Oscillation trepidation !

[robert regan]

yes John I do still have the mk1 cabriolet its a great car to drive off road for this year it ran a big end and a replacement engine with a block rebore and new pistons started to smoke after only about 700 miles and got worseT and worseT after inspecting that engine I could see no obvious reason why, its original engine is now going back in and will be back on the road next year best Regards to all Rob.

[Ivor Hawkins]

Hi Rob

Just to let you know that your old Pearl CLO293 (Now TSK490) is still going strong after 22 years in my ownership !

Do you still have the Mk 1 you bought a few years ago ?

Great hear the Pearl is still going strong, what a shame its original registration has been lost, it’s like a part of its history has gone.

[John Cornforth]

Apologies for thread drift. A few years ago (before all that GDPR malarkey) I applied to DVLA for a copy of all they had on file for CLO293 / TSK490 and paid the £5. I was pleasantly surprised a few weeks later to get a wodge of photocopied microfilm records which covered owners going back to the mid 1970s. Someone must have spent a long time going through their records. This revealed that someone had kept the car for only a few months, long enough to pinch the original reg for their Porsche. An "A" suffix plate was allocated, which later on a dealer later changed to an "Age Related" plate which was a step in the right direction. All water under the bridge now !