Have done it again

[Hendrik Moulds]

Well not me exactly, but a good friend of mine has bought a 912 I found not far from me. I would have bought it myself, but I think I've enough cars for now!





Body looks OK in the photos, but unfortunately the car does have some issues although underneath is really solid.

Car came with a spare engine and gearbox as well as loads of parts and a couple of Harry Pellow's books.





The guy selling it had owned it for over twenty years as well as owning a 356 cab in the 60's and had loads of old toys of various cars.

[Helen]

that looks a real sweetie, what a find.

hope it turns out to be as sound as it looks & i hope your friend will join DDK ad tell us all about it's recovery to full road worthyness

[Hendrik Moulds]

I will certainly keep you posted on the progress.
Will try and get him to join DDK, I think he may need your help!

[Jez 356]

Is that number plate correct ?

Would the old Y reg be about 1980 ? I did not know they did 912's that late ?!?!?!?!

[swapped]

Is that number plate correct ?

Would the old Y reg be about 1980 ? I did not know they did 912's that late ?!?!?!?!

It will reflect the years the car was first registered in the UK - rather than first registered.

You can get it changed to better match the year of manufactur:

[Jez 356]

I see...

However I thought that you could not get a plate that made the car seem younger than it is and only age related plates would be given out ??

All the best

[swapped]

That's right, but when cars are imported, they seem often to be awarded a plate that's correct for that day, not their age - so you can re-apply for a plate with a more appropriate year and supply evidence to that effect.

You aren't making the car look younger than it is - though in fact, I think my car should have a K-plate, not an L With pre-72, what they did in my case is apparently to make it as young as they could to get it tax-exempt, without having to pin-down the exact age.

There is a limit too, to how far back they can go, because of the limited number of plates available, change of issue methods etc, so that a friend with a 1956 car was awarded an 'L', too.

[Jez 356]

Cheers for that swapped

Have a good weekend