Hi guys! I saw this SWB at a local dealer here in Stockholm tonight, does anyone know if it is a real one or a fake and if it is real what serialnr is it? Looks as though it is registered in the UK. Sorry for the terrible picture but I only had my mobilephone and the dealership was closed. Rgds /Niklas Image Unavailable, Please Login
Niklas, which dealer is that? I will be in Stockholm soon, so I might want to go and see it and drewl all over it
I saw it at Callismas showroom. Does not seem to be listed among the cars they have for sale at their website though, does somebody know if it is for sale? www.callisma.se /Niklas
Seems very strange why the car carries a 1982 UK reg No. Why was it not given a period No when UK registered, unless no period proof was available !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This registration used in Techno Classica Essen D 2009 ( picture by peter singhof ) but I found some mistake in the past with his pictures...... Also 2347GT being at France Tour Auto with Carlo Perego but not confirmed by any body else! there is two or three month Ferrorosso.com claim sold 2347GT (with picture of serial number plate ). So thepinkumbrella, have you got another information ?
and this? genuine?? Was in Madrid (Spain) yesterday http://i.imgur.com/6KLwb.jpg http://i.imgur.com/vExFT.jpg I can´t find the number plate in the chassis registry
This one is a replica based on 330GT From DVLA - The vehicle details for ABW 193C are: Date of Liability 01 02 2012 Date of First Registration 02 02 2011 Year of Manufacture 1965 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 4000CC ... Vehicle Colour BLUE
I understand that the DVLA will not allow you to use a year registration plate with a date later than the date of original manufacture. This implies either that car or donor vehicle was manufactured after 1982 or someone has simply stuck the wrong plate on it
Soooooo beautifull, i love the 250 GT SWB. I just bought mine this week, but in 1:18 Scale - HW Elite He! He! Same model, same colour, maybe i will use this plate.
Still owned by a man who is well known in Sweden for being friend of the king and also owns a very unique Daytona Spider along with a massive collection of other cars, correct?
Wrong! The DVLA issues plates based on the year of first registration in the UK. If you bought a 250 SWB brand new "back in the day" and never registered it for use on the road at the time, then, come 1982 you decide to register it for road use, the DVLA would have issued you a 1982 plate not an original 1959 plate. It's a similar story for cars that have been imported into the UK - The DVLA will issue a plate for the car based on the year it was imported/first registered in the UK, so you could have a registration plate whose year letter is later than the cars manufacture date (This is how you can have such things as a 1990 348 registered on a 1997 "P" plate - Because the car was first registered in the UK in 1997). (In the case of this 250 SWB, that would imply that it was imported into the UK for the first time in 1982 - Hence the "X" plate). In both cases however, there's nothing to stop you registering the car with a period/age correct registration number so it's curious why the owner of this car didn't bother! In the case of cars first registered in the UK however, then yes, once it has been registered, you cannot apply for a plate newer than the original year of registration (which usually [but not always] matches the year of manufacture). So a 250 SWB registered in 1959 cannot be fitted with a 1960 onwards plate. Whilst this is a possibility, a 1982 donor car would indicate a 400i being used, which would require an unbelievable amount of work to the chassis/drive-train to make a decent stab at a replica, and anyone with that sort of money simply wouldn't bother when there are far better period cars that could be used to make a 250 SWB replica. I hope this explanation hasn't been too complicated for some of those reading it! - If you know the UK registration system then it should make perfect sense (I hope! )
Up until 1985...I maybe a year out....any car first registered in the UK was given the then current suffix.....in this case X ....denoting Aug 1981 /July 1982........I attach a photo of 1539GT when I owned it.....a 1959 250 SWB showing a 1964 suffix indicating the time it first entered the UK.......Historically DVLA records only recorded the date of entry into this country if it was an import and not year of manufacture. Image Unavailable, Please Login
