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Offline Cory

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possible barn find . . .
« on: 16 April 2012, 21:06 »
girlfriend spotted a mk2 behind some horse stables and asked about it,
got told his was the owners sons but got dumped cuz he didnt want it.
its a non runner so gonna phone about it wednesday.

in the mean time how do you guys find out the details for weather a cars sorn or not etc?


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Re: possible barn find . . .
« Reply #1 on: 16 April 2012, 21:32 »
Nice find :afro: we're abouts in N.D was that?
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Re: possible barn find . . .
« Reply #2 on: 16 April 2012, 21:37 »
looks clean!!

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Offline Cory

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Re: possible barn find . . .
« Reply #3 on: 16 April 2012, 21:48 »
lives in appledore

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Re: possible barn find . . .
« Reply #4 on: 16 April 2012, 21:50 »
its been chavved up.. check out those mirrors  :grin:
  


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Offline Mitching

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Re: possible barn find . . .
« Reply #5 on: 16 April 2012, 22:05 »
Probably been sitting there for 2 years
The vehicle details for E653 KAB are:

Date of Liability                   01 12 2010
Date of First Registration   08 03 1988
Year of Manufacture           1988
Cylinder Capacity (cc)             1272cc
CO2 Emissions                   Not Available
Fuel Type                           PETROL
Export Marker                 N
Vehicle Status                   Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour                   BLUE
Vehicle Type Approval           Not Available

Vehicle Excise Duty rate for vehicle
6 Months Rate   £74.25
12 Months Rate   £135.00

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Re: possible barn find . . .
« Reply #6 on: 16 April 2012, 23:20 »
cheers for the check bud  :cool:

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Re: possible barn find . . .
« Reply #7 on: 17 April 2012, 10:53 »
Hmm, Shiny 1.3. Ossum'

Nice find. Buy it.


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Re: possible barn find . . .
« Reply #8 on: 17 April 2012, 12:13 »
The thing about a 'barn find' is that it's been in a barn, so is generally in better condition than it would be if it had been dumped outside.

Manifestly that's a 'field find' or 'garden find'.
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Re: possible barn find . . .
« Reply #9 on: 17 April 2012, 12:27 »
The thing about a 'barn find' is that it's been in a barn, so is generally in better condition than it would be if it had been dumped outside.

Manifestly that's a 'field find' or 'garden find'.

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