Buying Your Old Cars Back

[aaron_2000]

Anyone that's seen my ST170 thread will know I have a thing for finding old cars from the family, I recently found out the old family Alhambra went to the yard last year, and only today I've found and agreed to buy back my dad's Leon 225 after being told it was scrapped (had some crap mods, but looks pretty mint/well done), I've started helping quite a few people on Facebook find their old cars too, just wondering whether anyone here has ever bought back any of their old cars from in their family? I'll show mine before and after below:

My dad's Leon back in 2005


Now...



My ST170 in 2015 up for £200 for Spares/Repairs


Now

[Hackney]

Don't havve photo's but I'd love to buy back my 1979 VW Golf N (for nothing) that I bought for £700 in 1989 and sold for scrap 3 or 4 years later.
About 6 months after selling it for scrap National Breakdown contacted me to review the service - clearly the car hadn't been scrapped.

So, if anyone sees Golf DVO832T, Mandarin Orange, do let me know.

[aaron_2000]

Hackney said:

Don't havve photo's but I'd love to buy back my 1979 VW Golf N (for nothing) that I bought for £700 in 1989 and sold for scrap 3 or 4 years later.
About 6 months after selling it for scrap National Breakdown contacted me to review the service - clearly the car hadn't been scrapped.

So, if anyone sees Golf DVO832T, Mandarin Orange, do let me know.

It was repainted blue and scrapped in 1999

[ashleyman]

My first car was a Mitsubishi Colt. W847 NGU.

Absolutely loved that car. Ended up scrapping it because the fuel pump was broken.

Only found out it was still around because of the MOT checker website. I’d love to buy it back!

Edited by ashleyman on Sunday 3rd June 23:40

[MP-Racing]

I would love to find my old Vectra Supertouring R638 USP and my old Integra Type R T292 BTH

[CornedBeef]

I'd love to see my old 330Ci Clubsport - RN02UUL. Written off in my ownership by an old dear in a Peugeot, later put back on the road by someone else!

[Gary29]

aaron_2000 said:

It was repainted blue and scrapped in 1999

Could've broke it to him gently

[PixelpeepS3]

I started a similar thread a while ago 'looking up your old cars on autotrader/ebay'

i'd love to get my old 205 1.9 GTi in white with the full sliding glass roof back

[Munter]

I still see my old car. As a taxi around town. I've yet to get a ride in it though. Last MOT it had 208,000 miles on it. I thought it was probably a gonner at 100,000 as the clouds of smoke on startup suggested some very expensive issues.

[thebigmacmoomin]

MP-Racing said:

I would love to find my old Vectra Supertouring R638 USP and my old Integra Type R T292 BTH

Vectra - MOT expired 21 June 2008
Integra - MOT expired 30 August 2012

Sadly not looking good.

[RB Will]

I bought back my first car from the mate I sold it to. had to let it go again after about a year as it was very surplus to requirements and cost to much just to keep for sentimental reasons.


Wouldn't mind knowing where my old BMW has gotten to. I used to see it about and last I heard guy was going to put a cossie lump in it but I haven't seen it in years now reg was G523XPL

[PixelpeepS3]

thebigmacmoomin said:

MP-Racing said:

I would love to find my old Vectra Supertouring R638 USP and my old Integra Type R T292 BTH

Vectra - MOT expired 21 June 2008
Integra - MOT expired 30 August 2012

Sadly not looking good.

Just looked up my old 205..

Untaxed
Tax due:
01 March 2000

MOT
No details held by DVLA

Vehicle details
Vehicle make: PEUGEOT
Date of first registration: November 1988
Year of manufacture: 1988
Cylinder capacity (cc): 1905 cc
CO₂Emissions: Not available
Fuel type: PETROL
Export marker: No
Vehicle status: Not taxed
Vehicle colour: WHITE
Vehicle type approval: Not available
Wheelplan: 2-AXLE-RIGID BODY
Revenue weight: Not available

[anonymous-user]

I sold my MX5 / Eunos to a chap on here, had a Accord Type R if I remember.

Black, K686 OFM / K686OFM, Japanese import, looks to be SORN, last MOT was green too.

Would love to buy it back so if anyone knows of it or sees it, let me know

[DonaldTrump]

Would give my right arm to have this back. Genuine factory RS2000 X-Pack, TYD800W.

[Dannbodge]

I bought my dad's old Vauxhall Omega (2.5 V6) last year (he sold it to my uncle, so I had first refusal anyway)
I only wanted it for the number plate, so sold it on to a mate who crashed it off roading.

[So]

Not my car, but I'd be interested in tracing and potentially buying a car I remember from my youth.

It was / is a 1978 Porsche 911SC that had been made into a wide body. It was green and on the plate CKN 894Y.

I spoke to DVLA about it a few years ago and they reluctantly told me it was still on the road, now red and on a different plate.

[anonymous-user]

Thread already running here.


https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...


Good to see you have retrieved your dads cupra R Aaron, shame about all the smoked lense crap and fake tow strap.

[Dedders]

I’d love to get my old Focus RS back it was for sale a couple of years ago and I’ve always regretted not buying it back then. The registration was RV03 UTX

[Sheetmaself]

Still to this day i dont know why i sold this! Well to be fair i do, i loved it that much i was using it as my daily driver and it stopped feeling special because of this. Within 1 week though i missed it so bought the 1.6 ltr version which i detested so sold it a few months later.







Bonehead bonehead bonehead

Would be it back in a heartbeat.

[MARLBOROLITES]

I have a recurring dream of me discovering my Mk1 Golf Gti hidden in a bramble covered garage at the bottom of my Nan's garden - HYE 414W. Bought as a spotty 17 year old...named driver on me mum's policy! I'd take her back in a shot....car that is not mum!!