Origional Dealer

[GTIJIM 10]

Hi

i was just wondering if there is any way i could trace the original dealer for my 205 1.1 as i want some original plates for it

any help would be appreciated

Jim

[BERTMAN 40 1 Cars]

don't the last 2 letters on the reg plate confirm where is was registered? Might that help?

[GTIJIM 10]

ill have to check

thanks for the advice

[Phil H 16]

look in the service book, on the first page or so?

[monkee87 2]

Yes you can! What are the last 2 digits on the number plate? I traced mine back to Maidstone in Kent.

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

Heres a link if you wanna trace where your car was registered-

 

Linkeroony

[jonnygoodhand 0]

Someone on here has done this before. Once they found out the name of the supplying dealer (no longer in business), they contacted the local paper and asked them to search their archives for any ad they may have featured at the time. The ad featured the garage's logo and from this, we designed the sticker and reg plate.

 

Can't find the reg plate, but it went something like this:

 

 

 

Edited May 22, 2011 by jonnygoodhand

[Arahan 4]

Now that is awesome.

 

I want that!! Just checked and mine was registered in Middlesborough. How would I go about finding the original dealer?

[stufarri 98 3 Cars]

I have a list of them in my 205 handbooks that came with my GTI.

 

Cowies of Middlesborough, Longlands Road, TS3 8DT, 0642 242873.

 

Hope this helps!

[Arahan 4]

That the only one? Guess it would've had to of been that one then!

 

Thanks very very muchly!!!

[Arahan 4]

Someone on here has done this before. Once they found out the name of the supplying dealer (no longer in business), they contacted the local paper and asked them to search their archives for any ad they may have featured at the time. The ad featured the garage's logo and from this, we designed the sticker and reg plate.

 

Can't find the reg plate, but it went something like this:

 

That's a cheap Vauxhall Nova

[Baz 421]

That's a cheap Vauxhall Nova

 

Not cheap enough!!

[Anthony 1,003]

Heres a link if you wanna trace where your car was registered-

 

Linkeroony

I'm not entirely sure that can always be relied upon as being accurate - one of my 205's I know was originally supplied by a Scottish dealer, yet the numberplate (the same as it was supplied on) comes back as Middleborough. Probably a good reason for it, such as being part of a batch of cars bought centrally, registered, and then shipped to the local dealer for PDI and delivery given that I believe it was a company car originally, but it's a good example of why not to put complete trust in the numberplate alone pointing you to the area of the original supplying dealer.

 

My other cars do appear to tie up with what I know of their history though

[Baz 421]

If a car's had a private plate on it they don't always get the same one back, so might not be bullet-proof.

[Arahan 4]

And I guess without a proper documented history it'd be hard to know

[stufarri 98 3 Cars]

That the only one? Guess it would've had to of been that one then!

 

Thanks very very muchly!!!

 

Yep in 1992 that was the only one apparently!