Your Dad's Car Reg.

Mint Sauce

Following on from the 'Drop a digit from your Car Reg' thread, and after watching a very poor Top Gear last night, where its one saving grace was a remark regarding fellas remembering their Dads car registrations, I thought I'd look up one of my Dads. Only remeber the reg of one them that he owned around the late 80s early 90s, despite him owning several during my life time, I decided to look it up on Cartell and as it had an English reg, the DVLA as well.

Turns out it was grey 1980 Morris Ital, 1.3 petrol engine, that was last taxed in 1992. Doesn't tell me if scrapped, but with that tax date, I assume it is. Another clue is that alot of the car checkers come back as reg invalid.

Much prefered the Sierra, the Capri, and the string of Datsuns/Nissans my self.

So over to you, and your Dads.

Guy:Incognito

JZG 309 . Was a red Fiat mirafiori (131)

colm_mcm

EIV591 a Toyota Corolla DX Diesel 1839cc (83)

kdevitt

74 DZD - E21 316
CZS 10 - E30 316
SI 1396 - E30 320i
91 D 812 - E34 520i

Learned to drive in the 320i and did my test in the 520i.

vandriver

BMA929S datsun 180b mk2

Superdedupity

cant remember my dads. but my mums - 121 CZI Renault 5, 550RNI Renault 5; how do I check if they are still around?

Sobanek

WPR 65KU - 1992 BMW 525i 24V (Polish reg)
WPR 8G29 - 1996 BMW 520i E39 (Polish reg)

Mint Sauce

Superdedupity wrote: »

cant remember my dads. but my mums - 121 CZI Renault 5, 550RNI Renault 5; how do I check if they are still around?

Motortax.ie. Although on my old car it simply says no change of ownership or issue of VRC in last 3 months.

corktina

7581DP
ORD215G
RRD688H
WDP557J
FDP484L

MuppetCheck

647MZB is what he had when I was born. It was an 81 Opel Kadett 1.3 S. I remember him being proud it wasn't the 1.2.

Orange 3 door with a 4 speed gearbox!

alanmc

5451 LI - 1980 Blue Vauxhall Chevette.
438 BLI - A 1983 Toyota Corolla

bigboss1986

Old style reg looks much better than 12D , 07G etc

JoeA3

Earliest one I remember is 554-HIM. An '83 (I think) Datsun Cherry!

Greenmachine

Anywhere other than cartell to check history. Check one of my dads old regs but didn't find anything putting the 2 digit number infront of the the 3 letters did return a different result. lol.

ba_barabus

1986 Toyota Corolla DX reg is well gone from my memory.
88 TN 7?? Peugeot 309 D
90 TN 584 Renault Chamade D
92 TN 409 Mazda 323 1.7D
94 TN 709 Toyota Corolla xli 1.3
95 TN 1536 Toyota Carina E 1.6
99 TN 3368 Toyota Avensis 1.6
07 TN 3344 Ford Mondeo 1.6 LX
87 TN 14?? Renault Extra
96 TN 1404 Opel Combo
99 TN 2??? Nissan Terrano

porsche boy

313 FIZ Hillman Avenger Estate
88-D-30250 Nissan Micra (bought new)

Superdedupity

ba_barabus wrote: »

1986 Toyota Corolla DX reg is well gone from my memory.
88 TN 7?? Peugeot 309 D
90 TN 584 Renault Chamade D
92 TN 409 Mazda 323 1.7D
94 TN 709 Toyota Corolla xli 1.3
95 TN 1536 Toyota Carina E 1.6
99 TN 3368 Toyota Avensis 1.6
07 TN 3344 Ford Mondeo 1.6 LX
87 TN 14?? Renault Extra
96 TN 1404 Opel Combo
99 TN 2??? Nissan Terrano

90TN584 was a neighbour of mines car around 97/98:)

ba_barabus

Superdedupity wrote: »

90TN584 was a neighbour of mines car around 97/98:)

IIRC he would have bought it used in Ryan&Burns at their original garage in 92 after it was traded in for the 323 and it spent a huge amount of time in the Golf Club in Nenagh. I loved that car. Do you know where it is now? I think scrapped but you never know. Unless of course he was sold on again. In 92 it had over 80k miles on it already and never gave any trouble.

Superdedupity

They won a new Hyundai Accent in a football draw in 2000, and it got sold off, always loved them, bought an r19 RSI myself with the ridiculous bucket seats (so comfy) around the same time, wish I still had it

ba_barabus

Superdedupity wrote: »

They won a new Hyundai Accent in a football draw in 2000, and it got sold off, always loved them, bought an r19 RSI myself with the ridiculous bucket seats (so comfy) around the same time, wish I still had it

Was that a green one with black leather interior? I vaguely remember one like that around Nenagh at the time. 94?

dgt

Hmmm.... The ones I remember:

510 BZC: Fiat X1/9
14 PZA: Ford Cortina mk4
96 GLI: Alfa Romeo Giulietta :cool:
454 BI: Fiat Regatta 1.5
CIS 806: Fiat Regatta 1.3
74 MH 503: Land Rover S3 FFR (still have that)
87 MH 232: Fiat Regatta 1.3 :cool:

You can get the 87 Regatta, Alfa and Landy on motorcheck, the rest won't come up

I can't remember any of the others, there were many! Most were from the 60's and 70's. He mostly had Fords back in the day (Escorts, Cortinas, Anglias, Zephyrs, Consuls/Corsair(sadly not a Granada/Consul GT), Consul Capri etc), a few from BL, Opel then went Italian in 1985 and never looked back (apart from the International in 2003 and Mercs in 2008/2010)

So yeah.... That's where I got that from :P

By the looks of things, I'll have some list in a few years time.... If I can remember the reg plates to them all

Superdedupity

No mine was wine, but a local post man had a green baccara saloon with the leather.

Tis funny, they were all tipp regs and ended up in Wicklow

Can't remember mine but it was 94 TS xxxx, must dig out a photo now, I'm curious if it still exists:)

Roycropper63

JIV 734 nissan stanza 1.6 mid 80s i think
595 DHI renault 12 TL ( i did my test in that,,,no power steering)

think those regs are correct

ba_barabus

Superdedupity wrote: »

Tis funny, they were all tipp regs and ended up in Wicklow

Ah I thought you were around Tipp. Lots of Renault dealers in Tipp at the time. I'm amazed to hear that Chamade ended up in Wicklow. I'd imagine it's long gone.

Superdedupity

R19s seem to have all but disappeared. And they were a great car in their day, friend had a RSI turbo diesel saloon around 2003-4 (think it must have been an import;we irish didn't trust our diesels with a turbo in the early 90s ) and it was a flier. The heavy iron diesel made it handle like a pig tho, the petrols were much more sure footed, and the n/a diesel was slooooooow

ba_barabus

Superdedupity wrote: »

R19s seem to have all but disappeared. And they were a great car in their day, friend had a RSI turbo diesel saloon around 2003-4 (think it must have been an import;we irish didn't trust our diesels with a turbo in the early 90s ) and it was a flier. The heavy iron diesel made it handle like a pig tho, the petrols were much more sure footed, and the n/a diesel was slooooooow

That Chamade you said you knew was a N/A with no power steering. It was incredibly heavy I'm told.

Superdedupity

It was, my friend learned to drive in it, didn't seem that slow to our 17 yr old selves tho;)

Blue850

GIY 754 Triumph 2000
241 HZM Triumph 2000
FIX 116 Triumph 2000
VIE 650 Mercedes W114 280E

Pinch Flat

Almost all jap cars

XCI 7 - Toyota Crown. A big bus of a yoke. The front seats were like arm chairs from memory

GZG 204 TOYOTA CARINA DL 1588 (Still on Cartell!)

Had a Datsun 140Y as well, but can't remember the reg

Datsun 120 - remember the foot wells were complete rotted, you had to keep your feet left and right of the hole in the passenger side.:eek:

VW Beetle from about late 60's

Fiat 126 - jesus that car was sh!te. Spent my early teenage years pushing it.

And a hi-Ace at one stage for the family business (didn't involve tarmac on driveways or selling carpet door-to-door):pac: Was a Kilkenny reg VIP

exador

5286 Z MK 1 Escort
WZF 893 MK 2 Escort
963 DZJ Fiesta

skimpydoo

B60XSL Volvo 760 GLE lovely car with a nice V6

spyderski

RZR 8 - BMW 635csi
4353 ZR - 735i
90 WX 1950 - 735i

Silvera

NIC 538 Ford Fiesta 1978
XZR 870 Volvo 345DL 1980

My old cars
492 GIM Ford Escort GL 1981
1867 ZW Ford Escort Laser 1984
4605 AI Ford Orion 1984
XKI 947 Opel Manta Coupe 1978

Cee-Jay-Cee

I remember quite a few of my dad's (RIP) reg's:

His last car was 91DL4171
Then there was ZP1716, IH 4098 and KZP 992, all nissans/datsuns.

darragh_haven

My dads was a 1983 Toyota cressida 849 OZB. He had it 15 years from new

joujoujou

GKN 2915 - CV20 Camry Wagon (built 1987). Recently sold, more than likely is now a taxi somewhere in Africa.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

TZW25 Datsun Cherry
87D10896 Mitsubishi Galant (1.6 with no power steering :P)
94KE663 rover 414
90OY223 Citroen XM - best car of the bunch IMO
then a '00 accord which now has 220k+ miles on it.

Moneymaker

Don't remember the number plates but;

1979 Opel Cadet Estate: Absolute heap! I used to be so embarrassed getting out of it when we got to school.
1988 Fiat Uno: Fine for city driving, god help you if you wanted to go over 40mph though
1990 Toyota Carina: Covered the country in this fine car
1991 Honda Civic EF: Black, 1.5 if I remember right
1992 Dahaitsu Charade 1.0:
1993 Mazda 323: Lovely car, was nicked the day Ireland played Spain in the world cup in 2002
1995 Nissan Primera P10: Car I learned to drive in. Loved it.
1997 Fiat Marea Estate 1.8: It was like driving in your bed, so comfortable
1997 Hyundai Coupe 1.6: Green, nice car.
2001 Hyundai Coupe 2.0: Midnight blue, its awesome. Needs a respray but would probably cost more than the car is worth.


He drives a BMW 318 right now, 02-D-20020. Fine car, helps that his OH knows a BMW mechanic who keeps it running as sweet as a nut.

red bull

Aim 772 ford Anglia 1960
Jim 193 ford Anglia 1964
Yzi 168 ford Anglia 1968
Kli 616 ford Capri 1971
Vli 419 Toyota Carina 1977
Nim 920 Carina
2041 ZR Opel ascona 1982