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Posted: **Fri 24th Jul 2009 5:46 pm**

Looking for any information on this car, my dad owned this car from new. It was apparently stolen and used in a robbery and then he got it back before selling it on.

Is this car still around?

Thanks

Posted: **Fri 24th Jul 2009 6:46 pm**

Doesn't that make your Dad, the late Jimmy Clitheroe then?

Posted: **Fri 24th Jul 2009 7:40 pm**

Welcome to the forum.

Posted: **Fri 24th Jul 2009 9:27 pm**

Sorry dont know who Jimmy Clitheroe is!!!

950 UNK is definelty the registration he said he had, picked the car up himself from Lotus in Cheshunt!

Posted: **Fri 24th Jul 2009 10:24 pm**

OOPS!

Posted: **Fri 24th Jul 2009 10:32 pm**

What is/was it with bank robbers? Surely a nice mk1 transit was the ideal set of wheels for a 'job'.

Posted: **Sat 25th Jul 2009 12:22 am**

So does anyone know if the car is still about? I read that a member in Yorkshire possibly has it?

Posted: **Sat 25th Jul 2009 8:07 am**

Rick has the records , but I expect he's busy with the National Day. I'm sure he'll post a reply some time after Sunday.

Posted: **Sat 25th Jul 2009 1:32 pm**

As far as I'm aware the car still exists, but have always been told that it's 1st owner was Jimmy Clitheroe, who bought it from Lotus at Cheshunt.
I know the guy who has it now and he's fully restored the car. I should be seeing him over this weekend, so will mention your message to him.
Perhaps he'll contact you via this forum.
There are several L/C's within a run of UNK registrations, so there may be a mix up over the number. Another friend of mine owned 953 UNK in the 80's and someone else has already made enquiries on this forum about 952 UNK.

Posted: **Sat 25th Jul 2009 2:40 pm**

In the November 1998 Newsletter from the MK1 Cortina O.C. appeared a letter from someone named Peter Roe.
He writes that he has recently bought a 1963 LC with registration ANB50A and vehicle number Z*****.
According to his letter the original registration was 960UNK, and he claims that this is the ex-Clitheroe car.
I have not been able to verify any of this information, but a mix-up of 960UNK and 950UNK appeares likely.
As per today both ANB50A and 960UNK are not registered at the DVLA anymore.

Posted: **Sun 26th Jul 2009 4:09 pm**

My mix up over the numbers. As gt 4 now states, the Clitheroe car is 960 UNK. Strangely, Peter Roe now owns yet another UNK registered car, having sold 960 UNK a few years ago.
By the way gt for now, could you please edit out the chassis number for this car, it's best not to display these details on an open forum.
As for 950 UNK, it could well be stored up somewhere, keep searching!
SBD 16V, any chance of posting up a photo of it?

Posted: **Sun 26th Jul 2009 6:49 pm**

Chassis number edited out.

While were talking about UNK cars - 358 UNK was raced by Robin Smith in the Sixties.

Posted: **Sun 26th Jul 2009 7:35 pm**

I'll refrain from mentioning chassisnumbers in further postings if this is considered too sensitive for the forum. Reason I mentioned it in this particular case was that is it appeared openly in the letter from Peter Roe, suggesting that the owner (at least at that time) didn't consider it confidential at all...

Marcel

Posted: **Mon 27th Jul 2009 12:35 am**

Thanks for your help and clarifying that the reg is correct, unfortunatly he doesnt have any pics of the car!

Hopefully its still about and someone may know where it is

Posted: **Mon 27th Jul 2009 1:39 pm**

Not on the Register