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VIN 16583 - Now on the UK register

PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:48 pm
by dclsteve
Bought this last September from Sweden and its now on the road with its UK plates.
The history is, apparently, new to Saudi, then bought by someone in the Swedish Air Force who took it to Sweden, it then spent 10 years in an art museum then into the hands of a private owner before I secured it. None of the history can be verified though other than it has the 240km speedo and its an auto in black!

Re: VIN 16583 - Now on the UK register

PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:01 pm
by arranj
Welcome Steve - yours is quite unique indeed! So technically a Middle Eastern car but not one of "the" Middle Eastern Cars!: viewforum.php?f=103
I wonder how it got to Saudi?

Re: VIN 16583 - Now on the UK register

PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 11:10 pm
by MikeWard
Welcome Steve ;) :thumbsup:

Re: VIN 16583 - Now on the UK register

PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 11:44 pm
by Admin-bloke
Welcome :dance:

Re: VIN 16583 - Now on the UK register

PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 12:37 am
by mec
Welcome to the mad house ! :D :dmcdoors:

Re: VIN 16583 - Now on the UK register

PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 7:54 am
by A Van
Looks a great car, there is another car in Saudi which is in a scrapyard which is also a 16xxx vin.
There isn't any documentation on any vins sold to Saudi Arabia (yet)
As the revinning was carried out by consolidated at the factory it's likely they brokered the deal... All their vin information was destroyed in a fire.

Re: VIN 16583 - Now on the UK register

PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:41 am
by dclsteve
Thanks all. I hope to research this a bit more as the previous owner had a stack of info on it... In the meantime...first show is in Chichester on Sunday. Time to collect the fingerprints :-D