Roadster on Copart

[dcunn]

It's a very early Roadster with 2+2 bodywork, not a Cabrio

1982 pic using an earlier reg.number :
Hindhead 1982 Pete H pic a.jpg
1989pic with it's current reg.:
JJ Pix 1989 01.jpg
Last seen in 2021 :
John Court a1.jpg

Many pics on the Copart site....1800 Marina based, it's surely worth saving ?

[HairyDave]

Very interesting. worth saving at the right price. But why the change from a B reg io a Q?

[dcunn]

Dunno....it was done back in the mid 1980s

[yellowbelly]

Re registration change - could the earlier pic show it on a non-UK plate? B suffixes were very rare as most local authorities didn't use A or B, and the font looks wrong, Some other territories had registrations similar to UK ones. Malta maybe or Cyprus? The Q would then be allocated when it was imported/reimported to the UK. The other slightly strange possibility is that the number has been superimposed on the photograph - when it is magnified, the plate seems much sharper than the car itself.

[MOC Chair]

There were plenty B suffixes around in 1964, but A suffixes were rare because they were using remaining registrations first.
The car in question has leaf springs so is using a Marina axle and the B reg is too early for a Marina.
Due to this the registration was unlikely to belong to the donor car and therefore not legal,
which would explain the later Q reg.
Alternatively it could have been a personal reg which the owner retained.

[dcunn]

Interesting, whatever the reg. story is, the car is still on Fb Marketplace today at £695

[yellowbelly]

Just noticed that there are several pictures of this car on the 'Roadster Development' section on Marlin histories.