Another lost Oval.Not sure if i posted some of these before:oops:
[IMG]https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/sqeeter/featurexxl.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/sqeeter/featurexxla.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/sqeeter/FEATUREBCD.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/sqeeter/featureoel134.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/sqeeter/featureoel134a.jpg[/IMG]
Posted by: VW Stan - 26 July 2009 13:19:45
According to the dvla, BCD 822B is still registered but last taxed in '86 so might be hidden away sonewhere.
The other two don't show up.
:?
Posted by: 55Kab - 26 July 2009 13:24:32
Well XXL 34 survived up until 1989 as I shot it at VW Action. However, it's not listed on the DLVA website so it doesn't look good.
The tax on BCD 822B expired on 1/2/86 so doesn't look got for that one also. No SORN declared.
OEL 134 has been seen about and was taxed until 1/9/2008 so I'm sure that one is still with us.
Posted by: VW Stan - 26 July 2009 13:54:11
[quote=55Kab]
OEL 134 has been seen about and was taxed until 1/9/2008 so I'm sure that one is still with us.
[/quote]
I miss-read the plate, looked up DEL! :oops:
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 26 July 2009 14:22:06
[quote=VW Stan]
I miss-read the plate, looked up DEL! :oops: [/quote]
OEL is definitely still around, I saw it not too long ago.
Posted by: Sunroof53 - 26 July 2009 15:43:45
Thats good news .OEL looked to be a very nice car.Shame no one has a recent photo.I have some more old scans somewhere of other cars.Not sure what to do with them though .Maybe we need a lost and found sticky?
These pics are apalling but i have a feeling LUS belongs to Chris clarke of peppercorn.Interesting car for me as it is a 53 sunroof.i would be interested in the chassis # of this car to see if it is earlier than my own.
[IMG]https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/sqeeter/Safer%20motoring%20pages/DSC00390.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/sqeeter/Safer%20motoring%20pages/DSC00401.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/sqeeter/Safer%20motoring%20pages/DSC00402.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/sqeeter/Safer%20motoring%20pages/DSC00403.jpg[/IMG]
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 26 July 2009 19:26:32
969AYU (Ghia) got written off years ago. Didn't it belong to the editor of Safer Motoring?
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 26 July 2009 19:29:43
720ADM and GJF777D were no longer registered with the DVLC in 1983, so most likely scrapped. I think Chris Clarke still owns LUS805
Posted by: Sunroof53 - 27 July 2009 03:42:18
[quote=Rich Oakley]969AYU (Ghia) got written off years ago. Didn't it belong to the editor of Safer Motoring?[/quote]
AYU was in safer on many occaisions from when it was owned by one of the VW Directors .I remember the feature when he swapped it for the new Razor edge ghia.It seemed to appear for other accessory related features , which would make sense if it was the editors.Sad that such a featured car was written off.
Does Chris clarke use this forum?
[IMG]https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/sqeeter/Safer%20motoring%20pages/March67ayeghia1280x768.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/sqeeter/Safer%20motoring%20pages/safer62sept1280x768.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/sqeeter/Safer%20motoring%20pages/safer62febuarycover1280x768.jpg[/IMG]
Posted by: 55Kab - 27 July 2009 09:02:28
BTW Mike I had already started a thread on this subject:
https://forums.pre67vw.com/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=16967
Do you want to add your data to that one?
Still working on the British Historic VW's website. This type of stuff will be covered on there too. :wink:
Posted by: Sunroof53 - 27 July 2009 11:05:39
[quote=55Kab]BTW Mike I had already started a thread on this subject:
https://forums.pre67vw.com/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=16967
Do you want to add your data to that one?
Still working on the British Historic VW's website. This type of stuff will be covered on there too. :wink:
[/quote]
Hi Martin,
Yes i can move move it if i knew how .Maybe Rob can help or even make a sticky so it stays at the top.A sort of Graveyard thread or Lost and found?
How is the register going?
Posted by: 55Kab - 27 July 2009 11:53:02
[quote=Sunroof53]Hi Martin,
Yes i can move move it if i knew how .Maybe Rob can help or even make a sticky so it stays at the top.A sort of Graveyard thread or Lost and found?
How is the register going?[/quote]
Good idea. Come on Rob, I think a sticky for photos would be a good idea?
Register is progressing but not as fast as I'd have liked. Hope to make some real progress on it over the next couple of months, watch this space!
I was looking though some old slides at the weekend and found this, recognise it....??? :lol: :lol:
[IMG]https://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee352/UK55Vert/UK%20VW%20Scene%20-%20HISTORY/TFM794MalvernJuly1991.jpg[/IMG]
Posted by: pre67vw - 27 July 2009 14:02:33
[quote=55Kab]
Good idea. Come on Rob, I think a sticky for photos would be a good idea?
[/quote]
Made sticky!
Posted by: Mike Peckham - 27 July 2009 14:08:43
[quote=55Kab]Well XXL 34 survived up until 1989 as I shot it at VW Action. However, it's not listed on the DLVA website so it doesn't look good.
[/quote]
If XXL does survive it might well have a different number plate, I remember this car and it had what you might call a "conflict of identity". It's original number was RLO something, XXL was "borrowed" from another oval which was scrapped in about 1982... :wink:
Mike
Posted by: Sunroof53 - 28 July 2009 08:01:48
[quote=55Kab]
I was looking though some old slides at the weekend and found this, recognise it....??? :lol: :lol:
[IMG]https://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee352/UK55Vert/UK%20VW%20Scene%20-%20HISTORY/TFM794MalvernJuly1991.jpg[/IMG]
[/quote]
:lol: :lol:Mmm looks familiar ,just cant place it though :wink:
Thanks Martin thats a nice photo :d .
Posted by: Sunroof53 - 28 July 2009 08:14:46
A split from a 1962 feature.
[IMG]https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/sqeeter/Safer%20motoring%20pages/safer62Febuaryoldsplit1280x768.jpg[/IMG]
Posted by: VW Stan - 28 July 2009 23:15:16
Still registered but last taxed in 1996...
[ATTACH]3321[/Attach]
Posted by: kdf38 - 29 July 2009 03:28:16
It's got 'Poor-Man's Alloy Wheels.... home-made? I guess.
[quote=VW Stan]Still registered but last taxed in 1996...
[/quote]
Posted by: Sunroof53 - 29 July 2009 08:08:14
[quote=kdf38]It's got 'Poor-Man's Alloy Wheels.... home-made? I guess.
[/quote]
I have seen a few porsche style hub caps but those are definitley unique!
Here is another UK oval .Probanly long gone .Wouldnt it be great if DVLA supplied the address of the vrhicle and not just tax details(I relise it would never happen for obvious reasons).There must be hundreds of cars waiting to be found somwhere.
[IMG]https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/sqeeter/register13-1.jpg[/IMG]
Posted by: 55Kab - 29 July 2009 10:15:34
[quote=Sunroof53]Here is another UK oval .Probanly long gone .Wouldnt it be great if DVLA supplied the address of the vrhicle and not just tax details(I relise it would never happen for obvious reasons).There must be hundreds of cars waiting to be found somwhere[/quote]
Nice one.
Things that dreams are made of Mike. We need a contact on the "inside" at the DVLA (step forward Robin Allen?). But I hear even the Police have to ensure they have supporting data when asking about a car's details.....
Posted by: Sunroof53 - 29 July 2009 10:50:07
[quote=55Kab]
Nice one.
Things that dreams are made of Mike. We need a contact on the "inside" at the DVLA (step forward Robin Allen?). But I hear even the Police have to ensure they have supporting data when asking about a car's details.....
[/quote]
Funny you should say that ,i have tried that route as well with no joy .I think an advert in a national newspaper would yeild more success.Now i am dreaming .I just finished work and need some sleep.
Posted by: Sunroof53 - 30 July 2009 07:56:19
This one i am positive it survives .I am sure i have seen it sometime in the mid 90s.Could be wrong though :?
[IMG]https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/sqeeter/registerNmp-1.jpg[/IMG]
Posted by: GKL 7 - 30 July 2009 08:16:26
[quote=Sunroof53]This one i am positive it survives .I am sure i have seen it sometime in the mid 90s.Could be wrong though :?
[IMG]https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/sqeeter/registerNmp-1.jpg[/IMG][/quote]
I used to own 23 NMP,it's now with Keith Vipond(HVWOC,display manager).
Posted by: Sunroof53 - 30 July 2009 08:51:03
[quote='50 Karmann]
I used to own 23 NMP,it's now with Keith Vipond(HVWOC,display manager).[/quote]
I met Kieth at Stanford this year .He did have a car there but im sure it wasnt this one.I remember him saying a freind drove it as he was suffering a bad leg.A standard i think.Be nice to have a recent picture of this car in what ever condition it may be in.I felt sorry for the guy on that day as he was clearly in pain and recieving a lot of hassle.
Posted by: 54 Gertie - 30 July 2009 09:10:37
[quote=Sunroof53]This one i am positive it survives .I am sure i have seen it sometime in the mid 90s.Could be wrong though :?
[IMG]https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/sqeeter/registerNmp-1.jpg[/IMG][/quote]
A green Zwitter, once owned my Rob Meekings.
I think it is still around, but I didnt think Keith Vipond now owned it?
Posted by: Chris - 30 July 2009 11:37:39
Keith Vipond owns a blue 1955 standard. I should know the reg munber but have forgotten it :oops: It's at all the shows, so should be well known. NMP23 was sold to Keith a number of years ago. I think I've got a couple of pictures of it at home. I'll have a root around tonight. It's currently stripped to it's shell and all the bits are in boxes.
Posted by: GKL 7 - 30 July 2009 12:08:52
[quote=54 Gertie]
A green Zwitter, once owned my Rob Meekings.
I think it is still around, but I didnt think Keith Vipond now owned it? [/quote]
No 23NMP is a 1952 Standard sunroof car,X-German police.
The green zwitter formely owned by Rob Meekings is now back in North Wales.
I used to own that one as well:wink:
Posted by: GKL 7 - 30 July 2009 12:10:16
[quote=Chris] It's currently stripped to it's shell and all the bits are in boxes.[/quote]
[-x The restoration is very nearly complete.
Posted by: RoRoVw - 30 July 2009 19:39:04
Keith Vipond's 1955 Standard is XHA 20 and definately isn't lost. His restoration of 23 NMP is progressing and he sourced several missing parts for it in H O this year.
The Pastel Green zwitter is SSU 687 and at various times has been owned by George, Charles Oldroyd and me. Yes it's currently in North Wales and owned by Gwyn Jones. Once again, not lost. [ATTACH]3335[/Attach] [ATTACH]3336[/Attach]
Posted by: GKL 7 - 30 July 2009 19:52:02
Nice pic of the zwitter RoRo.I shouldn't have sold that car:cry:
Posted by: 55Kab - 30 July 2009 20:06:10
[quote='50 Karmann]Nice pic of the zwitter RoRo.I shouldn't have sold that car:cry: [/quote]
What period did you own it George?
Posted by: GKL 7 - 30 July 2009 20:29:16
I owned it pre restoration.It was as solid as a rock.
Nowadays i don't think it would have been restored,just put back on the road.
Posted by: 55Kab - 31 July 2009 10:23:12
[quote='50 Karmann]I owned it pre restoration.It was as solid as a rock.
Nowadays i don't think it would have been restored,just put back on the road.[/quote]
Think you're right.
Reason I ask is I helped a member of the HVWOC pick up a red oxide primed split shell and some parts from a guy near Grimsby some years ago and I'm sure that car was in his garage so would that have been pre or post your ownership? He also had a sunroof split which needed restoring. Got some pics somewhere, I'll dig 'em out if you'd like to see.
Posted by: GKL 7 - 31 July 2009 18:32:13
The guy who had it after me was from Skegness,which is roughly the same area.
The other car,if it was a '52 sunroof,i purchased that from him post resto.Nice car.
Vintagebug and i went over and brought it back,and we went off to Camberg in it and another Split that Dave had bought from me.Happy Days.
It's in Northern California now.
It all sounds a bit confusing,but it makes sense to me:wink:
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 31 July 2009 23:55:20
[quote='50 Karmann]Nice pic of the zwitter RoRo.I shouldn't have sold that car:cry: [/quote]
One day, you'll find a 'keeper'.
I remember seeing a pic of SSU before it was restored- what a fantastic car!
Posted by: GKL 7 - 01 August 2009 00:05:19
[quote=Rich Oakley]
One day, you'll find a 'keeper'. [/quote]
I just love a change, Rich.
When the cabrio was finished,i found myself thinking, the pleasure was as much in the journey as the destination.
Like the '47, the fun was bringing it over and having a blast.
True,i'll find one, and i'll keep it(maybe Paris).
Posted by: kdf38 - 01 August 2009 02:42:19
Interesting Number Plates on some of those cars.
XXL 34 --- T-Shirt size?
SLB 253 --- Schlumberger Stock price in Danish Kroner
OEL 134 --- VWs need OEL. But OEL cylinder 2 as well...
OBO 113 --- "Would £95 buy the car, Sir?"
[quote=VW Stan]Still registered but last taxed in 1996...
[img]https://forums.pre67vw.com/forum/resource.ashx?a=3321[/img]
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Posted by: JULIANROBINSON - 01 August 2009 21:47:12
[quote=Sunroof53]Another lost Oval.Not sure if i posted some of these before:oops:
[IMG]https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/sqeeter/featurexxl.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/sqeeter/featurexxla.jpg[/IMG]
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I recently met tim flynn... nice chapp.. and can talk for ever!
I'll ask him if he has any others to give away! :wink:
Posted by: 55Kab - 04 August 2009 21:21:36
[quote='50 Karmann]The guy who had it after me was from Skegness,which is roughly the same area.
The other car,if it was a '52 sunroof,i purchased that from him post resto.Nice car.
Vintagebug and i went over and brought it back,and we went off to Camberg in it and another Split that Dave had bought from me.Happy Days.
It's in Northern California now.
It all sounds a bit confusing,but it makes sense to me:wink: [/quote]
Whilst digging through photos looking for something for Mr O I came across the pics George. You're right, it was Skegness. Would like to see a photo of the 52 ragtop when it was finished.
Here's the 51 I helped pick up with the ragtop behind:
[IMG]https://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee352/UK55Vert/General%20VW%20Photos/SkegnessNovember1990p1.jpg[/IMG]
And here's the ragtop with SSU in the garage. These were taken in November 1990 and there weren't too many places in the UK at that time where you could see 3 Splits together!
[IMG]https://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee352/UK55Vert/General%20VW%20Photos/SkegnessNovember1990p2.jpg[/IMG]
Posted by: GKL 7 - 04 August 2009 21:48:16
I've got pics of the finished car, but no scanner.So next time i see Chris i'll sort something out.We only live a mile apart,it's just a question of when we are both about at the same time.
Posted by: 55Kab - 04 August 2009 21:58:53
That would be good, tks George.
Posted by: Chris - 05 August 2009 22:23:06
George, I'll call up tomorrow night if you want ? Bring my laptop and scanner up. I was in bed all day Sunday with a stomach upset (daren't move further than 20 yards from the toilet :oops: )
Posted by: GKL 7 - 06 August 2009 19:06:58
[quote=Chris](daren't move further than 20 yards from the toilet :oops: ) [/quote]
Thanks Chris but tooooooooo much information.:roll:
Posted by: Chris - 06 August 2009 22:42:25
[quote=55Kab]
Would like to see a photo of the 52 ragtop when it was finished.
[/quote]
Here's a couple of pictures I've got of it in my collection. Excuse the quality, but these were taken with what must have been a prototype digital camera. These were taken at the All Types show in North Wales around 1999, but George will know for sure. The blue split with it belonged to Dave (Vintagebug), but is now owned by Ianmac. (The one that got away :cry: )
[IMG]https://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/SDV90/152UKP-2.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/SDV90/152UKP-3.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/SDV90/UKPKET-1.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/SDV90/UKPKET-3.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/SDV90/152UKP-1.jpg[/IMG]
I've also got the magazine feature on it somewhere. TotalVW Issue #21. I'll scan that in tomorrow if I get chance. Otherwise it's Monday as I'm away for the weekend.
Posted by: Chris - 06 August 2009 22:58:53
Here's another 'Lost' oval. I found this about 11 years ago after hearing about it from a friend who went to see a landrover in the same field. Sorry for the quality of the pics, but remember digital cameras were new then :lol: It's a RHD but I cannot tell what year it is. But looking at the steering wheel in the third picture, it looks like a standard but it's clearly got chrome trim. Ben (64Rotbox) should have some better quality pictures on file as I took him to get some shots of it. Anyway, as for as I know it's still there to this day :cry: Maybe Ben will post some more pics.
[IMG]https://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/SDV90/VW_REAR.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/SDV90/VW_LHS.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/SDV90/VW_INSIDE.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n316/SDV90/VW_FRONT.jpg[/IMG]
Posted by: VW Stan - 06 August 2009 23:27:47
[quote=Chris]It's a RHD but I cannot tell what year it is. But looking at the steering wheel in the third picture, it looks like a standard but it's clearly got chrome trim.
[/quote]
From the colour, window rubbers, steering wheel and seats, it does look like a std. 56-57 looking at the light position on the back wings.
Is it near you Chris?
Posted by: Chris - 07 August 2009 00:04:33
[quote=VW Stan]
Is it near you Chris?
[/quote]
If it's still there, then yes. It's about a half hour drive from my house. Suppose I should make an effort to get back there :oops: Only problem is the old guy who owns them. I've heard stories of him coming out of his caravan with his shotgun and questions are not the first thing on his mind :shock:
Posted by: 64rotbox - 07 August 2009 02:09:12
Erm... I can't remember but my shots of that might be on slides, and christ knows where they might have gone (I destroyed pretty much everything to do with my brief period in the 'publishing business' in a big therapeutic type exercise/voodoo ritual involving a doll which looked like... er well, let's not go there) but I might still have them knocking about in a forgotten box. I'll have a look.
The car (or what remains of it) was still there a couple of years ago. I saw the bloke in question on the other side of Mold, pedaling towards Chester, so I figured it'd be safe to go for a quick nose. I didn't hang about, mind.
Posted by: 55Kab - 07 August 2009 11:49:37
[quote=Chris]Here's a couple of pictures I've got of it in my collection. Excuse the quality, but these were taken with what must have been a prototype digital camera. These were taken at the All Types show in North Wales around 1999, but George will know for sure. The blue split with it belonged to Dave (Vintagebug), but is now owned by Ianmac. (The one that got away :cry: )
I've also got the magazine feature on it somewhere. TotalVW Issue #21. I'll scan that in tomorrow if I get chance. Otherwise it's Monday as I'm away for the weekend.[/quote]
Tks for posting Chris. From what I saw of it, she certainly turned out very nice. I've just looked out issue 21 of TVW and read the article. As he's mentioned in the article I now remember the photos I posted were taken at Steve Chapman's house.
Unless you (or someone else!) beats me to it I'll also have a go at scanning and posting up the pages.
Posted by: 54 Gertie - 07 August 2009 12:14:31
[quote=VW Stan]
From the colour, window rubbers, steering wheel and seats, it does look like a std. 56-57 looking at the light position on the back wings.
Is it near you Chris?
[/quote]
It has a pre Aug '55 one piece valence so I would be leaning towards and "early" oval that has had the newer lights, like a lot of heart light cars. I tried zooming in on the heater outlets but I think that bottom 10 inches have rather returned to earth and anything else that may date it is too fuzzy or not in view.
What ever it is, it is worth a look back, and grab us some numbers while your there! It looks to have been there for a century so it will probably still have its crash box. :wink:
Maybe another one for the list Malc? 8)
Posted by: 55Kab - 07 August 2009 12:21:12
[quote=Chris]Here's another 'Lost' oval. I found this about 11 years ago after hearing about it from a friend who went to see a landrover in the same field. Sorry for the quality of the pics, but remember digital cameras were new then :lol: It's a RHD but I cannot tell what year it is. But looking at the steering wheel in the third picture, it looks like a standard but it's clearly got chrome trim. Ben (64Rotbox) should have some better quality pictures on file as I took him to get some shots of it. Anyway, as for as I know it's still there to this day[/quote]
Very interesting photos Chris, I hope Ben can post some more as I love these types of photos.
I recall some photos of a dead Oval in a field (in Wales?) that were printed in an issue of Dubscene or some such. I wonder if it is the same car? Will try and look that out for a scanning also.
Posted by: GKL 7 - 07 August 2009 16:44:43
[quote=64rotbox] I saw the bloke in question on the other side of Mold, pedaling towards Chester, so I figured it'd be safe to go for a quick nose. I didn't hang about, mind.[/quote]
You should have knocked him into the ditch Ben.
You'd have had plenty of time to pipe out the car then.:twisted:
Posted by: 55Kab - 07 August 2009 21:09:34
Here's the scans from TVW issue No.21:
[IMG]https://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee352/UK55Vert/General%20VW%20Photos/152UKPp1.jpg[/IMG]
I didn't bother doing the whole page just the nice pics of 152 UKP:
[IMG]https://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee352/UK55Vert/General%20VW%20Photos/152UKPp4.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee352/UK55Vert/General%20VW%20Photos/152UKPp2.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee352/UK55Vert/General%20VW%20Photos/152UKPp3.jpg[/IMG]
Looked a very, very nice car George.
Posted by: 55Kab - 07 August 2009 21:16:38
And the very issue before that (No.20) is where I found the pics of the dead Oval I remembered and it turns out it is the same car with the photos being taken by Ben.
[IMG]https://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee352/UK55Vert/General%20VW%20Photos/DeadOvalp1.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee352/UK55Vert/General%20VW%20Photos/DeadOvalp2.jpg[/IMG]
Would really like to see some recent photos and also to know if there was any sign of its number plate and chassis number so we could learn its identity.
Posted by: 64rotbox - 07 August 2009 21:45:28
There's probably some pattern to the bloke's movements, but I've not got time to stake the place out these days... However if I do happen to get a chance again, I might go for a look. I certainly don't remember any number plates anywhere, the decklid was obviously pinched long, long ago.
Posted by: GKL 7 - 07 August 2009 22:15:11
Am i right in thinking those front wings look like U.S spec.I think you can see the remains of one of the indicator pods on the N/S front wing.
Posted by: VW Stan - 07 August 2009 22:18:12
[quote='50 Karmann]Am i right in thinking those front wings look like U.S spec.I think you can see the remains of one of the indicator pods on the N/S front wing.[/quote]
Nope, after market indicators. They're on the back wings too.
:wink:
Posted by: GKL 7 - 07 August 2009 22:19:25
[quote=55Kab]
Looked a very, very nice car George.
[/quote]
:d I've had some nice ones over the years,i've been very fortunate.:d
:beer: :beer: Here's to the next find:beer: :beer:
Posted by: VW Stan - 07 August 2009 22:21:52
[quote='50 Karmann]
:d I've had some nice ones over the years,i've been very fortunate.
:beer: :beer: Here's to the next find:beer: :beer: [/quote]
Chris knows where there's a RHD Standard Oval project near you! :shock:
I know you love a challenge :wink:
Posted by: GKL 7 - 07 August 2009 22:26:29
[quote=VW Stan]
Chris knows where there's a RHD Standard Oval project near you! :shock:
I know you love a challenge :wink: [/quote]
I think i could save the steering wheel.
Posted by: 55Kab - 08 August 2009 16:41:09
So found my pics of XXL 34. Taken at Action in 1988, she looked pretty good. In the original scan I could see number of patches attached to the headliner just below the rear window.
You can just make them out in the photo below. As a member of the caravan club this car must have got about. Surely it must still be with us in some guise?
[IMG]https://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee352/UK55Vert/UK%20VW%20Scene%20-%20HISTORY/XXL34p1.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]https://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee352/UK55Vert/UK%20VW%20Scene%20-%20HISTORY/XXL34p2.jpg[/IMG]
Posted by: 55Kab - 08 August 2009 16:43:22
And here's one UK RHD Panel that 20 years ago was in the process of going to meet its maker...:(
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Posted by: 55Kab - 12 August 2009 12:15:55
Anyone remember this one from Action 1990 or 91? I don't recall its registration or how much he wanted for it but clearly it needed a lot of work!
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Posted by: JD - 12 August 2009 12:29:12
[quote=55Kab]And here's one UK RHD Panel that 20 years ago was in the process of going to meet its maker...:(
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Was that that scrapyard out towards Alton? That place was awesome!
Posted by: 55Kab - 12 August 2009 20:27:32
[quote=JD]Was that that scrapyard out towards Alton? That place was awesome![/quote]
Blimey James were you stalking me? :lol:
Indeed it was, just south of Four Marks. It was one of those "old" style yards that kept vehicles forever. I took some nice parts off of early VW's in there. During my visits I remember a 56, 58, 63, 65 Bug's and a handful of split screen vans. I recall an early Fastback too...D reg?
I had a quick look on Google Earth for the place and found it although by the looks of it most of the yard has been cleared. When did you visit, and how did you find it?
Posted by: JD - 12 August 2009 20:39:46
[quote=55Kab]
Blimey James were you stalking me? :lol:
Indeed it was, just south of Four Marks. It was one of those "old" style yards that kept vehicles forever. I took some nice parts off of early VW's in there. During my visits I remember a 56, 58, 63, 65 Bug's and a handful of split screen vans. I recall an early Fastback too...D reg?
I had a quick look on Google Earth for the place and found it although by the looks of it most of the yard has been cleared. When did you visit, and how did you find it?
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Four Marks - that was it.
I don´t remember who told me about it. I went there when I was in college. My pal found a radio blanking plate on a split bus that he needed and I bagged a 30hp fanshroud (they were all the go in them days!). I remember climbing inside an FB Victor through the missing windscreen (it was buried) and getting as far as the back seat before realising that there was a wasps nest in the car as it quickly filled with peed off wasps! You never saw me move so fast!! Remember the sixties Thunderbird? I was back there years later and it had almost all been cleared. Tragic!
Posted by: 55Kab - 13 August 2009 09:04:23
[quote=JD]Four Marks - that was it. I don´t remember who told me about it. I went there when I was in college. My pal found a radio blanking plate on a split bus that he needed and I bagged a 30hp fanshroud (they were all the go in them days!). I remember climbing inside an FB Victor through the missing windscreen (it was buried) and getting as far as the back seat before realising that there was a wasps nest in the car as it quickly filled with peed off wasps! You never saw me move so fast!! Remember the sixties Thunderbird? I was back there years later and it had almost all been cleared. Tragic![/quote]
Oh yeah, the Thunderbird, I do remember.
I don't know what it was but on my visits there was always something not quite right about the place. I never met anyone else and there was always an eerie silence to it. In fact thinking about it, it was as if the cars were alive and talking to one another, whispering stop him, stop him! :lol:
It almost felt wrong talking parts off the cars and I always had the feeling someone was watching you or that some kind of weirdo was about to step out in front of you Texas chainsaw massacre style!!! :lol: :lol:
I took some more photos of the VW's there, I'll dig them out.
Posted by: 55Kab - 13 August 2009 09:17:05
So they don't get lost on the other thread, I'm reposting these pics here. One very dead pre Aug-55 taken Southampton November 1985:
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Posted by: Rich Oakley - 13 August 2009 18:33:39
Late 1990's- Turkis Blue RHD '61 in High Wycombe. Reg number UKE99B
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Mid 1990's- Nutria Brown '64 1500S, involved in an accident in the late 60s and not on the road since then. Don't have the reg no.
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1997- Horizon Blue RHD '56 Oval found in a barn near Newton Abbot. Reg number TOX555
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I found this one in Buxton in 1996 and restored it. Haven't seen it since!
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Found in Bala, 1999. RHD steel sunroof 64...
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'60 RHD reg number OSK722 seen on a used car forecort in Thirsk, 2000...
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RHD '58 Devon spotted in Woolacombe, 1997...
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RHD '56 in Stratford upon Avon, 1998.
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Posted by: GKL 7 - 13 August 2009 21:39:26
Do you ever stand still Rich,you certainly get youself about.
Posted by: ianmac - 15 August 2009 20:25:48
[quote=Rich Oakley]1997- Horizon Blue RHD '56 Oval found in a barn near Newton Abbot. Reg number TOX555
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That car was pulled out of the barn by my brother and I probably in around 1997-98 ish for his then girlfriend, it was surprisingly solid, given a body off resto and exhibited at the volksworld show. He split up with her and I haven't seen it (or her!) since- I think she still has it- a very nice car ! The number plate TOX 555 was kept by the original owner and is still on his Audi!:wink:
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 15 August 2009 23:25:16
[quote=ianmac]
That car was pulled out of the barn by my brother and I probably in around 1997-98 ish for his then girlfriend, it was surprisingly solid, given a body off resto and exhibited at the volksworld show. He split up with her and I haven't seen it (or her!) since- I think she still has it- a very nice car ! The number plate TOX 555 was kept by the original owner and is still on his Audi!:wink: [/quote]
That's great to know it was rescued and restored. A friend of mine used to live in Newton Abbott at the time and the car was advertised in the local paper. He phoned me to tell me about it, so I drove down from the West Midlands the very same day to view it. I seem to recall that it was in really good condition, but the owner just wanted too much money for it. Can't remember how much he wanted, but he just wouldn't budge on the price so I had to walk away.
Posted by: 55Kab - 16 August 2009 19:15:11
[quote=Rich Oakley]Late 1990's- Turkis Blue RHD '61 in High Wycombe. Reg number UKE99B
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Blimey what happened to that Rich? I papped it at Detling in 87 and it didn't look too bad...
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Posted by: 55Kab - 16 August 2009 19:16:55
[quote=Rich Oakley]RHD '56 in Stratford upon Avon, 1998.
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What was the reg of this one? Anymore pics?
Posted by: 55Kab - 16 August 2009 20:06:31
One of my best finds was this 57 Oval. Originally Horizon Blue I sold it after a clean up to Peter Roberts of Funkenblitz.
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Don't know what happened to the car but strangely whilst surfing regtransfers last year soon after buying the cabrio I found the number VGY 77 for sale. I bought it and have it on retention.
However besides a UK RHD 60 cabrio my best find was this place:
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Notice the bus in the background (and my low milage unmodified! Campaign Mk.1 GTI :wink: ) Well I didn't appreciate it at the time as Beetle's were my thing but that bus was a seriously old UK RHD machine:
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However the real star was in the barn you can see behind the 63 sunroof:
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TLY 47, a 51 standard.
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At the time the car was not for sale and I left the air-cooled VW scene and forgot about it. If however you'd like to know if it's still there, you'll have to ask Professor Oakley! :wink:
Posted by: Robb - 17 August 2009 15:55:13
[quote=Rich Oakley]RHD '56 in Stratford upon Avon, 1998.
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you know where abouts in Stratford Rich? thats my hometown 8)
Posted by: 54 Gertie - 17 August 2009 16:36:10
Sadly, I think the days of walking into a scrapyard and falling over ovals and split buses is a thing of the past! :cry:
Posted by: JD - 17 August 2009 16:54:29
Pete had VGY 77 stored for years, but sold it a long time ago, when he figured he wouldn´t really have time to do it.
He may know where it is still.
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 17 August 2009 21:34:48
[quote=55Kab]
Blimey what happened to that Rich? I papped it at Detling in 87 and it didn't look too bad...
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I actually spotted it last year on the back of a trailer on the M25 heading Eastbound at J9! It looked pretty much the same as when I took the pics, ten years previous.
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 17 August 2009 21:35:59
[quote=55Kab]
What was the reg of this one? Anymore pics?
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I do have a couple more pictures but the car didn't have a reg number on it. The owner had the V5 though, but I never made a note of the reg :roll:
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 17 August 2009 21:40:06
[quote=ianmac]
That car was pulled out of the barn by my brother and I probably in around 1997-98 ish for his then girlfriend, it was surprisingly solid, given a body off resto and exhibited at the volksworld show. He split up with her and I haven't seen it (or her!) since- I think she still has it- a very nice car ! The number plate TOX 555 was kept by the original owner and is still on his Audi!:wink: [/quote]
Any idea what the reg number is now? It would be nice to find this one again!
Posted by: ianmac - 17 August 2009 21:51:01
[quote=Rich Oakley]
Any idea what the reg number is now? It would be nice to find this one again![/quote]
No I don't know.
I am not sure the car ever got finished, she had someone take it away with a trailer never to be seen again! probably turn up in another 20 years sat in a barn:?
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 17 August 2009 22:12:27
[quote=ianmac]
No I don't know.
I am not sure the car ever got finished, she had someone take it away with a trailer never to be seen again! probably turn up in another 20 years sat in a barn:? [/quote]
That's a shame. I bought my ex-girlfiend a 1957 UK Beetle in 1997, it had a full service history and every receipt since day one. The first owner kept the car for 35+ years and was s professional bureaucrat who kept every piece of paper pertaining to the car. She sold it after we split up a couple of years later. Beautiful car. Last I heard, it was being transformed into a 'German Looker'. :evil:
Posted by: 55Kab - 17 August 2009 23:27:26
[quote=Rich Oakley]I bought my ex-girlfiend a 1957 UK Beetle in 1997, it had a full service history and every receipt since day one. The first owner kept the car for 35+ years and was s professional bureaucrat who kept every piece of paper pertaining to the car. She sold it after we split up a couple of years later. Beautiful car. Last I heard, it was being transformed into a 'German Looker'. :evil: [/quote]
Have you got any photos of this one?
Posted by: 55Kab - 17 August 2009 23:29:01
[quote=JD]Pete had VGY 77 stored for years, but sold it a long time ago, when he figured he wouldn´t really have time to do it.
He may know where it is still.[/quote]
I asked him that when I saw him earlier in the year. He thought it got scrapped...:(
Posted by: 55Kab - 18 August 2009 08:28:32
Often wondered what happened to these two:
I photographed LYH 691P at Bug Jam in 88. It's RHD so I wonder if it was original and a UK car? According to the DVLA it was a 66 and the tax ran out just 2 years later in August 1990:
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BKN 100C was a UK RHD car I used to see a lot locally (think it lived near Southampton). I took these photos in 86 or 87. I know it was later Cal-Looked and repainted blue. Don't know where it is now but it was taxed up until July 2007 so perhaps it's lurking in a garage or on someone's driveway somewhere:
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Posted by: 55Kab - 22 August 2009 22:56:05
Did anyone ever visit and take any photos at the Beetle graveyard in Talybont on Usk?
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Supposedly Des James had at least one Split and an Oval there.
Posted by: 64rotbox - 23 August 2009 00:24:11
There were a few Ovals there, including a ragtop. There was supposed to be a Split, but I couldn't see it for the brambles...
Posted by: 55Kab - 23 August 2009 11:39:57
[quote=64rotbox]There were a few Ovals there, including a ragtop[/quote]
Did you take any pics?
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 23 August 2009 13:26:48
[quote=55Kab]
Did you take any pics?
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I had quite a lot of pics from this place back in the late 90s on my PC. Unfortunately, I lost them all in a hard-drive failure. From my recollection, there was no evidence of a Split Bug there, but there were at least three ovals, one of them a ragtop.
Posted by: 64rotbox - 23 August 2009 13:39:02
No, but I've got some that a friend took. I printed a few on the back page of T**** ** once, but I'll see if I can find them and scan the lot.
Posted by: GKL 7 - 24 August 2009 20:48:47
[quote=55Kab]would like to see a photo of the 52 ragtop when it was finished.
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Here's a couple more i have found [ATTACH]3459[/Attach] [ATTACH]3460[/Attach]
Posted by: GKL 7 - 24 August 2009 21:36:14
These cars aren't lost but you will probably never see them again,even if they are still in the U.K
P.s look at the cars in the background,the way Peppercorn used to be:cry: [ATTACH]3461[/Attach] [ATTACH]3462[/Attach]
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 25 August 2009 09:33:56
Those were the days George. I think I see the roof of my Red '59 in that first pic.
Where's Sean's '52 'vert now? Is it with our collector friend?
Posted by: 55Kab - 25 August 2009 20:29:58
[quote='50 Karmann]These cars aren't lost but you will probably never see them again,even if they are still in the U.K[/quote]
Why do you say that?
Posted by: GKL 7 - 25 August 2009 20:32:55
[quote=Rich Oakley] Is it with our collector friend?[/quote]
By what i could gather Rich,i think both those cars are.
Posted by: Sunroof53 - 25 August 2009 20:35:10
I have posted this on another thread a long while ago but i its an interesting car for the sticky.I have a feeling this car survives with a different registration and minus all the good bits as i remember a fire engine red sunroof car coming up on vzi some years back.That of course could apply to a lot of cars as many old cars lost there original registration to get the maximum price for it.The original reg for my own car is on a Subaru
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Posted by: 64rotbox - 26 August 2009 00:25:53
March 1970...
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Posted by: 55Kab - 26 August 2009 13:30:14
[quote=64rotbox]March 1970...[IMG]https://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff318/ampex_456/q-car.jpg[/IMG][/quote]
So who's going to call the number and track that car down! :lol:
Posted by: 55Kab - 26 August 2009 13:33:35
Some more photos from the Four Marks yard:
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Posted by: Robb - 26 August 2009 15:01:18
[quote='50 Karmann]These cars aren't lost but you will probably never see them again,even if they are still in the U.K
P.s look at the cars in the background,the way Peppercorn used to be:cry: [/quote]
who owns these? last i heard Brian Burrows owned the STD
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 26 August 2009 17:38:16
[quote=Robb]
who owns these? last i heard Brian Burrows owned the STD[/quote]
Somebody who wishes to remain fairly anonymous. He owns at least five pristene Split Bugs, four Hebmullers, three split-dash Karmann Kabs and this is a VERY small part of his collection. As far as I'm aware, they never get driven on the road.
Posted by: RoRoVw - 29 August 2009 13:50:05
[quote='50 Karmann]Nice pic of the zwitter RoRo.I shouldn't have sold that car:cry: [/quote]
Well George, now is your chance to re-purchase the Zwitter. It's not very far away from you either!
I've had a call today from the current owner to let me know that it's up for sale again. I've advised him to advertise it in the Classifieds section on here and I think it will appear there later today. It's a great, solid car with loads of history. It needs to stay in the UK and not be captured by the lowering brigade.
Cheers Rob.
Posted by: RoRoVw - 29 August 2009 19:14:11
I see it's now listed on the Classified section and looking good.
Posted by: GKL 7 - 29 August 2009 19:45:13
I've sent an E-mail:wink:
Posted by: RoRoVw - 29 August 2009 19:50:39
[quote='50 Karmann]I've sent an E-mail:wink: [/quote]
Jolly good!
Posted by: 64rotbox - 29 August 2009 19:51:48
This could be the quickest deal for a long time.
"Users browsing this topic
'50 Karmann, 53Zwitter, 64rotbox"
Yup, that's me in my place,
Posted by: RoRoVw - 29 August 2009 19:56:11
Dealing in 'real time'. Sounds good.
Posted by: GKL 7 - 29 August 2009 20:03:49
Ben,do you think '53 Zwitter could possibly be the owner:wink:
And you're tooo tight so that just leaves me:d
Posted by: 64rotbox - 29 August 2009 20:35:32
Erm, I'm not quite that dense. I meant the user names in that order sort of put things in... ooh, never mind.
You're right on the tight bit, though. The original Mr. Thrifty. You could no more get a Visa card between the cheeks of my bottom that you could get it out of my coat pocket.
Posted by: GKL 7 - 29 August 2009 20:45:24
[quote=64rotbox] I meant the user names in that order sort of put things in... ooh, never mind. [/quote]
Got it first time.
Where's Gwyn these days??Does he not do Forums.
Posted by: 64rotbox - 29 August 2009 20:58:40
Not much. He seems to find working and having a family and stuff more important that staring at the internet all day. Strange chap. All his cars are fat strutters, anyway...
Anyway, shall we have some more photos instead of all this idle chit-chat? Specifically Dafydd Hughes' photos of the James residence.
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Posted by: 55Kab - 30 August 2009 17:05:17
^^^^ tks for posting Ben. Some really interesting and sad photos there. Do you have any idea when they were taken or what happened to the yard? Was anything saved?
I guess the business was started pre the So-End Look explosion in the mid 80's so it was just a yard full of old VW's but once the UK entered into full on Cal-Look mode surely people was making offer's for the cars all the time. I couldn't help myself but I looked on Google Earth (fantastic tool) and found the site but alas from 130,000ft zoomed in and no sign of Beetle's! :lol:
Posted by: 64rotbox - 30 August 2009 23:20:50
Mid '80s, I think the snaps were taken, I'll have to check with DH. There'd been VWs there for many years before it all got trendy, unfortunately after a newspaper article (concerning the council's attempts to clear the place out) was printed in VWM, the place was deluged with people after bits for nothing, and I think the attitude of the owners changed somewhat. People were making daft offers for parts/cars, and that got their backs up a bit. There was a fair bit of thieving as well, I was told.
I only went the once on the premise of needing a fusebox, and purposely didn't take photos or be a nuisance, so I seemed to get on OK with them (Des and his son, I think it was). The lot was cleared in the mid '90s, I seem to remember. I've no idea if anything got out 'alive', but most of it was beyond saving (for then, anyway... these days things would be very different).
I never found those two Splits parked at the side of the road near Aberystwyth, either.
Posted by: Chris - 01 September 2009 00:20:34
Hey Ben, Who's that good looking chap in the last photo ?
Posted by: Ovalbug - 01 September 2009 04:12:16
[quote=64rotbox]Mid '80s, I think the snaps were taken, I'll have to check with DH. There'd been VWs there for many years before it all got trendy, unfortunately after a newspaper article (concerning the council's attempts to clear the place out) was printed in VWM, the place was deluged with people after bits for nothing, and I think the attitude of the owners changed somewhat. People were making daft offers for parts/cars, and that got their backs up a bit. There was a fair bit of thieving as well, I was told.
I only went the once on the premise of needing a fusebox, and purposely didn't take photos or be a nuisance, so I seemed to get on OK with them (Des and his son, I think it was). The lot was cleared in the mid '90s, I seem to remember. I've no idea if anything got out 'alive', but most of it was beyond saving (for then, anyway... these days things would be very different).
I never found those two Splits parked at the side of the road near Aberystwyth, either.[/quote]
I didn't realise that the story of the Beetles in Talybont had ever made the pages of VWM?
The place came to my attention as a result of a news article in the Western Mail and my Dad drove me up there one sunny weekend just to see the place out of interest; it had to have been the summer of '84 as I had yet to learn to drive!
As I wasn't into VW's at all at that stage (neither was my Dad) Des James was fairly welcoming as it was obvious we didn't want anything from him.....but I do remember him mentioning that he had begun to have a lot of parts pilfered from his vehicles as a result of his new found 'fame'.....
Looking at those 'photos I wish I'd had a much better look at the time , but I was only a kid, and not really into those funny cars with the engine in the back......:lol:
Posted by: Sunroof53 - 18 September 2009 17:07:26
Anyone seen these?
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Posted by: GKL 7 - 18 September 2009 17:18:37
[quote=Chris]Hey Ben, Who's that good looking chap in the last photo ?[/quote]
Well, You can't mean Dave McMitchell.
Posted by: vintagebug - 18 September 2009 20:40:29
[quote]Well, You can't mean Dave McMitchell[/quote]
Of course he does, George. He's the only good looking chap in the photo.
Btw, where did the "Mc" come from?? :wink:
Posted by: 64rotbox - 18 September 2009 23:07:03
[quote=Sunroof53]Anyone seen these?[/quote]
Not yet... https://forums.pre67vw.com/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=16513
Posted by: Chris - 18 September 2009 23:40:25
[quote='50 Karmann]
Well, You can't mean Dave McMitchell. [/quote]
[quote=vintagebug]
Of course he does, George. He's the only good looking chap in the photo.
Btw, where did the "Mc" come from?? :wink:
[/quote]
I didn't even recognise you as being in the picture :oops: Just goes to show how long it as been since I last saw you :roll: Have to rectify that sometime, why don't you come back to God's country sometime and visit some old friends ?
Posted by: Sunroof53 - 19 September 2009 05:25:42
[quote=64rotbox]
Not yet... https://forums.pre67vw.com/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=16513[/quote]
Thanks thats that one answered then ...I to thought i had seen that reg number but realized i was confusing it with the black cabriolet also mentioned in your thread.Maybe you could add those pages to this one from the finished article in 81.The oval on the other page GGS 920 looked like a nice car i am sure someone on here will recgnise it.
Posted by: Sunroof53 - 17 October 2009 13:00:47
Whilst brousing for Rattletrap stuff i found this:
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Posted by: Sunroof53 - 17 October 2009 13:04:17
A Cheshire registered 53 ,Like my own car this was probably one of the first 900 or so cars in the UK.
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Posted by: Sunroof53 - 17 October 2009 17:13:14
The LMS reg on the oval was the subject of several features and think it may have been on the TV programme Thats life in the 80s .
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Posted by: Sunroof53 - 23 October 2009 20:33:06
Another rare rhd sunroof model
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Posted by: Sunroof53 - 23 October 2009 20:44:51
The reg 54 CLD, I am sure i have seen this registration recently and the car was restored back to its former glory.
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Posted by: VW Stan - 24 October 2009 14:59:38
That was my ad for 54CLD!
I sold the car and it changed hands several time before being finished.
It was exhibited at the Volksworld show a while back and managed to have a chat with the owner to tell him some of it's history.
It's now black but still modified as far as I know. :d
[url=https://forums.pre67vw.com/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=4590]Another thread about this car[/url]
I wonder if there's a way for Rob to retrieve the pictures from the ad here on Pre67? [ATTACH]3649[/Attach]
Posted by: GKL 7 - 24 October 2009 16:17:58
Malc are you responsible or did you buy it already done?
Posted by: VW Stan - 24 October 2009 17:37:09
[quote='50 Karmann]Malc are you responsible or did you buy it already done?[/quote]
I bought it like that, it seemed a good idea at the time! :?
Posted by: CNE789 - 03 November 2009 21:43:29
[quote=55Kab] We need a contact on the "inside" at the DVLA (step forward Robin Allen?). But I hear even the Police have to ensure they have supporting data when asking about a car's details.....[/quote]
In the Netherlands you can pay the RDW (DVLA) and then they send your request to the registered owner. It is up to him/her to reply to the request.
I was contacted once in this way because the new owners of a farm where I had a Beetle stored wanted to track me down. Luckily they could through Big Brother otherwise the Beetle might have been scrapped. . .
Did you check with the DVLA is they provide such a service?
Hanno
Posted by: VW Stan - 03 November 2009 23:10:02
The DVLA will only release information about the current registered keeper if you have a legitimate reason such as the vehicle has been involved in an accident or illegally parked.
[url=https://www.dft.gov.uk/dvla/data.aspx]https://www.dft.gov.uk/dvla/data.aspx[/url]
Posted by: bennetj - 15 December 2009 21:05:54
somwhere near the beggining of this post there is a whole load of cars.
well i now own one of them......its the 1960 bug reg....0sk722
i would love to no if the guy who took that photo has any other info or any other pics...
where is the best place to find out the history of my car??
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 07 February 2010 22:02:03
[quote=bennetj] somwhere near the beggining of this post there is a whole load of cars.
well i now own one of them......its the 1960 bug reg....0sk722
i would love to no if the guy who took that photo has any other info or any other pics...
where is the best place to find out the history of my car??
[/quote]
Hello there! That'll be me who took the photo of OSK722 in 2000.
I was on my way up the A19 to see my girlfriend on a Friday afternoon and stopped off at a VW specialist/workshop in Thirsk, just off the A19 (Adrian's VWs or something like that). I was after some camper parts for a camper I was restoring. The workshop was closed, but standing outside was OSK722 with the For Sale sign in the window. I remember thinking- very nice, fairly original car- shame it's lost it's original number plate.
Sorry, but that's all I know. I think I took another couple of pics, so I will try and dig them out for you. Can you please post some pics of the car as it is now.
Posted by: bennetj - 05 March 2010 11:45:12
ye i sure can, not for a couple of weeks though my laptop is being repaired.
i am fairly new to all this, how do you no its not the origianl numberplate?
Posted by: 55Kab - 05 March 2010 15:44:09
[quote=bennetj]how do you no its not the origianl numberplate?[/quote]
Because 'OSK' is a typical non age related sequence of letters issued by the DVLA when a car is reregistered following the sale of the original plate.
Could also have been issued if the original number was lost if the then owner didn't register it again at the time the DLVA records were computerised. Applying to the DVLA for the car's records will tell you what the original number was and when/why is was given its current number.
Posted by: Sunroof53 - 06 March 2010 23:06:42
Just for idle interest the prefixes SU, SV, SK, DS,YJ and VS are also age related.
Posted by: bennetj - 09 March 2010 09:58:13
ok wicked
so how do i apply for the records do i just email the dvla?
Posted by: 55Kab - 09 March 2010 11:52:37
[quote=bennetj]so how do i apply for the records do i just email the dvla?[/quote]
:lol: I wish.
You need to download a form from their website (or pick up from a Post Office). I think the form is a V888.
You'll need to give the reason you want the info and send a cheque for £5.
Posted by: paulbugman - 21 March 2010 21:00:59
cool my old van and still haven`t seen the things since i sold it in 1998 , that was when i live down in woolacombe and killed the engine so sat there for a while
[img]https://home.btconnect.com/oakley-web/DSC03547.JPG[/img]
to this day i still think the devon interior in that van was lovely .miss the old girl
Posted by: Sunroof53 - 22 June 2010 18:54:46
Seems to be a lot of searching for old car posts and this car i know a bit about .It was cal looked in the 90s and sold again to someone in the Market deeping area .The car was technically written off with front and rear damage but it did get repaired as i have seen a photo of it somewhere on another site.
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Posted by: designergraphics - 10 February 2011 15:06:01
[quote=55Kab]Nice one.
Things that dreams are made of Mike. We need a contact on the "inside" at the DVLA (step forward Robin Allen?). But I hear even the Police have to ensure they have supporting data when asking about a car's details.....
[/quote]
Not sure about how hard it is for the police to get owners' addresses - but private car park operators seem to manage quite easily :(
Posted by: lifeintheslowlane - 06 October 2011 18:25:59
Peter Nielsen in Denmark was looking primarily for info on the sunvisor on this Oval SNJ 888. It's pictured here in one of the early '90s Vintage editions of Volksworld. Is the car still on the show scene with the sunvisor, it's a rare visor as it fits the profile of the windscreen trim. [ATTACH]6355[/Attach]
Posted by: zelensis61 - 06 October 2011 20:55:23
This one was listed in a French magazine in 1989 and seen in swiss.
Anyone knows where it is now?
Thanks. [ATTACH]6356[/Attach]
Posted by: VGY77 - 06 November 2011 20:29:00
[quote=55Kab]I asked him that when I saw him earlier in the year. He thought it got scrapped...:(
[/quote]
Hi guys,
I came across this forum having Googled VGY 77. My father bought VGY 77 in about 1962 when I was about 5 years old with something like 50K miles on the clock (the beetle, not me). I can still remember driving home through Winchester in the car the day we bought it. (We had traded in our previous car, a Triumph Mayflower, reg no. RXY 943). We took the car to 150K with very few problems and then traded it in at Mr Richards' garage in Chesil Street, Winchester, for a new Renault 10, Reg HCR 788D, so that would have been in 1966.
I have posted a photo of me in VGY 77 taken in about 1962.
All the best![img]https://www.adrj.com/photos/1962/Arthur%20and%20Elva%20in%20Beetle%20probably%20Birdlip%20Hill.jpg[/img]
Posted by: jlevis - 08 November 2011 11:45:05
where did you collect all these stuff?
Posted by: jlevis - 08 November 2011 11:47:05
that car was awesome where did you collect all those stuff?
Posted by: william boot - 16 January 2013 18:50:53
[quote=Rich Oakley]Late 1990's- Turkis Blue RHD '61 in High Wycombe. Reg number UKE99B
[img]https://home.btconnect.com/oakley-web/DSC03572.JPG[/img]
Sold this to a guy called Stuart (?) Pearson in Folkestone, 1988
Posted by: Fernando Pal - 14 October 2013 21:59:37
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Posted by: Fernando Pal - 19 October 2013 21:32:31
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Posted by: Fernando Pal - 07 December 2013 12:21:07
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Posted by: Fernando Pal - 11 January 2014 23:26:22
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Posted by: Fernando Pal - 12 January 2014 21:55:06
I like very much
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Posted by: Fernando Pal - 23 January 2014 17:47:30
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Posted by: Si Med - 23 January 2014 20:24:28
My friends father. Does anyone know more about this? Reg UKJ 949
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Posted by: Rich Oakley - 24 January 2014 09:12:02
[quote=Si Med;58179]My friends father. Does anyone know more about this? Reg UKJ 949
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Great pic Si. Do you know any more about it? It's a Kent registered bus, registered after May '55, by which point, Barndoors had gone out of production. Would be great to see more pics/info.
Cheers,
Rich.
Posted by: Si Med - 26 January 2014 18:03:03
[quote=Rich Oakley;58180]Great pic Si. Do you know any more about it? It's a Kent registered bus, registered after May '55, by which point, Barndoors had gone out of production. Would be great to see more pics/info.
Cheers,
Rich.[/quote]
Sadly we have nothing more Rich, his father past away a few years ago and only recently Pete found this picture in an old family album.
Posted by: Fernando Pal - 07 October 2014 20:34:34
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