Where is it now?

[V8mate]

Have you ever wondered where a car you used to own is now? Maybe you'd like to buy it back?

With so many members covering every corner of the country, there must a good chance of someone knowing someone who might know where a car you owned many years ago is currently residing.


I'll kick off.

c.1986, I owned a 1971 Mercury Comet. 302 cu.in. V8. It may have been a GT model; not sure. Reg plate: ELE 9J
The car was white with blue stripes. Big slot mag rear wheels; standard fronts.

I removed the two-barrel carb and inlet manifold replaced them with a polished Weiand Hi-Ram intake manifold and two 4-barrel 650cfm Holleys. (The bonnet had to be suitably 'altered' )

I sold it after it it killed its third gearbox. To a couple from Surrey, IIRC.

Would love to know if it's still out there... might even fancy it back



Anyone else fancy tracing a 'lost treasure'?

[leeeeshad]

Its not currently insured

[DrainTheSpuds]

leeeeshad said:

Its not currently insured

...and appears to have been unlicensed since May '87.

[joncon]

had a tvr 400se wedge, loved the drive, and comfort, took 2 years to like the looks.lol.
sold it back to original owner ( via dealer ) in scotland 1998.
reg no a4 ose.
anyone shine some light on her ?

[Lost soul]

I had a 430SE Wedge reg was J7 TVR

I wonder where she is now or even if she is

[V8mate]

DrainTheSpuds said:

leeeeshad said:

Its not currently insured

...and appears to have been unlicensed since May '87.

The couple who bought the car did say they intended to use it for a drag car. Sounds like it never went back on the road

[rex]

My old 4.0 Chimaera which I sold 5 years ago turned up 1/2 mile down a road. wheels now black and sounds louder than I remember it.

[ZOLLAR]

I'm a bit young to be searching for my old car's (and all the car's i've owned my self i've sold to family memebers so i know where they are) but my parents had a Montego as a family run around in 1993 ish Reg was distinctive and easy to Remember C123 JWN its not showing as insured but would love to know what happened to it (probably scrapped! lol).

Edited by ZOLLAR on Sunday 31st January 14:36

[DrainTheSpuds]

Lost soul said:

I had a 430SE Wedge reg was J7 TVR

I wonder where she is now or even if she is

It's not looking good; that plate is now on a 320d M-Sport Estate.

[joncon]

how do you check if its insured ?

[DrainTheSpuds]

joncon said:

how do you check if its insured ?

Here

[Lost soul]

DrainTheSpuds said:

Lost soul said:

I had a 430SE Wedge reg was J7 TVR

I wonder where she is now or even if she is

It's not looking good; that plate is now on a 320d M-Sport Estate.

she was apparently a motor show car , and yes its not looking good it would be strange to seperate the car from that plate

[Gurbinder]

RE51GZO 330ci Sport Imola Red, traded it in for the CSL at Taplow BMW in 03 only had 7000miles on the clock. Where is it now as we still miss it.

[Lost soul]

Gurbinder said:

RE51GZO 330ci Sport Imola Red, traded it in for the CSL at Taplow BMW in 03 only had 7000miles on the clock. Where is it now as we still miss it.

Even after the CSL ?

[thunderbelmont]

PBM8H - Triumph 2.5Pi - Harvest Yellow with full length webasto sunroof.

I wonder where it is now?

I could add TEB723S - Fiesta 1300 Ghia - but it was pretty well dissolved when I sold it to a copper from near Bedford.

J873MFP - Vauxhall Senator 3.0i - in "corporate white" - sold to a man of Kent for restoration.

Everything else I've owned has ended up scrapped after I had my money's-worth out of it!

[Deluded]

I did some searching for a number of my old cars the other night. It's funny how a lot of the cars I looked after and sold in excellent condition haven't been taxed for years and I assume have been scrapped or at least sorned/stripped and the cars which were total sheds are still taxed and on the road.

[Gurbinder]

Lost soul said:

Gurbinder said:

RE51GZO 330ci Sport Imola Red, traded it in for the CSL at Taplow BMW in 03 only had 7000miles on the clock. Where is it now as we still miss it.

Even after the CSL ?

Yeah my mum was more happy driving it then the CSL, it was just such a well looked after car.

[Westy Pre-Lit]

Would be interesting to know what happened to my old MK2 RS2000 XGL 369T.

I suspect it's probably now used as baked bean containers.

Edited by Westy Pre-Lit on Sunday 31st January 18:50

[Price1991]

Just wondering if anyone can help really. I have been trying to track down 2 old cars one being my old fiesta zetec s and the other being my dads old TR7 haven't gotten anywhere with the fiesta but I know my dads old TR7 was on the road a few year back to doing a bit of digging already. The reg for the TR7 is ULM 111R and the Fiesta is EX58 CXT. If anyone can help try and track down the current owners of the cars I'd be extremally grateful.

[Gav147]

Well the tr7 is sorn so assumingly someone has it locked away although it has been for a year or two. The fiesta is showing no tax or mot since last month so probably not so great news