BA

In 1985 my dad bought a brand new series 1.... we've just been clearing out some drawers in the lounge and found the original bill of sale for the the car along with copies of numerous letters that he sent to ford after he'd bought the car complaining about the reliability of it.... made me chuckle cos all of the problems he was having then with a brand new car are all the problems that people seem to have now!!

when i get chance i'll scan it all in and post it up.... might be of some interest to some of you.

Twins

iTrader: (18)

Bet you wish he still had it

BA

yeah big time.... got some pics i'm gonna scan in too, i'll post them up too when i get chance....

Macca RST

Poat up the number plate might be able to find out if its still alive!!!

vroooom ptssssh

Get the pics etc up

Dan

Bet it looks mint, get em scanned in fella!

DazS1Turbo

Would be interesting to see

AGAR-COSWORTH

Class

I remember the numerous times my dads escort had to go back to get things fixed that were dodgey from the factory - fords ehh?

jonnyturbo

pics please

rs shawn

Will add it to the database then

CHRISP

BA

will get pics up when i get a chance....

i asked the guy who's doing the data base if he could find out if it's still alive and he found that the last keeper change was 1989 so unless someones had it that long it's probably dead....

but if anyone has ever heard of this plate i'd like to know:

B555 BAR

yeah obviously looks well mint in the photos cos it's brand new...

when i can get to a scanner i'll scan everything in including pictures!

rs shawn

Hello...that'll be me then

BA

hello!! sorry couldnt remember your name....

like i said at the start of this post i've found a load of pictures of it and the original reciept etc etc so when i get chance to scan it in i'll email it to you



would still love to find the car but like you said i'm sure it's probably dead by now

vroooom ptssssh

Was it a custom? electric windows/central locking/sunroof/pop out rear windows?

rs shawn

Haha. no probs mate.
Like I said in the pm, it may have been put onto a private plate, but only DVLA or the police will know for definate unfortunately.

BA

yeah was a custom!!

we were talking about the car the other day and he said that he got 135mph out of it with still some to go! - i would say that's pretty good going for a standard rst??!

SafeChav

LOL, u should see if the car is still alive and send them to the current owner

SI-S1

[quote="BA"]

i asked the guy who's doing the data base if he could find out if it's still alive and he found that the last keeper change was 1989 so unless someones had it that long it's probably dead....

i got mine in 1989 and its still alive and used daily.

BA

if the car was still alive i'd be trying to buy it rather than sending the stuff to the current owner....

DazS1Turbo

Any Pics yet?

Bin looking forward to this (Saddo!)

BA

sorry not had time to work out how my scanner works yet, will try and do it tonight if not it'll be over the weekend..... will change the title of the post when i've done it

BA

here we go then, here's the pics, just scanned them in....

they look better if you can view them full size somehow!!

Nick500

Looks cracking mate!!

Ad4m RST

hope this is still about, looks a lovely motor

PaulT

i like the cortina on next doors drive

BA

doubt it would look like that anymore anyway, those pictures were taken 20 years ago....

BA

yeah cortina shows how old the pics are!!

rs shawn

Looks top mate..as it should: it's a brand spanker...lol I'll add pic onto the database this weekend if/when I get chance.

Wish I could do more to find out if it's still around for ya mate.

MikeyXR2i

Last time a log book was issued on it was 01 03 1989.
it aint taxed either. I imagine its long dead.

BA

well like you say if it's not taxed chances are it's not about

is there any way we can find out when it was last taxed??

maybe someone's had it stored away in a barn with a cover on it for the last 15 years!!

shawn, thanks for all your help with this car....

rs shawn

The vehicle details for B555 BAR are:

Date of Liability Not Available
Date of First Registration 15 02 1985
Date of Last V5 Issue 01 03 1989
Year of Manufacture 1985
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1597CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Not Available
Vehicle Colour WHITE

Date of liability is the tax date: and it's unavailable. *Could* be SORN, but possibly gone

BA

thanks again, i'll just think to myself that someone's got it stored away somewhere, thet'll make me feel better!!

jonnyturbo

wow, nice makes me think how cool it must have looked 20 yrs ago when you see the cars in the background.

M.A.D.RST

How cool is that

Twins

iTrader: (18)

Love the piccys ,just shows how time moves on when you see the other car in the photo ,hope it still lives on .

BA

yeah i couldnt believe how modern it looked in the pictures next to the other cars, must have been an amaising looking car in it's day.... although i think they look pretty amaising now!!

Dan

Looks lovely mate, just as it should being brand new!

How long did your Dad own it for?

Not sure if this would work or if you've already tried it but you could write to the DVLA and ask about it, if anyone's gonna know about it it'll be them

Hope its good news!

vroooom ptssssh

perfect

BA

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....