Postby andyhughesflattankarielpre25 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 11:23 am
I agree with what Paul says try first,you may be lucky. This happened a lot in the eighties, there were some shifty dealers around then. I had a Sunbeam 1929 that had been in an accident in 1932 and ni on destroyed this was in Birkenhead outside Cammel lairds ship yard,the bike was left at the scene and removed to the rear of the property,nobody collected it until it was taken for scrap in the seventies,I bought it in the ninties along with a pile of other junk,the number was a local reg no, when I was near finishing it I applied for the number only to be told it had gone, hard luck was dvla,s attitude,that pissed me off,so I said there was no way that this could have been done legally and made a lot of noise and threats because I had proof to confirm everything about the bike,I had been in touch with the family an they told me the story about it,and showed me photos of the bike and the dude who died on it, Dvla then agreed that it may have been done illegally but could no do anything about it as the number had gone,they did however give me a 2 letter 4 number non transferable number,I was not happy with that as the value of the original number at the time was around £4000 eventually they did give me the number they offered me in the first place but as a transferable number not ideal but better than nothing,I have had this twice with them but they don't appear to want to much bad publicity they try and bullie you into submission,if you don't let them they are usually ok in the end.Dont give in to the buggers make as much noise and go down fighting,they usually are ok in the end,you are dealing with a government body and anybody who has dealt with these in the past you will think its easier to give up,DONT.Good luck.