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Aug 22, 2017 19:39:28 GMT
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Sorry I wasn't trying trying to be gratuitously negative there. If you can see enough of the car to tell it's worth saving then by all means persevere with the mission. You've now got me looking at ads for X19s now. Out of my price range but they don't seem to have reached barmy prices yet. www.ebay.co.uk/b/Fiat-X1-9-Model-Classic-Cars/29751/bn_55183174
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Fossilfish
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Seen a few x19 on YouTube nice little cars with options to tune and look cool, one thing with my MX-5 is there is still many MK1 around and although it's a great car its still to abundant. The fiat will be rare and issues finding bits for, rust and all but still attanable.
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Aug 23, 2017 11:37:32 GMT
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Dvla and car parks seams to be a grey area.
A few years ago a mate who had no driveway parked his car in the pub car park opposite his house when the tax expired, he knew the landlord and had permission to park it there but the dvla still came round and clamped it.
Another car dealer friend drove a "stock" car to McDonald's for his lunch, removed the trade plates out of the window once parked in the car park in fear of them being stolen, only to return to his car half hour later to find that had also been clamped. Turned out the dvla clampers had also drove into mcdonalds for their lunch and it pinged up as Untaxed on their camera's so they clamped it.
Not sure if residential car parks come under the same laws.
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kevfromwales
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the conrod's REALLY out the block now!
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Aug 23, 2017 13:27:52 GMT
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what a tricky situation
I know there is a proceedure that landlords can follow if a tennant doesn't pay rent and they can seize a car stored at their property to cover the amount owed. It involves contacting the dvla and drafting a letter via a solicitor to make the owner aware of the debt.
If the new house / flat owner has bought the property off the deceased man's estate, is it possible that the property will have been sold 'lock stock and barrel' complete with all fixtures and fittings? If you could track down the current landlord?
good luck with it, them compomotives in particular look lovely!
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fad
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Just nick it and ring it, logbooks aplenty on fleabay... Seems an easy crime to get away with than all this faff LOL
(Note for humourless dullards. I jest. Obviously.)
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Just nick it and ring it, logbooks aplenty on fleabay... Seems an easy crime to get away with than all this faff LOL (Note for humourless dullards. I jest. Obviously.) Now if I didn't know better I'd think you were looking for trouble there Fad
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Aug 24, 2017 13:58:14 GMT
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Just nick it and ring it, logbooks aplenty on fleabay... Seems an easy crime to get away with than all this faff LOL (Note for humourless dullards. I jest. Obviously.) 1958 tax free land rover 308 gts, it has a nice ring to it
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I guess you know what you're looking at, but I can see no evidence of Fiat X1/9, to me it looks more MR2, but whatever it is, it does look to be a pretty good replica, I'd love to see more photos of it! I really hope you get it if for no other reason than following your build thread for it while you get it back on the road. Good luck fella!
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Aug 26, 2017 18:30:36 GMT
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Just nick it and ring it, logbooks aplenty on fleabay... Seems an easy crime to get away with than all this faff LOL (Note for humourless dullards. I jest. Obviously.) 1958 tax free land rover 308 gts, it has a nice ring to it '58? You forgot MOT exempt too!!!
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Stiff
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Aug 26, 2017 19:06:38 GMT
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I guess you know what you're looking at, but I can see no evidence of Fiat X1/9, Targa roof (albeit shortened by the looks of it) and door quarter lights give it away. You can also see the same 'notch' on the rear of the door glass
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Aug 26, 2017 19:08:49 GMT
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Unless I got a receipt from someone with a genuine claim on it, I think I'd be paranoid I was doing up someone else's car and waiting for the day they came and claimed it. That being said, good luck with the quest
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Aug 26, 2017 19:10:22 GMT
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Of course the landlord has a say in this.
Ive removed many a car (99.99% of the time they are just scrap) by liasing with the landlord.
Whether it 'belongs' to someone who has emigrated or not, is largely irrelevant, its not parked on her property, its parked on the landlords land.
Correct method is to speak to landlord that youre happy to remove the car at no cost to them, but you need to get the landlord to attach notices to the vehicle giving the 'owner' a week to remove or make plans to remove the vehicle or it will be disposed of.
Take pictures of vehicle with notices on, and then go back in a week to collect vehicle, get a letter printed up that the landlord signs stating that vehicle was left on private property, notices were put on vehicle noting its removal, get landlord to sign and keep that letter safe.
Then take vehicle away and apply for logbook.
Contacting the 'owner' is a waste of time, she doesnt give a toss about it, has left it for several years on property she didnt have the land owners permission to leave it on, and no-one that cares about a vehicle leaves it like that.
Deal with the landlord and youre legally covered, the council don't get involved as its private property and can only remove if its on a public highway.
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Fossilfish
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Aug 27, 2017 17:40:50 GMT
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I've been to the address a few times and no one has answered so a letter will be posted.
I know others have tried as a resident has Saida notes are left on the car for months and no one removes them. The flat is some distance from the car which is why a few have given up.
I'll pop around tonight to drop off a letter.
I was sent a as for the car and it would appear to have been built in early 80's for a magazine then recommissioned in 2013 with turbo and shiny bits.
I'm inching to get it as it's is truly a waste.
Thank you all for the replies and fingers crossed.
I've been very lucky before with just speaking to owners so let's hope my luck hasn't run out.
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Last Edit: Aug 27, 2017 17:41:05 GMT by Fossilfish
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Aug 30, 2017 10:00:09 GMT
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Good luck with this one.
As someone who works in housing and has seen a fair share of decent motahs' dumped and forgotten on private land, leaving them to be scrapped - I would love to see this go to someone who will bring it to what it once was.
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Did anyone ever watch Trailer Park Boys? Canadian mockumentary comedy about two fellas who just got out of prison? Makes me think of "Ricky's Used Sh!t" where he gets people to drag bbqs, patio furniture etc from gardens to the road then drives down with a pickup and goes"oh look what people have just left out on the street? Well I will give it a good home..." Point being, you could get a mate to drag it onto the street then you can be a good citizen by scooping it up to save the DVLA the hassle and tidy up the neighbourhood lol! On a serious note, were you to vandalise it, nothing would happen. Steal it and weigh it in, you'd likely get away with it. Nick all the good parts off it and leave the shell, I'd wager there'd be little recourse. Nick it and ring it and sell it, you'd likely not get caught. Remove it as waste disposable in a clean up, likely no comeback on you. Adopt it and try to save the car from the above fates down legitimate avenues for legitimate reasons, fraught with potential legal comeback. I dunno if my moral compass is broken, but sometimes the temptation to do the illegal for "good" reasons is very high. Mind you, hand that story over to the Daily Fail and they would spin it so fast the earths rotation would shift and you would look like a scumbag in the light they would cast.
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Sept 2, 2017 10:05:37 GMT
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Did anyone ever watch Trailer Park Boys? Canadian mockumentary comedy about two fellas who just got out of prison? Makes me think of "Ricky's Used Sh!t" where he gets people to drag bbqs, patio furniture etc from gardens to the road then drives down with a pickup and goes"oh look what people have just left out on the street? Well I will give it a good home..." Point being, you could get a mate to drag it onto the street then you can be a good citizen by scooping it up to save the DVLA the hassle and tidy up the neighbourhood lol! On a serious note, were you to vandalise it, nothing would happen. Steal it and weigh it in, you'd likely get away with it. Nick all the good parts off it and leave the shell, I'd wager there'd be little recourse. Nick it and ring it and sell it, you'd likely not get caught. Remove it as waste disposable in a clean up, likely no comeback on you. Adopt it and try to save the car from the above fates down legitimate avenues for legitimate reasons, fraught with potential legal comeback. I dunno if my moral compass is broken, but sometimes the temptation to do the illegal for "good" reasons is very high. Mind you, hand that story over to the Daily Fail and they would spin it so fast the earths rotation would shift and you would look like a scumbag in the light they would cast. Or just take it. Theft under a thousand you won't even go to jail. Even if you do jails awesome. Should get JRoc to fit one of those hockey stick spoilers dawg
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Sept 2, 2017 20:46:25 GMT
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I guess you know what you're looking at, but I can see no evidence of Fiat X1/9, Targa roof (albeit shortened by the looks of it) and door quarter lights give it away. You can also see the same 'notch' on the rear of the door glass And the shot you used for the x19 is my old car on my drive with my van behind lol
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Sorry I wasn't trying trying to be gratuitously negative there. If you can see enough of the car to tell it's worth saving then by all means persevere with the mission. You've now got me looking at ads for X19s now. Out of my price range but they don't seem to have reached barmy prices yet. www.ebay.co.uk/b/Fiat-X1-9-Model-Classic-Cars/29751/bn_55183174you watch the prices sky rocket now that i have had to sell mine..... :-P
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luckyseven
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Weirdest part of all this is that is appears to have early CBR600 mirrors, complete with flubbery rubbery covered stalks. I mean, what sort of barbarian does that to a car?
It's actually quite cool-looking but Ferrari badges on a kit make you look a bit of a nob IMHO. Still, be good to see it saved
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