D939UMR Capri 2.8iS
Discussion
fox50 said:
Have tried all the FB groups,Classic & Sportscar and here,still in contact with several Capri owners who have asked around,have run out of ideas,but thankyou for your input sir,its appreciated.
DONT give up !! It took me 38 long years to track down my Late Dads 70 Hemi Challenger…… 
From what I can see on line, the last keeper change was 09/06/1994 so the same year that you sold it. Can you remember the person you sold the car to or the dealer you dealt it in to? Was it someone local to where you lived at the time?
If it was sold locally, there’s every chance it’s still local-ish as cars didn’t seem to get sold as much out of local areas as they do nowadays so if it was my old car, I would visit established MOT garages within 10-20 miles maybe of where you sold it from armed with a good printed photo of the car (not just on your phone etc) and ask if they’ve seen it. Someone may recognise the car and it’s good order makes it stick in their mind and might agree to pass your details on to the current owner. Well worth a try
If it was sold locally, there’s every chance it’s still local-ish as cars didn’t seem to get sold as much out of local areas as they do nowadays so if it was my old car, I would visit established MOT garages within 10-20 miles maybe of where you sold it from armed with a good printed photo of the car (not just on your phone etc) and ask if they’ve seen it. Someone may recognise the car and it’s good order makes it stick in their mind and might agree to pass your details on to the current owner. Well worth a try
Tinky said:
From what I can see on line, the last keeper change was 09/06/1994 so the same year that you sold it. Can you remember the person you sold the car to or the dealer you dealt it in to? Was it someone local to where you lived at the time?
If it was sold locally, there’s every chance it’s still local-ish as cars didn’t seem to get sold as much out of local areas as they do nowadays so if it was my old car, I would visit established MOT garages within 10-20 miles maybe of where you sold it from armed with a good printed photo of the car (not just on your phone etc) and ask if they’ve seen it. Someone may recognise the car and it’s good order makes it stick in their mind and might agree to pass your details on to the current owner. Well worth a try
Good god not this crap again If it was sold locally, there’s every chance it’s still local-ish as cars didn’t seem to get sold as much out of local areas as they do nowadays so if it was my old car, I would visit established MOT garages within 10-20 miles maybe of where you sold it from armed with a good printed photo of the car (not just on your phone etc) and ask if they’ve seen it. Someone may recognise the car and it’s good order makes it stick in their mind and might agree to pass your details on to the current owner. Well worth a try
It's about as pointless as those still suggesting the use of the DVLA V888 forms, etc when this comes up on other threads and when people say they want to track down a car because they think the owner will sell their reg plate to them 
- GDPR (and associated changes) ended this a few years ago.AlexRS2782 said:
Good god not this crap again It's about as pointless as those still suggesting the use of the DVLA V888 forms, etc when this comes up on other threads and when people say they want to track down a car because they think the owner will sell their reg plate to them - GDPR (and associated changes) ended this a few years ago.
I was the EU that the good old DVLA bent over to. But we aren’t in the EU any more, so why the f don’t DVLA reverse this lunacy and start taking all of those £ fivers from V888 forms ?? It's about as pointless as those still suggesting the use of the DVLA V888 forms, etc when this comes up on other threads and when people say they want to track down a car because they think the owner will sell their reg plate to them - GDPR (and associated changes) ended this a few years ago.V888 - Reasons for DVLA supplying someone else's personal data without that persons permission;
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AlexRS2782 said:
Good god not this crap again It's about as pointless as those still suggesting the use of the DVLA V888 forms, etc when this comes up on other threads and when people say they want to track down a car because they think the owner will sell their reg plate to them - GDPR (and associated changes) ended this a few years ago.
Down trod this all you like, worked for me not that very long ago. It's about as pointless as those still suggesting the use of the DVLA V888 forms, etc when this comes up on other threads and when people say they want to track down a car because they think the owner will sell their reg plate to them - GDPR (and associated changes) ended this a few years ago.OP, I’m not sure where you live but there are still quite a few very active local area Capri and Classic Ford clubs that might be able to help too.
Edited by Tinky on Sunday 17th March 10:07
D reg would be one of the last.
I’m not a Capri nerd, (although I know to identify an early shell from a late one via the tow hook) but I’m assuming the Capri body shells were assembled and stored in a different location to the Escorts , Orion’s and Fiestas of 1986 that rusted prematurely.
I’m not a Capri nerd, (although I know to identify an early shell from a late one via the tow hook) but I’m assuming the Capri body shells were assembled and stored in a different location to the Escorts , Orion’s and Fiestas of 1986 that rusted prematurely.
Edited by Hol on Monday 18th March 07:38
SS427 Camaro said:
fox50 said:
Have tried all the FB groups,Classic & Sportscar and here,still in contact with several Capri owners who have asked around,have run out of ideas,but thankyou for your input sir,its appreciated.
DONT give up !! It took me 38 long years to track down my Late Dads 70 Hemi Challenger…… That looks like him coming out of the door.
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