Ang
04-18-2009, 10:59 AM
This is a new little project and I am a after a little help on this one. You will see, by the way, the car that I crashed my black manta into the background (black gt4 st165) and that is how is looked after the accident when mine was a cat b!
I am after help in discovering more about this car. It's a wierd story and irritating story so please follow if you can. I bought this car for £100 for parts off ebay. I did full checks on the car as it did not have a v5, on getting the car the vin plate and number plates had been removed. I was not happy. The registration A....... was etched on every single windown and headlight. It has never been welded and may only need for the very first time a little welding. Look at the condition of it. It is the tidiest example we have seen so why did he want the car broken?
Well we took the risk and applied for the v5, we told him we knew the reg details when we got the car. Chassis plate is original. Police are involved and the car has been checked and everyone seems happy we have the original.
1month after buying the car the original owner reported it stolen!! I didn't find out until this week when I chased up the v5. The stolen marker has now been removed as we had proof that we had bought it and it turns out that this elderly gentleman had 2 mantas on the same registration plate.......... but why get rid of this one?
Does anyone recognise this car from the Eastbourne (Sussex) area? It has a Seaford car sticker and must have spent a lot of time in a lock up or garage. It was last motd and taxed apprantly in March 2009, it has 4 new tyres and looks like its been on the road recently.
The duplicate car may be in a breakers now, sadly but we are looking to find a gold or orange/pink ie faded manta with A reg plates or with none right now in the area. The dvla said the other car could be re registered but it is not a legal car at the moment.
If you are wondering why I am not putting up the reg details and that is because there aren't that many mantas about right now it is A *** *YJ and that's as far as I'm going. Our car is that its ours and we will get the v5 but we do need to find this other manta, it must be pretty special and don't want to see it scrapped. The guy seems to have "forgotten" what the other reg number is and where it is, it may be in a breakers.
The colour of the other one could be completely wrong. If you have any information whatsoever then please pm me asap. I doubt there are many mantas in the Eastbourne and surrounding area.
If you see one do take a quick photo and if you are brave and see one without number plates do check the windows and/or lights as they will have a reg plate etched into them probably. I will then pass on the details to the police to rule out.
Its a shot in the dark but these are rare cars now.
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn314/angdown11/Photo-0011.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn314/angdown11/Photo-0012-2.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn314/angdown11/100_9952.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn314/angdown11/100_9953.jpg
I am after help in discovering more about this car. It's a wierd story and irritating story so please follow if you can. I bought this car for £100 for parts off ebay. I did full checks on the car as it did not have a v5, on getting the car the vin plate and number plates had been removed. I was not happy. The registration A....... was etched on every single windown and headlight. It has never been welded and may only need for the very first time a little welding. Look at the condition of it. It is the tidiest example we have seen so why did he want the car broken?
Well we took the risk and applied for the v5, we told him we knew the reg details when we got the car. Chassis plate is original. Police are involved and the car has been checked and everyone seems happy we have the original.
1month after buying the car the original owner reported it stolen!! I didn't find out until this week when I chased up the v5. The stolen marker has now been removed as we had proof that we had bought it and it turns out that this elderly gentleman had 2 mantas on the same registration plate.......... but why get rid of this one?
Does anyone recognise this car from the Eastbourne (Sussex) area? It has a Seaford car sticker and must have spent a lot of time in a lock up or garage. It was last motd and taxed apprantly in March 2009, it has 4 new tyres and looks like its been on the road recently.
The duplicate car may be in a breakers now, sadly but we are looking to find a gold or orange/pink ie faded manta with A reg plates or with none right now in the area. The dvla said the other car could be re registered but it is not a legal car at the moment.
If you are wondering why I am not putting up the reg details and that is because there aren't that many mantas about right now it is A *** *YJ and that's as far as I'm going. Our car is that its ours and we will get the v5 but we do need to find this other manta, it must be pretty special and don't want to see it scrapped. The guy seems to have "forgotten" what the other reg number is and where it is, it may be in a breakers.
The colour of the other one could be completely wrong. If you have any information whatsoever then please pm me asap. I doubt there are many mantas in the Eastbourne and surrounding area.
If you see one do take a quick photo and if you are brave and see one without number plates do check the windows and/or lights as they will have a reg plate etched into them probably. I will then pass on the details to the police to rule out.
Its a shot in the dark but these are rare cars now.
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn314/angdown11/Photo-0011.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn314/angdown11/Photo-0012-2.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn314/angdown11/100_9952.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn314/angdown11/100_9953.jpg