This coach is not the original as you probably know the original was scrapped in the mid eighties, we were keen to track it down in the early 90’s but discovered it had been used as a race car transporter then later a new age travellers bus but at some point the chassis was badly damaged in several places after a series of accidents beyond repair so was broken up for spares so presumed all the documents went with it but this appears not to be the case as the registration has reappeared on a different bodied coach which uses the same make of chassis but a different body so it seems you can do anything today with registration transfer. Since 1979 I have been building film minis and know of only one film mini to have survive. No other original film vehicles were known to survive or their whereabouts known that was until 2005 when the Aston Martin appeared and since 2017 nearly all of the other vehicles have either been recreated from similar or originals, this probably has something to do with the DVLA changes since 2001 when you can register any new or old registration onto a different vehicle.
P.S we hope to have the coach completed by 2029 for the 60th anniversary of the film... |