Greetings all, I was looking on howmanyleft and it dawned on me that there are very few Carltons left on the road. So I have decided to try and resurrect one, and get it back on the road. I've asked around my friends who are all pretty talented in different areas of car restoration and repair, and they're all up for it if I am able to find one! So this is what I'm looking for, it needs to be an estate from 1978–86, nothing else will do, and it needs to have documents, as I want to be able to know for sure it's not stolen. Sorry, but I always get a bit nervous when a car is offered without documents. Oh, and I'd rather it hadn't been in an accident, as I can cut out rust and weld in New steel, but I don't know how to go about straightening a car that's very bent. Obviously if the damage is confined to a panel etc thats ok, but bent floor pans and buckled bodies would be a no go for me as i wouldn't know where to begin straightening it out. Apart from that I don't care how rusty the body etc is, as I can get it welded up. I don't care if the engine doesn't work as I've got in mind a later, or different power source! It would be a bonus if the interior was good though, especially the plastic bits. So does anyone know where something like this is lurking, waiting for a new home? I figured that we're a pretty big community, and so I thought that maybe the best way of finding one is to ask if anyone has one hidden away in a lock up or something.
Of course, in the highly unlikely event that someone, owns, or knows of, or has seen my old car in their travels (the one in the photo) that would be a huge bonus. This car is a two litre Vauxhall Carlton estate, registration number PLD 813W, and i guess i must've sold it around 20ish years ago from the Winchester area. The last time I saw it, it was still wearing its original light metallic blue paint work, and was driving through Southampton. According to the DVLA website its not been taxed since 1995 so I'm guessing that it's long gone to the great scrapyard in the sky, but i'm hoping that it's still out there somewhere. If you happen to have it (or one like it) lurking in your garage, or maybe know someone who does, please let me know. Thanks in advance.
