14-11-2021, 10:48 AM
I’m in full agreement with you Ian, privacy is important of course, with cloning being an issue, but the more information that is out there, surely there is less opportunity for the fakers?
Martin expresses the vital importance of retaining an old vehicle’s original registration, it often being the only way to trace its history.
In my view, anyone who cites privacy when it comes to an old car has something to hide, which is why I keep photographs of cars I’ve spotted over the past 60 years that have now miraculously become desirable sports and coachbuilt models, but my only reference is the registration number.
The old car world has lost some wonderful Alvis, Bentley and Riley saloons (and Austins, of course), because of greed, add to that the cars which have been robbed of their original registration numbers and the history is lost...and all to make few quid with no regard for automotive history.
Martin expresses the vital importance of retaining an old vehicle’s original registration, it often being the only way to trace its history.
In my view, anyone who cites privacy when it comes to an old car has something to hide, which is why I keep photographs of cars I’ve spotted over the past 60 years that have now miraculously become desirable sports and coachbuilt models, but my only reference is the registration number.
The old car world has lost some wonderful Alvis, Bentley and Riley saloons (and Austins, of course), because of greed, add to that the cars which have been robbed of their original registration numbers and the history is lost...and all to make few quid with no regard for automotive history.