Anyway of tracking down an old family car?

johnos1984

Does anyone know of a simple way of tracking down an old family car that my father used to have?

Nothing too exciting but I've always wanted to buy 2 of them back

One was a 1990 Renault 19 Chamade diesel 90 TN 584 and the other was a Diesel Mazda 323 92 TN 409

slimjimmc

The registration office in Shannon might be able tell you if the cars have been scrapped or not but data protection laws would prevent them telling you the last owner's details.

unkel

The realist in me tells me it is almost certain both cars are not alive any more...

johnos1984

unkel wrote: »

The realist in me tells me it is almost certain both cars are not alive any more...

I'm inclined to agree both cars had over 80k miles after two years of ownership (Dad was the first owner on both). I know however both were on the road for a long time after so was hoping the may live out their somewhere

L1011

paying one of motorcheck, cartell or the third site who's name escapes me will let you find out when they were last taxed for starters. If its more than a year ago, they're probably scrapped.

BrianD3

Do you know the exact date of first registration? If you do then you can get some clues from the NCT online booking system.

As already stated it is highly unlikely that they are still around. I'd say more than 99% of 1990 R19s and 1992 323s have been scrapped. Even if they were a few years younger (say 1998) it'd be unlikely that they had escaped the scrapman

I have seen one phase 1 R19 on the road in the last year, they are so uncommon that I noted the reg, 90 CN 121.

twowheelsonly

As already posted - Motorcheck.ie will tell you most of what you want to know, but you pay for the pleasure.

lifer_sean

From Cartell, Mazda not NCT'ed since 2001, and not taxed since 2002. Didn't hold out any hope for the Renault so didn't check it !

Make MAZDA Model 323
Description 1.7D Colour BLACK
Chassis Number (VIN) BG129200569661 Body Type SALOON
Engine Number PN134609 Engine Capacity (cc) 1720
Power 56BHP CO2 Emissions Not Available
Number of Doors 4 Number of Seats 0
Number of Windows Not Recorded Manufacture Date 1992
Transmission Manual Fuel Type DIESEL
Roadworthiness* CURRENT Gross Vehicle Weight 0
Tax Classification PRIVATE Annual Motor Tax Eur 551
Tax Expiry Date 31-Mar-2002 Last Date of Sale 25-Apr-2002
Number of Previous Owners 4 Number of Owners 5
NCT Due Date 10-Mar-2003 NCT Pass Date 18-May-2001
Imported No Previous Registration Not Recorded
Country of Origin Not Recorded VRT Category Not Recorded
Manufacture Details Not Available Owner Category PRIVATE
Date of First Registration in Ireland 11-Mar-1992 Date of First Registration 11-Mar-1992

Voodoomelon

Only found out last week that our 1990 Renault 21 was crapped. What a machine.

johnos1984

Thanks for that Sean.

I'd imagine the Chamde is sadly stuck decaying in a ditch somewhere alright

It was a very good car at the time but sadly I've not seen it for some time now.