red SEAC might be now? I am still going through all my old photos trying to find a few good pictures of the red SEAC so as I can post them. So far I've only found three, but they are not very good ones. while looking through the photos I found this photo of the second Ferrari my brother in law purchased after the SEAC. Or? is it a heavily modified Wedge? Those were the days!

Tony. TCB.

[PHJayV8]

Talking of Ferraris you don't see one of these every day?

This was the South Wales Pistonheads Breakfast Club last weekend

Porsches, Ferraris, AMG's, a McLaren, but this was by a mile the star of the show

Nice wedge in the background too