rs shawn has been on the dvla web site for me and found that that last keeper change was 1989, could contact them i suppose and ask if they can find out if it's been scrapped.... only other thing is to do a police check... i've got a mate in the cps, might ask if he can have a look for me....
i think dad had the car for 18 months ish, he had it as a second car and was always worried about leaving it anywhere so he sold it....