Thanks for the replies. The number was reinstated before the age related and non-transferrable sytems started (They were both post '83 and it came back from Greece 1977 ish) so it won't be marked as non transferrable.
..but .. it's still registered to the car on the DVLA computer so it's definitely not been transferred.
This is a handy tool for seeing if old numbers survive transferred onto new cars by the way... :smile: : Just type in reg number and it tells you what vehicle it's currently on, if anything:
https://www.tyre-shopper.co.uk/tyre-search.asp It was metallic blue originally. My dad had it resprayed in VW Irish Green (I think it was called that) He also dechromed the sides, made that funny shaped rear plate, and fitted the horn to the bumper cause he fancied himself in a KdF Wagen. :roll:
It came with '60s rear lamps fitted. The 'heart lamp shells were supplied but no innards, so my dad fitted the '56-'61 type to the original low mounts.
Other memories were that it had a later steering column and dished wheel fitted. I remember him getting an oval wheel and discovering the splines were coarser so it lived with the later one back on. It had beige emulsion painted headlining too!
Found one more pic of it too.