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Anyone Know This Car ?

Postby john 215 » 10 Jun 2012 20:40

Hi,

At Bromley Car Show, got talking to a gent who is doing resto on his DHC, he was at TRDC national a couple of years ago, whilst there took some pictures of poss Grinnal with BMW E30 rear lights, the picture below i took at the same time, he now wishes to carry out this conversion himself. He trying to trace the car and owner to ask a few questions.

Any leads i will pass on


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Thanks and cheers

John

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Postby DNK » 10 Jun 2012 22:47

I remember that topic.
Archives maybe?

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Postby stevie_a » 11 Jun 2012 04:50

<font color="teal"><b>I know nothing about it, but i do have a photo</b></font id="teal">

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Postby john 215 » 11 Jun 2012 05:11

Hi,

Still on the road, the gent approached the DVLA for any details they have but i guess understandbly they would'nt give anything out.

Date of Liability 01 05 2013
Date of First Registration 01 05 1981
Year of Manufacture 1981
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 3947cc
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status Licence Not Due
Vehicle Colour RED
Vehicle Type Approval Not Available
Vehicle Excise Duty rate for vehicle
6 Months Rate £121.00
12 Months Rate £220.00

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Postby Odd » 11 Jun 2012 08:07

Strange and overly secret country you guys live in. You've got the registration number
- how hard can it be to get the owners name and address?!?
For a good, transparent example just point your representatives across the North Sea:
It's much easier and more transparent in Sweden; Anyone (who pays the DVLA fee)
can get most all the info you want regarding an automobile - as long as you've got
the registration number OR the VIN/Commission number/Chassis number.
I can get it here on my home computer, since the Club pay our fees, but <i><b>anyone</b></i>
can get it (computer-)faxed to them by doing a phone call to the Swedish DVLA
and punching in the registration number on their phone - "quite handy" is the
general consensus. Makes it easy to check the status on a vehicle you are
considering buying for instance, so you don't end up with a lemon...

Let me show you what comes out when I do a check on my own TR8, PSL292 TPZDV8AT211468
(and to spare you I've excluded the 181 lines that were either empty or containing duplicate information):

---Start excerpt---
<u>Grundinformation: <b>PSL292</b></u>, 2012-06-11 09:54:20
Regnr PSL292
Fabrikat och modell Triumph TR8
Chassinr TPZDV8AT211468
Färg Ljusbrun
Fordonsslag Personbil
Ã…rsmodell 1980
Fordonet tillverkat 1980-05-01
Fordonsår 1980

<u>Information om nuvarande ägare/brukare:</u>
Namn Hedberg, Odd Sören
Adress Pomonagatan 4
Postnr och ort 74236 Östhammar
Kommun (nr) 0382
Person-/orgnr 19550807-XXXX
Förvärvsdatum 1998-09-17
Skyddad identitet Nej (normal)

<u>Försäkringsuppgifter specifikt för fordonet:</u>
Bolag Folksam
Typ Enskild försäkring
Fordon försäkrat 2008-04-01

<u>Fordonsdata:</u>
Fordonsstatus I trafik 2008-04-01
Ursprungsbesiktning 2001-04-24 (regbes)
Datum i trafik 1:a gång 2001-05-01 (800101)
Modellkod TR0000
Gruppkod TR 000000
Fordonklass Personbil (I)
Fordonskategori Personbil (M1)
Antal Passagerare 1
Skylt fram Liten
Skylt bak Liten
Pågående utredning Nej
Direktimport Nej EJ EGET (privatimport från icke EU-land)

<u>Uppgifter om skatt och vägavgifter:</u>
Skattebefriad Ja
Skattepliktigt Nej
Användningsförbud Nej

<u>Teknisk information:</u>
Allmän information om fordonet.
Kaross Öppet, Karosskod 02
Antal passagerare 1
Drivmedel Bensin
Tankrymd 55 liter
Modellnummer TR0000
Gruppdkod TR 000000
Fordonsklass Personbil (I)
Fordonkategori Personbil (M1)
Växellåda Manuell
Miljöbil Nej
Effekt 109 kW
Effektenhet/mätmetod OKÄND

<u>MÃ¥tt och vikter:</u>
Längd 430 cm
Bredd 168 cm
Tjänstevikt 1270 kg
Totalvikt 1420 kg
Skattevikt 1270 kg
Max lastvikt 150 kg
Max släpvagnsvikt 1000 kg

<u>Hjul, däck, dimensioner:</u>
Däckdimension fram 185/70R13
Däckdimension bak 185/70R13

<u>Övriga uppgifter:</u>
Kopplingsanordning 1 50mm Kula
Skylt fram Liten
Skylt bak Liten

<u>Utökad teknisk info/dispenser:</u>
Dispenser och upplysningar
<b>F99B</b> IMPORTERATS FÖR EGET BRUK
<b>T13K</b> DATUM DÅ FORDONET HAR TAGITS I BRUK ÄR UPPSKATTAT
<b>T31F</b> FORDONET OMFATTAS INTE AV TILLVERKARENS AVGASRELATERADE SÄRSKILDA ÅTAGANDEN
OCH INTE AV TILLVERKARENS ANSVAR FÖR AVGASRENINGENS HÅLLBARHET ENLIGT A60-REGULATION.
<b>T31SA</b> BIL MED REGLERAD TREVÄGSKATALYSATOR. BILEN SKA UPPFYLLA TOMGÅNGSKRAVEN FÖR
PERSONBIL ENLIGT BILAGA 3 PUNKT 1.1 OCH 1.2 TILL FÖRORDNINGEN (2001:1085) OM MOTOR-
FORDONS AVGASRENING.

<u>Besiktningsinformation:</u>
Senaste besiktningsutfall Godkänd
Senast godkända kontrollbesiktning 2010-09-22
Kontrollbesiktning gäller tom 2012-09-30
Körförbud Nej
Stationsnr 0428
Station/verkstad/myndighet Bilprovningen i Östhammar
Vägmätarställning 24835 km
HC tomgång 035
CO/K-värde 00
Broms vänster fram 20
Broms höger fram 20
Broms vänster bak 08
Broms höger bak 08
<u>Brister:</u>
2X VINDRUTESPOLARE UR FUNKTION
[0 = Upplysning om fel som bör åtgärdas
2 = Fordonet har underkänts - ny besiktning måste utföras
2X = Fordonet har underkänts - behöver inte återkomma för ny besiktning]

<u>Ägarhistorik/Föregående ägare:</u>
Person-/orgnr 19610519-XXXX
Namn Julkunen, Vesa-Matti
Förvärvsdatum 1995-05-17
Adress Louiseberg, Gamla Flackarpsvägen
Postnr och Ort 24561 Staffanstorp

<u>Avställningsperioder:</u>
Period 1995-05-17 till 2001-05-01
Period 2001-07-30 till 2008-04-01
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Postby stevie_a » 11 Jun 2012 10:22

<font color="teal"><b>Odd can you explain this please

Weaknesses:2 x WASHER INOPERATIVE
0 = Information about any errors that need to be addressed
2 = Vehicle has failed-new survey must be carried out
2 x = this vehicle has failed-need not come back for new survey

I am taking it that 2 items have to be retested and 2 do not?

A lot of info in that </b></font id="teal">


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Postby Odd » 11 Jun 2012 11:10

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"> <font color="teal"> Odd can you explain this please
"Weaknesses:2X WASHER INOPERATIVE
[0 = Information about any errors that need to be addressed
2 = Vehicle has failed-new survey must be carried out
2X = this vehicle has failed-need not come back for new survey]"

I am taking it that 2 items have to be retested and 2 do not?
A lot of info in that </font id="teal"> <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"> No, it was just the washer that was not OK'd - and got a 2X classification.
( The plastic T-piece had split in two, so no water reached the windscreen - it all ended up on the hot engine... [:)]
Both of us, the technician and I, were laughing good at this. "It says something about how often this car is
operated in foul weather conditions." was his comment. ) The text inside the brackets are just an explanation
of the classification an error can get at the MOT station - and I got <u>one</u> 2X last time.

Yes, it's most of the info recorded about the car. All at roughly 8 mouse clicks distance...
And since two cars cannot have the same registration data, incl VIN, there's no problem in this type of availability
and transparency. And should two cars have the same VIN (this happened with some <u>really</u> old ones from long
before the introduction of our common computer carried data base (which happened in 1970 I think) they can
never get the same 6 position alfanumeric registration combination... Btw, "personal" plates (like the ODDONE I
had) can have 7 positions...

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Postby FI Spyder » 11 Jun 2012 19:18

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Odd</i>


And since two cars cannot have the same registration data, incl VIN, there's no problem in this type of availability
and transparency. And should two cars have the same VIN (this happened with some <u>really</u> old ones from long
before the introduction of our common computer carried data base (which happened in 1970 I think) they can
never get the same 6 position alfanumeric registration combination...
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Two Piper GT's left the factory with the same VIN number, wonder what they would have done in that situation???



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Postby supercass » 11 Jun 2012 21:07

<i>Strange and overly secret country you guys live in. You've got the registration number </i>

I, for one prefer it that way. I don't want any Tom, Dick or Harry obtaining my personal details on a whim. I resent that information about my car is publicly available. supercass

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Postby fiveliters » 15 Jun 2012 18:16

Question:what car is that license trim/surround from?
LIke the BMW lights,BTW!

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Postby stevie_a » 15 Jun 2012 18:48

<font color="teal"><b>the same BMW the lights are from</b></font id="teal">
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Postby whitenviro » 15 Jun 2012 20:50

I've always thought the tail lights on the TR7 were one of the weakest parts of the design. It's fun to see a different set, but I don't think these look much better. Certainly not a big enough difference to justify how much work it must have been to fit them. Especially wrapping around the side and that little lip around the bottom of the boot lid.
Too much work, not enough improvement (which I guess could be the story of my life!)


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Postby FI Spyder » 15 Jun 2012 23:44

I thought the rear lights was one of the strongest design elements of the car, unlike anything else on the market as opposed to the BMW lights which are similar to hundreds of other cars. Each to his own of course.



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