ajg193 Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 Latest issue of beaded wheels has an article that might be useful for this situation. The national / Alexander Turnbull library in Wellington has archives of all vehicles sold in NZ from 1924-1974. Catalogue is called Registration of motor vehicles in N.Z. arranged in postal districts / New Zealand RMTA You'll most likely have to go there in person but they can possibly do an interloan to your local library. Gives rego number, model, name and address of owner etc 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 22 minutes ago, ajg193 said: Latest issue of barry wheels has an article that might be useful for this situation. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sr2 Posted June 20 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 20 Guys, thanks for all the response / advise. I think we may have made contact through a 3rd party with the original NZ owner. I have to respect the mans privacy (he's 85 years old) so can't mention names, will keep you all informed with progress. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flauski Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 The old MVR (Motor Vehicle Register) is absolutely riddled with errors from clueless people doing data entry with no knowledge of cars in the 60s-90s. I looked into a snapshot of Datsun 1600 (510) records for a particular year and found no fewer than about 20% errors in chassis numbers, name of the vehicle and engine numbers. Like Bart, I have had 3 vehicles with wrong details. The records are incredibly poor and I have even seen a bunch of 70-90s cars registered with 'sports car' in the name.....which is never the name of any model of car. I have been down this path before with an incorrectly registered Suzuki GT250. It was re-registered and when that was done, it was registered as a 1991 instead of a 1981. I tried to change it due to it being close to eligible for the 40 year rego cost difference (close to 1k rego vs 60 per year.) Basically I had to prove and apply (using the alternative documents path that Goat talks about.) I got a letter from Suzuki saying they never made that bike in 1991 and the frame number was from 1981. So through the 'alternative documents' process I paid $200+ to only 'apply' to Land Transport. This does not mean it is a given and there was no guarantee that they would agree. In the end they did but remember it was their data entry fuck up in the first place...... There are a ton of people working for Land Transport that have no knowledge of classic cars and no care either. You really do have to hope you get someone decent sometimes. If I was you, I would get an aficionado Pantera foamer (from a club in the USA most likely) explaining the chassis number as you have above, the car's chassis number is correct, original and unmodified which demonstrates the registration record is wrong. A photo of it back in the day would work wonders too, or trying to find a previous owner as mentioned. Good luck, totally worth it, looks awesome! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locost_bryan Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 You have to remember everything was handwritten back then, so it could have been filled in wrong by the salesman or office girl, transcribed wrong by the Post Office clerk, or transcribed wrong when the records were computerized. I imagine very few involved would have had any knowledge of cars or the various manufacturers' coding systems, including most car salesmen (beyond which option codes gave them the biggest commission). 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sr2 Posted September 3 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 3 Just a quick update. I've been in contact with the original NZ owner, he's a real character. At the age of 85 he's just bought a McLaren only to find he couldn't get in or out of it, so has bought a new supercharged Vantage as well! (Oh how the other half live). Good news is that he's helping all he can and although he hasn't any registration details he does have some early pictures and has offered to swear an affidavit saying that to the best of his knowledge it is the same car. Being an ex MP and well known public figure it will hopefully add some weight when we put in an "alternative documents application" to NZ Transport. I'm still researching the cars history; we bought it as a pile of parts from a Turners Police auction after it had been confiscated in 2000 under the proceeds of crime act and had been in police storage for about 6 years, (the previous owner had been locked up for manufacturing meth!). It's a crazy story and I'll post a quick thread of the rebuild when the history is all confirmed. A quick few pictures of the almost completed car. 25 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ajg193 Posted September 4 Popular Post Share Posted September 4 Does the old guy remember what it's rego number was? There's a reasonable chance I have the plates somewhere under my hydraulic press 4 3 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr2 Posted September 4 Author Share Posted September 4 15 hours ago, ajg193 said: Does the old guy remember what it's rego number was? There's a reasonable chance I have the plates somewhere under my hydraulic press Sadly no, he's had his wife and his secretary search high and low and all they have is a couple of grainy photo's that do not show the number plate. Bugger! (Thanks for the offer mate, this forum rocks). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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