AGO 261W - Where is it now?

[kev131]

I came across the existence of this car while looking for my first Sport - The pictures were of the car when it resided in London somewhere and date from the early nineties.

[mick131]

Bad news Kev, just checked on the DVLA database and the last lot of tax it had on it expired on 15/06/1999 ... .

[mirafioriman]

Could still be in a garage somewhere. My latest purchase was last taxed in 1996!

[david]

Here are some pictures of when I owned this car before the above pictures and later owner.
I bought this car as a wreck in late 1990 in I think october.
The car had been in a gatwick car compound since it was five years old and I got it when it was ten years old and had been sitting outside for five years.

[david]

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[david]

This is eight or nine months later in late July / August 1991 when I had restored it at a cost of ?3 to ?3.5 k at the time.
Sorry about picture quality on this one.

[david]

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[david]

Last picture I found also in the summer of 1991.

[mirafioriman]

Nice update on this one. It would be nice if it was a survivor after having so much mtime and money lavished on it

[david]

I think it will be long gone by now ?
I bought a new drivers door for it from Ricambio in banstead in 90 or early 91 for ?265, as you can see the original was shot but as I recall the other side was ok as I think it was half in and half out of the building in the gatwick compound where it had sat for those five years. Apparently the owner had left it there and never returned to pick it up !
Also bought a new scuttle panel for it from Fiat for as I recall ?65
It also needed some floor plates welded but the chassis sections were solid.
The mileage was only 70 k at the time and the car drove great and everything was quiet and still tight.
I do remember driving it home from gatwick and the rear tyres were worn down to the steel where they must have been spinning it round the compound.