This was the car that replaced our Opel Kadett and we know its history from new. It belonged to the late father of my dad's friend - Roger, who inherited it and used it as a second car. When Roger decided to move to Australia with his family we were offered it.

It had a low mileage when we got it, although we put many tens of thousands more on it over the years. This is the first car I drove after passing my test, and predictably enough, I crashed it on my first unsupervised outing. Whoops. I've still got part of the smashed numberplate that I carry as a lucky charm (of sorts).

My dad managed to blow the engine on the way back from France but we made it home despite leaving a trail of blue smoke in our wake. Luckily, my cousin Jean was getting rid of her Maestro which was very rusty but had a reasonable engine (When we got C313WKV she bought our Opel Kadett NRW678W). Scott changed the engines over and we continued to use it for a few more years - but it was never the same car after this point and ran like a bag of nails.

When we eventually part exchanged it we thought it would be scrapped. However, we spotted around Coventry from time to time, so it lived on for a while at least. The rust had taken hold by now though, and it was only ever going to end one way. Opposite is the DVLA report. Scrapped I'm afraid - will any of our old cars survive?