TDL 229J Isle of Wight J plate now earliest on record?...

minispeedstar · Post by **minispeedstar** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:28 pm

Has a chassis number of: 2465!! and pre release reg date of: 3-5-1971

JIM73 · Post by **JIM73** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:13 pm

JIM73 · Post by **JIM73** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:19 pm

Just been to see him and looks like we can look after the car and ive been given first refusal on it !!! good news eh !!!

ClaytonSpeed · Post by **ClaytonSpeed** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:31 pm

One more joins the fold! You'll be needing drivers then for the 23rd mate!

~Sam~ · Post by **~Sam~** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:49 pm

is she likely to be running by then??

JIM73 · Post by **JIM73** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:13 pm

Yeah ! should be ok !!! she was running last year , well chuffed we've managed to save it !! uncle franks on the case now for the green mk1 coupe !!!

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ClaytonSpeed · Post by **ClaytonSpeed** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:21 pm

You are forgetting I have an Island car...

JIM73 · Post by **JIM73** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:22 pm

Best bring it back then

ClaytonSpeed · Post by **ClaytonSpeed** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:22 pm

One day mate... One Day...

Clan Chieftain · Post by **Clan Chieftain** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:47 pm

8) thats great news about the j reg. hope you can get it and get it back on the road. how many "j " regs are there now.........larry

JIM73 · Post by **JIM73** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:20 pm

Need to find out really dont we !!!!

Clan Chieftain · Post by **Clan Chieftain** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:35 pm

8) when you said earlier you were looking after the car..are you getting it or not. i know you said you are getting first refusal i hope you get it ok.it would be a shame if you got it back on the road and he didnt sell,or am i picking up your posting wrong...............larry

Clan Chieftain · Post by **Clan Chieftain** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:02 pm

8)must now get a photo of the "j" reg and the "w" reg together..one of the first and one of the last produced.

XER905L · Post by **XER905L** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:46 pm

minispeedstar wrote:Has a chassis number of: 2465!! and pre release reg date of: 3-5-1971

Wasnt the Marina launched in April 1971 with was it 10 or 20,000 examples ready for delivery??? Its great to see such a very early car has survived - somebody must have really loved it for many decades to survive in reasonable shape - perhaps somebody still alive on the island has a real story to share about this car being one of the first .
When I bought my TCs I was told by original owners or their families that 1 was a special color order (citron on a TC coupe) and that the other had been a Cambridge main dealer demo car for its first 10,000 miles

JIM73 · Post by **JIM73** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:12 pm

It belonged to a woman who owned it for years and was serviced regularly by the local BL dealer !! strangely where she is now !!!

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TDL 229J Isle of Wight J plate now earliest on record?...

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