29-06-2019, 10:04 PM
My guess is that HX4683 has gone abroad. A very similar set of circumstances prevailed with an 1934 RP saloon that I owned throughout the 1990s. The DVLA record for AYM324 shows that the taxation stopped at 2008 for no apparent reason. Likewise, all enquiries via all forums led to nothing. Not a peep.
All of a sudden, a few months back, I received a message from a fellow in Queensland, Australia. Yes, Australia! Seems he had just bought the car from someone in Tasmania as a result of an advert on Gumtree and was in the process of arranging for it to be shipped to Queensland. Apparently, he Googled the registration number and this led him straight to my forum posts enquiring about the car, hence he kindly contacted me. From the pictures I saw, I reckon it never turned a wheel during its time in Tasmania. As Austin Sevens are not uncommon in both Australia and New Zealand, it's not clear why anyone would go the expense of shipping one half way across the world under such circumstances, but there we are.
All of a sudden, a few months back, I received a message from a fellow in Queensland, Australia. Yes, Australia! Seems he had just bought the car from someone in Tasmania as a result of an advert on Gumtree and was in the process of arranging for it to be shipped to Queensland. Apparently, he Googled the registration number and this led him straight to my forum posts enquiring about the car, hence he kindly contacted me. From the pictures I saw, I reckon it never turned a wheel during its time in Tasmania. As Austin Sevens are not uncommon in both Australia and New Zealand, it's not clear why anyone would go the expense of shipping one half way across the world under such circumstances, but there we are.