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Location: Sherwood Forest
Car type: 1931 RM saloon, 1953 Lancia Appia
Ex Government need not necessarily mean ex Military. If it was ex Military it's a bit odd that the colour starts as Black; I suppose it could be ex ARP, or some other civil service - it's a shame he's covered up the registration letters - Military vehicles were issued with their own letter sequences: MT, AMP, BMM, DMD, DMF and DMV for example.
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Car type: Woodie Shooting Brake for sale
first registered 1949....
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This log book is for an Austin 8. All numbers i.e chassis body indicate its an Austin 8 which where used as Government cars being military or civilian use during the second WII.
Sold and first registered in 1949 in local authority.
I see that the logbook indicate being a 747cc instead of 898cc.
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Many thanks for everyone's thoughts, interesting to know what it actually is and a nice snippet of history.
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What! I don't think so. not for £200.
I am always suspicious of logbooks being sold on ebay some of them are fuellng fraudulent insurance claims.
Old Cooper S V5 sold for stupid money the other day, obviously not going to end up in a frame on the wall.
This is the sort of thing that has in part resulted in the changes at DVLC
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I couldn't agree more but the honest amongst us hopefully appreciate thier historical value. I'd hope the DVLA keep a record of all stray logbooks and keep a very close eye on thier re appearance, even more so with v5s with no car!!