Help tracking down my dads old car
Help tracking down my dads old car
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Biglips

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175 months

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I found an old photo of my late Dads car.

How best to see what happened to this? Anyone have any leads? It would be a great sentimental journey for me. Thanks in advance for any pointers

DickyC

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218 months

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The chassis number is LML/50/204.

This information is in the AMOC Register of Cars. The entry is in brackets which means, if I remember correctly, that it is either scrapped or the car is 'known to the club' ie the owner isn't a member.

The registration doesn't appear on the DVLA website which means it could be scrapped, it could be SORN or it could have a new number. I'll keep digging.

Biglips

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DickyC said:
The chassis number is LML/50/204.

This information is in the AMOC Register of Cars. The entry is in brackets which means, if I remember correctly, that it is either scrapped or the car is 'known to the club' ie the owner isn't a member.

The registration doesn't appear on the DVLA website which means it could be scrapped, it could be SORN or it could have a new number. I'll keep digging.
Amazing! Thank you

DickyC

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297 EBF is on an un-taxed, un-MoT'd 1979 BMW.

My Aston info is from 2000 and I'm no longer an AMOC member. A current member with a current Register of Cars may be along to help.

beer

Good luck!

Biglips

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Thank you so much!

SpeedRoo

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Currently taxed and registered in the UK as 175UXM. Google the chassis number and you will find a lot more information on the owner and its whereabouts.


Biglips

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SpeedRoo said:
Currently taxed and registered in the UK as 175UXM. Google the chassis number and you will find a lot more information on the owner and its whereabouts.

Wow great picture. So happy to see it is still in regular use. He sold it before I was born but always talked about it fondly.

Whilst my father didn t race, he used to hang around with a few motorsport folk of that era including Richard Atwood and John Rhodes.

Googling the chassis number is indeed interesting. I don’t realise it was a lightweight special and has quite a race history!

Edited by Biglips on Wednesday 10th December 20:08

Simpo Two

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Brilliant news.

Time now to get a suitcase full of cash and find the owner biggrin

DickyC

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Biglips said:
Wow great picture. So happy to see it is still in regular use. He sold it before I was born but always talked about it fondly.

Whilst my father didn t race, he used to hang around with a few motorsport folk of that era including Richard Atwood and John Rhodes.

Googling the chassis number is indeed interesting. I don t realise it was a lightweight special and has quite a race history!
The VMF 65 grille colour is interesting. A homage, I wonder?

Simpo Two

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And it's a different grille - the original had many more bars.

Maybe you can find the other car too smile

EVR

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80 months

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Fascinating topic. Coincidentally, I just found out today that my grandad, that I have never met as he died before I was born, had a Cisitalia 202 when he was young. What a car to have now!

Hope you can at least see your dad's car in real life one day!

Biglips

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Simpo Two said:
Brilliant news.

Time now to get a suitcase full of cash and find the owner biggrin
I wish!

Biglips

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EVR said:
Fascinating topic. Coincidentally, I just found out today that my grandad, that I have never met as he died before I was born, had a Cisitalia 202 when he was young. What a car to have now!

Hope you can at least see your dad's car in real life one day!
I had to google that. What a beautiful car.