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Re: Pre-1960 vehicles exempted from MoT
« Reply #30 on: October 19, 2012, 06:00:35 PM »
I am all for keeping our cars (Microcars) original right down to the Registration Number if at all possible.  Jean
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Re: Pre-1960 vehicles exempted from MoT
« Reply #31 on: October 19, 2012, 07:17:49 PM »
sorry to disagree bob . i do agree with jeans sentiments but not you bob . complete difference of opinion thats all . why do people who want to keep original numbers with cars feel they are taking the higher ground ? just as easy to argue that they are misguided .   if your car is known as being a particular car with a particularly well known history you MAY have a point but as most of us own very ordinary cars with no well known history then what does the number mean - only that its a 1955 car registered in cheshire for example . that knowledge can be kept with the vehicle either way surely .
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Re: Pre-1960 vehicles exempted from MoT
« Reply #32 on: October 19, 2012, 07:25:01 PM »
where did bobs post go that i was replying to ? is it me ?
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Re: Pre-1960 vehicles exempted from MoT
« Reply #33 on: October 19, 2012, 07:32:44 PM »
The name's Rob not bob and I still say it's greed to flog reg numbers.
« Last Edit: October 19, 2012, 07:35:18 PM by Rob Dobie »
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Re: Pre-1960 vehicles exempted from MoT
« Reply #34 on: October 19, 2012, 09:25:33 PM »
i still say what happened to the post .

sorry rob you moved the goalposts didn't you ? i knew of you for many years as bob was i always mistaken , far as i know many people talk of bob dobie - where did it all go wrong  ???
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Re: Pre-1960 vehicles exempted from MoT
« Reply #35 on: October 19, 2012, 10:24:11 PM »
As I recall in the early days of the forum to save confusion we started calling Mr Dobie Rob and myself Bob though I think in real life we are both Bobs, correct me if I'm wrong Rob.

What is the post about that you cant find Richard? The only thing I have edited lately is deleting some spam and removing four letter words from someone elses post which is why I assumed you were calling me square? Or maybe you were talking to Rob!!?? See how the confusion starts! :D
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Re: Pre-1960 vehicles exempted from MoT
« Reply #36 on: October 20, 2012, 09:53:13 AM »
sorry no agro meant just that rob dobie messaged i think just the one word GREEDY ( pertaining to selling of reg i suppose ) immediately after jeans post . i replied with my thoughts , but rob dobies message had then been withdrawn leaving me replying to something that was there no more
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Re: Pre-1960 vehicles exempted from MoT
« Reply #37 on: October 20, 2012, 10:21:11 AM »
Rob must have deleted his own post then.

Let us know if you find out anything on the pre 1960 thing as I'm sure its going to effect a lot of us.

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Re: Pre-1960 vehicles exempted from MoT
« Reply #38 on: October 20, 2012, 10:36:46 AM »
will do but appears the dvla are as unsure as the rest of us ! one hand not knowing etc.
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Re: Pre-1960 vehicles exempted from MoT
« Reply #39 on: October 20, 2012, 01:05:25 PM »
Quote from: Rob Dobie on October 19, 2012, 07:32:44 PM
The name's Rob not bob and I still say it's greed to flog reg numbers.

Are you sure you have not sold your name and be re registered Bob? That's the case against in a Bond nutshell.
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Re: Pre-1960 vehicles exempted from MoT
« Reply #40 on: October 20, 2012, 01:07:32 PM »
Quote from: Bob Purton on October 19, 2012, 10:24:11 PM
As I recall in the early days of the forum to save confusion we started calling Mr Dobie Rob and myself Bob though I think in real life we are both Bobs, correct me if I'm wrong Rob.

What about wearing a Fez and calling yourself Abbu, Rob. You get a free whole country doing that!
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Re: Pre-1960 vehicles exempted from MoT
« Reply #41 on: October 20, 2012, 03:35:35 PM »
Quote from: Big Al on October 20, 2012, 01:05:25 PM
Are you sure you have not sold your name and be re registered Bob? That's the case against in a Bond nutshell.

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Re: Pre-1960 vehicles exempted from MoT
« Reply #42 on: October 20, 2012, 03:45:27 PM »
Quote from: Big Al on October 20, 2012, 01:07:32 PM
What about wearing a Fez and calling yourself Abbu, Rob. You get a free whole country doing that!

Abu Dhabi would be a good country to get free. Rob, Abbu, Abbu, Rob. "Just like that" Spoken in a Tommy Cooper type voice. But would Marcus like me wearing one of his bands titfers?
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Re: Pre-1960 vehicles exempted from MoT
« Reply #43 on: October 20, 2012, 06:06:20 PM »
I find its nice to keep original reg if possible, easier to trace down history, and its part of the car!

When registering in France, if I'm right, you HAVE to change reg when you get a car, so no way to keep you're original number :( We will have to change our '55 schmitt we found in a barn, when the plate has been there for over 50 years...
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Re: Pre-1960 vehicles exempted from MoT
« Reply #44 on: October 20, 2012, 06:12:18 PM »
i do get the point jonathan but you should  not ever lose the identity . if the english number is sold the car may always be known as " previously registered as UKR 696 " for tracing purposes
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