RetroBeemer wrote:I finally got the information from the DVLA today, that lists the previous 5 owners of my car. It's also had 2 other registration numbers.
Originally it was supplied by Halstead Motor Co in Colchester, Essex. The original plate was UEV 950W. It was supplied to a company called C J Eley so I thought I would give them a call. A longshot I know. In fact, I got to speak to the guy who bought my car new back in February 81. He was really pleased to hear it was still on the road and told me it was him who had fitted the LSD a few months into ownership. It's a garage that he owns/runs. Anyway, he is going to try and find some old photos for me to add to the service history.
The next 2 owners were Johm and Jack Hart and they both lived in Coggeshall, near Braintree in Essex. The 4th was Richard S J Locke, also in Coggeshall. The reg' number changed to 22 SHK. Finally it went to the guy I bought it from with reg' number WJN 790W.
I've written to the other registered keepers but as we're talking 20 or so years, I'm not sure I'll be able to find them, even if they survive. You never know though I guess. It would just be nice to know the full history. It won't interest everyone I know, but I like researching stuff like that.
My car's still in Essex today but, fingers crossed, it'll be coming back on Friday.
Just heard from owners 2 & 3 who were John and Jack Hart. John, the son, ran my car for a year or so before selling it to his dad Jack. He is now 90 but still remembers the car well as he owned it for the best part of 20 years. In fact, he said he never took it more than 20 miles from home which explains the low mileage. When he did sell it, he P/X'd it for a little Rover back at Eleys where it came from when new. I'm going to drop in and say hello to him next week as he's keen to see it and tell me about his time with it.
I found some contact details for S Locke, owner number 4, so I'm just waiting for a response now and then that's the whole history pieced together.
mark, just a quick one mate, you may have low mileage on the clocks, but i cant imagine the engine you have in your car now being from an E30 a low mileage so really it wouldnt prove any + points on the engine but to say its a recorded milege from the old engine! and + mileage added on to the clock from the 325 engine you have in your car now!
Mobster wrote:I can see some Earl Grey and Rich Tea Biscuits making an appearance during your reminiscence session.
I didnt have to dig so deep to find the history of my car. The guy i bought it from had it from new. He was a priest.............Bless Him !!!!
Thats nothing mobster (bless you my son) the first owner on my car from what i was told was originally owned by a guitarist called KK Downing from the band Judas Priest, but cant confirm this although i did contact the previous owner and did say it was first owned by him... Pic below -
RetroBeemer wrote:I finally got the information from the DVLA today, that lists the previous 5 owners of my car. It's also had 2 other registration numbers.
Originally it was supplied by Halstead Motor Co in Colchester, Essex. The original plate was UEV 950W. It was supplied to a company called C J Eley so I thought I would give them a call. A longshot I know. In fact, I got to speak to the guy who bought my car new back in February 81. He was really pleased to hear it was still on the road and told me it was him who had fitted the LSD a few months into ownership. It's a garage that he owns/runs. Anyway, he is going to try and find some old photos for me to add to the service history.
The next 2 owners were Johm and Jack Hart and they both lived in Coggeshall, near Braintree in Essex. The 4th was Richard S J Locke, also in Coggeshall. The reg' number changed to 22 SHK. Finally it went to the guy I bought it from with reg' number WJN 790W.
I've written to the other registered keepers but as we're talking 20 or so years, I'm not sure I'll be able to find them, even if they survive. You never know though I guess. It would just be nice to know the full history. It won't interest everyone I know, but I like researching stuff like that.
My car's still in Essex today but, fingers crossed, it'll be coming back on Friday.
Just heard from owners 2 & 3 who were John and Jack Hart. John, the son, ran my car for a year or so before selling it to his dad Jack. He is now 90 but still remembers the car well as he owned it for the best part of 20 years. In fact, he said he never took it more than 20 miles from home which explains the low mileage. When he did sell it, he P/X'd it for a little Rover back at Eleys where it came from when new. I'm going to drop in and say hello to him next week as he's keen to see it and tell me about his time with it.
I found some contact details for S Locke, owner number 4, so I'm just waiting for a response now and then that's the whole history pieced together.
Well a call from the final owners Mum, means I've managed to trace all the previous owners now. S Locke moved to Australia nearly 5 years ago and evidently he wishes he'd taken the old e21 with him. He did take his Triumph Vitesse though. Anyway, I'm going to e-mail him later and see what information he might have and ask if he has any old photos too? I guess it's thanks to the internet & Google that I've been able to trace everyone so quickly and it's great to have been able to piece together such a comprehensive history of my car.
I also got a call from Dave @ RPM today as there have been a few delays getting everything back together. One of my Volvo calipers had a seized piston where it had been stored and a rebuild kit for the e12 brake master cylinder had to be ordered. K-mac top mounts and GAZ coilovers have meant machining some spacers to fit. The 6 branch is all done but one of the threads stripped on a TCA and an old one had to be swapped over. It's all coming together though and I'm sure it'll be worth the wait. I'd rather it was done right first time than risk it having to go back again later on.
Just goes to prove I can waffle bollox with the best of them.
