shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
Location: Glascote, Staffordshire
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When my grandad past away he left me and my dad his kit car, a Marlin Berlinetta. We've had the car for about 5 or 6 years but as my dad started his own kit car project the Marlin got put to one side. It hadn't been used in two years and we decided that it would be better to sell the car so that someone else could have some enjoyment from it rather than it sitting in the garden doing nothing. We sold the car to the owner of the Marlin owners club who had the intention of getting it back onto the road and back to its former self. The car was collected last night and towed on an A frame.
We had a call this morning to say he crashed on the way home  When going onto a roundabout the wheels on our car didn't turn which caused it to jack knife and smash into the side of the tow car and spin out. I'm absolutely gutted! We don't know exactly how bad the damage is at the minute but from what we've been told it doesn't sound good at all.
The last photo I took of it on its way to its new home
And one I took of it with my dad
I'm praying it gets fixed. Makes me wish we never decided to sell it now!
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swill_omnibus
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Registered: 12th Dec 07
Location: : S. wales Drives: Dodge Caliber
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Ah guttin for you mate, hope it's fixable though mate!
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Jay
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Registered: 26th Sep 04
Location: Liverpool
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Gutted mate
Off topic: How is the tow car on normal plates then and not Q reg?
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shaunmods
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quote:
Originally posted by Jay
Gutted mate
Off topic: How is the tow car on normal plates then and not Q reg?
When building kit car, if you use a certain amount of components from the donor car you can get an age related plate rather than a Q 
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Paul_J
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'SOLD AS SEEN'.
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Mike
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I don't think that's the point he was getting at Paul.
Gutted for you mate
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Robo C20Let
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if the bloke you sold it to is really passionate about them then he will fix it no matter what dont worry
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AlexW
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Registered: 25th Oct 08
Location: Essex
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quote:
Originally posted by Robo C20Let
if the bloke you sold it to is really passionate about them then he will fix it no matter what dont worry
I think he will certainly try his hardest!
Real shame this has happend, but i guess its better than you guys crashing it yourself!
^Only upside i could think of 
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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Bad news but I'm sure it'll be fixable, I can't imagine they were travelling too fast.
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Originally posted by Jay
Off topic: How is the tow car on normal plates then and not Q reg?
If it's that new, it's probably been built using predominatly new parts, hence registered as a new vehicle.
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Root
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Registered: 28th Dec 08
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unfortunate
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