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Aug 13, 2017 17:46:49 GMT
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Sold my lovely near mint scimitar back in 2012 HPE 345N, seems it's not been on the road since late 2012 according to the dvla Any scimitar people know the car or where it is now? A chap came from oxford area to buy it Just interested what's happened to it As it was a fantastic car
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Last Edit: Aug 13, 2017 17:49:03 GMT by Mercdan68
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Aug 13, 2017 19:31:21 GMT
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Sold my lovely near mint scimitar back in 2012 HPE 345N, seems it's not been on the road since late 2012 according to the dvla Any scimitar people know the car or where it is now? A chap came from oxford area to buy it Just interested what's happened to it As it was a fantastic car That car rings a massive bell, I'm sure it used to be up by me in North Wales till about 10 years ago?
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Aug 13, 2017 19:34:46 GMT
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I found the car in a driveway locally to me in Dartford In 2010,,had been fully restored then just left parked up
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Aug 13, 2017 19:36:50 GMT
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I will keep a eye out as i am just outside Oxford . Any idea if he was actually from Oxford or Oxfordshire ? Name ? Age ?
Its a pretty small place so i might be able to do some digging .
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Aug 13, 2017 19:46:28 GMT
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Sorry mate, all I remember is the chap coming down from Oxfordshire area paying poundnotes and driving it home!
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Aug 13, 2017 20:04:48 GMT
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I'll keep an eye out anyway , hard to miss in that colour and i will remember the reg HPE.
If you think of any detail PM me as it might help .Age , posh or scumbag etc
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Bought buy to decent fellas, late 40s Sounded as if they were looking for a possible concours entrant Tbh it wasn't far off that
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scimjim
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Aug 15, 2017 14:04:42 GMT
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New owner hasn't joined the RSSOC, last entry on the database comes from your post on Scimitarweb here back in 2011.
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Aug 15, 2017 16:28:41 GMT
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Thanks scimjim , seems odd the car has disappeared And the fellas that bought it haven't joined the club for spares etc...
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Last Edit: Aug 15, 2017 16:28:58 GMT by Mercdan68
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Rob M
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Aug 15, 2017 16:50:28 GMT
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Thanks scimjim , seems odd the car has disappeared And the fellas that bought it haven't joined the club for spares etc... If that was SORN in 2012 Id suggest that its still with the person who bought it and they bought it as an investment, ya know, it resurfaces in 2023 as a 'barn find' bargain at ยฃ18,750 ono....... There is no reason to suspect that its been written off or has changed hands since.
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Aug 15, 2017 19:11:00 GMT
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I sold my Scimitar (WKE660S) in 2008 and the buyer drove it straight back to France so its MOT ran out in 2008 and nothing since. Its not SORN, just untaxed.
Maybe something similar has happened.
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scimjim
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Aug 15, 2017 20:08:37 GMT
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Scimitars have a very healthy international following and mainland Europe is particularly buoyant at the moment. We also have very active club members there who follow adverts vigorously and try to match up chassis numbers rather than UK registrations. Unfortunately WKE has nothing more than a rebuild in 2006 on record
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Aug 15, 2017 20:14:30 GMT
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I seem to have a habit of selling really good cars which disappear! Over the last ten years I've sold Capri 3.0s mint sold and never on road since 12,000 mile sierra glsi, again never on road again And the scimitar
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Aug 15, 2017 21:45:57 GMT
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Scimitars have a very healthy international following and mainland Europe is particularly buoyant at the moment. We also have very active club members there who follow adverts vigorously and try to match up chassis numbers rather than UK registrations. Unfortunately WKE has nothing more than a rebuild in 2006 on record I bought it in 2007 when the owner finished the rebuild and after throwing a fortune at it had a barely useable car with countless faults. I spent a year sorting it out and it made a great car, finances and the need for one daily useable car in the family made me sell it which I regretted, I should have used it for longer before selling it. I think the man I sold it to will still have it.
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Rob M
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Aug 15, 2017 23:07:31 GMT
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I sold my Scimitar (WKE660S) in 2008 and the buyer drove it straight back to France so its MOT ran out in 2008 and nothing since. Its not SORN, just untaxed. Maybe something similar has happened. Ive sold two cars, one a 5A Scimitar ( to a man who drove it back to Hamburg) and both had export markers on them when you looked at the road tax status.
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Greeegor
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Hi, just came across your post. I've just bought this car...unfortunately it doesn't look anywhere as good as that anymore.
Hopefully I can bring it back to that standard again. Any info you have on it would be nice. ๐๐
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Hi, just came across your post.ย I've just bought this car...unfortunately it doesn't look anywhere as good as that anymore.ย Hopefully I can bring it back to that standard again.ย Any info you have on it would be nice. ๐๐ Be interested to see it now It was near perfect when I sold it to a fella from oxford area I bought the car from a guy who had retired from the motor industry and rebuilt it , then started rebuilding an mgb I loved the car I should of kept it
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Greeegor
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I'm trying to put a photo on for you but not having any luck. The car has been stripped, engine and G/box, Glass, doors and interior have been removed. I think he was trying to restore it but had given up. I have all the parts all on boxes, hopefully nothing missing. I think you'd be very disappointed at how the Scimitar looks now...really sorry for her self
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Greeegor
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Shame to see it like that , canโt understand why? It was restored well and only need fettling Nice to see youโve bought it too restore It had a new complete chassis fitted before I bought it So it should be great underneath
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