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1961 Ashley Sportiva

Coupe


Registration No. VNU 758



I first heard about this car when looking through the internet classic car sites, not sure where or why, I know there were no pictures or registration number so I could not add it to my Index List.
Some months later I received this email:

Hello
Just spotted your website. I contribute to the AROnline Austin Rover website run by Keith Adams. He will shortly be posting an in depth article of mine about our Sportiva.
For your records the car no longer exists (even though it was the subject of a total restoration) - long story - hence justification for article.
The connection to AROnline was our Sportiva was based on a 52 Somerset chassis and I bought it off the man who built the car originally in 1961.
I owned it for more than 30 years.
The reg number was VNU758.
Hope this is of interest
Feel free to contact me - I'm an anorak as well!
Martyn (the Wolseley Man)

I replied of course to say it was very much of interest and I would add the Rego No. to my Index and asking for more details and photo's.

I did a quick search of the DVLA vehicle file and found that it was
still listed.


Current DVLA information 09/01/2014
The vehicle details for Austin - VNU 758 are:

Date of Liability                10 02 2015
Date of First Registration     22 04 1954
Year of Manufacture           Not Available
Cylinder Capacity (cc)          1200cc
CO₂ Emissions                   Not Available
Fuel Type                        PETROL
Export Marker                  N
Vehicle Status                  Licence Due to Expire
Vehicle Colour                   RED
Vehicle Type Approval          Not Available

Martyn replied answering my questions and asking me to hold off on his story until after it had been placed on AROnline, which I agreed too, some few months later he emailed to say that there had been a bit of an overload of articles on AROnline and that I could go ahead with his Ashley Sportiva story
.

Many thanks to Martyn for permission to use the article he has
written
,
you can find it if you
CLICK HERE


If you have any more information about this
Ashley Sportiva car

Registration No.
VNU 758

(originally registered by Derby C.C. in April 1954)

please email me 0n

[email protected]

or use the contact page on this site to contact me.



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