MOT and road tax checks on vehicles in old TV programmes

[Arran]

Have you ever carried out MOT and road tax checks on vehicles in old TV programmes in order to identify if they are likely to still exist?

[TubThumper]

No — but I might try it now

[Richard1978]

https://www.imcdb.org/ has a good record of many cars used in TV & film productions, many of which have had their status checked.

[Arran]

I had news, current affairs, documentaries and children's programmes in mind. It might be possible that a car in the background of clip from a 1992 episode of Crimewatch still exists.

[Semi42]

I did a year or two back , can’t remember t he show or car but it was a semi famous but ordinary car , like an allegro from a semi famous series . It was still in existence, no tax or mot so prob in a museum or private collection somewhere

[George 1978]

I know that there was a website which gave information about cars which has been on the road from around 1982 onwards. The Mini in the Cross-Ply and Radial Tyres PIF's details wasn't on it as it was too early for the system.