07-05-2023, 06:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-05-2023, 07:00 PM by Ruairidh Dunford.)
(07-05-2023, 01:07 PM)Steve Parkin Wrote: Ruairidh, I see your trip had a Pear Cabriolet first registered in Portsmouth - RV 8578
Greetings from RV 2811 known as "Harvey". See my post above.
I managed to get a copy of the original hand-written register for Harvey from Hampshire County Council records. The pages I have don't go far enough for RV 8578 but I think it's likely they are available.
Yes, this car was bought by my mother in 1968/9 for just over £17.
It has been on the road and used by us (and others) for all that time, except when it was with my uncle for three years.
It was found in a flooded cellar, I believe, and a few years ago the widow of the man she bought it from posted a photo of it on Facebook, in the mid sixties. I recognised it, and the hand painted registration plate I still have on the wall of my garage, immediately.
It resides in Glasgow now, 1/4 of a mile from an RV registered AH tourer, that car may well be on your records.
The AH tourer is coming for a service on Wednesday, so I will take a note of the numbers and come back to you.