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Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22447 Location: UK

I seem to remember this being a conversation from a while ago, but it's worth a re-visit. Have you tried searching for your car's registration in Google, to see what photos taken by others appear on there?

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MikeEdwards · Joined: 25 May 2011 Posts: 2471 Location: South Cheshire

I can't remember whether I was searching my registration, or just the make and model, but that's how I discovered this site. You posted a photo of it with "if you know any more about the car, get in touch", so I did.

What's interesting now is that if I do a google search on my registration, then switch to images, how quickly their rotten search results start to include stuff that doesn't contain any reference to my registration. One of the photos is a bottle of wine on a table.

Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22447 Location: UK

I thought I'd try little Dodge's registration, I've not done it for a while, it would seem someone is selling bags and other garments featuring it! Shocked

https://fineartamerica.com/shop/tote+bags/dodge+brothers

It looks like someone photographed it at Oulton Park, I don't think it's one of my images although I've not bothered checking.

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alastairq · Joined: 14 Oct 2016 Posts: 1954 Location: East Yorkshire

I have tried googling various of my registrations....and simply get nowhere at all....not a car in sight on the images section.

If I add the make, then my Dellow brings up a few really old B&W photos of its past history, but nothing current...despite photos taken by others, being posted on the likes of FAcebook groups and stuff.

My old Morgan crops up here & there, but again, only if the maker's name is added to the search. I don't have it any more...it was re-built by its 'new' owner to a very high standard......

Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22447 Location: UK

If I try the Moggy's reg., several of the photos I've posted on here appear in the search results, yet I don't think I've actually posted the reg. no. anywhere here, so presumably their image recognition software picks it up.

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peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7118 Location: Edinburgh

If I image search for JVS620 I get 6 images of my car.

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Rootes75 · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 1:49 pm Post subject:

Rick, similar thing with mine. When I search for my 47 Minx many of my Flickr photos come up even though I don't state the reg.
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alastairq · Joined: 14 Oct 2016 Posts: 1954 Location: East Yorkshire

Still get no response, aside from old B&W images, where the registration number was also listed...maybe my Google isn't as modern as other peoples'?

consul 57 · Joined: 09 Nov 2017 Posts: 487 Location: somerset

i have found quite a few pics of my consul on the web, mainly from old adverts

alastairq · Joined: 14 Oct 2016 Posts: 1954 Location: East Yorkshire

Still nowt to speak of....oh well, probably accounts for why I don't get smothered in spam, or fend off silly phone calls...I must live in a technological black hole?

Bitumen Boy · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 7:57 pm Post subject:

Just found a few pictures of mine from back in 2014 - snapped by someone whilst parked up at Tescos in Newport, thinking back I could only have been there for a few minutes while getting a pint of milk or something, either that or I'd just nipped in to use the loo.