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Have done it again
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:03 am
by 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.
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:15 am
by 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
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:55 am
by 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!
numberplate
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 12:05 pm
by 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 ?!?!?!?!
Re: numberplate
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 12:10 pm
by swapped
Jez 356 wrote: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:
Ah !
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:18 am
by 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
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:58 am
by 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.
cheers
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:38 pm
by Jez 356
Cheers for that swapped
Have a good weekend