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by JoshWard » Mon Dec 26, 2022 9:03 am
Yes, I have come across it a few times. I can only assume it somehow relates to a databasing issue. For example, you can search for a 'Rover Ital' on some car parts websites but the manufacturer 'Morris' or model 'Marina' are not listed. I had one Marina where the make was recorded in the DVLA database as 'Morris Marina D/L' with no model. Plus there's the known error of just about every MK1 Marina being registered as a DL or Deluxe regardless of trim level.
Another odd one I have come across, less so these days because of MOT exemption, is when a car is taken for the first MOT in many years. I have seen 'date of first use' listed as 'July 1971' on numerous Marinas.
Club archivist/chief anorak
1936 Ford Model Y- On loan from the CCLP
1971 1.3 DL Coupe (VRU362J)
1971 1.8 SDL Coupe (CAE419J)
1971 1.8 SDL Saloon (JHC999J)
1971 1.3 SDL Coupe (CHY79K)
1971 1.3 SDL Coupe (JGC240K)
1971 1.3 SDL Saloon (OVW292K)
1971 1.8 SDL Coupe (MCU274K)
1980 Ital 1.3 HL (NPB34W)