HELP HELP HELP!!!!!!!!!

Hi ALL - Before I start, for the record now ive seen the group & all the advise available to prospective buyers I feel even more stupid than I did before in relation to my purchase!!!!HERE GOES!!! I bought my mk1 golf gti tin top 3 door in November in every wrong way you can, totally naivety. Ran a basic online check 'no colour change, no stolen record, not scrapped' so I Bought it. It broke down after minutes, the lads wouldn't take back, total nightmare, didn't do enough research was lewered in by clean lines no rust & a nice sounding fella, anyway got over that, got to my local garage vw specialist, got all sorted mechanically, declared sorn while off road for the repair, but it did come with tax & mot plus part of the v5 document which i sent off & was then issued a new one as registered keeper. Finally fixed & up n running £489 quid later, oil pump, battery allsorts i began to dream, sorted a garage, i extended tax by 6 months & got it insured. Or so I thought, ten days later the insurer sent me a letter saying they want to see v5 & mot as suspect could 'possibly' have been a cat A or B write off so i sent off a copy of the v5 logbook (which makes no mention of a write off & was issued to me with no problems), the new tax disk & the current mot certificate it had ?! Am I just panicking for nowt & expecting more bad luck or do you think once they see a copy of v5, tax disk & mot cert that will be it ?! no chance im that lucky i suspect.
Since receiving the letter I have since done the online test I should have done before buying it, stupidity i know !!! HPI says was a cat B write off in 1998?! Am I now going to have to sell for scrap after all the work & money?! The car now looks mint & runs but i wanted a legitimate good runner, my mechanic says he suspects it has been reshelled ?!well granted but reshelled all the same. if thats the case why would they keep the id of a cat B write off & not take the shell ID ? stolen shell?
still waiting to here back from the first insurer after posting details but have since contacted adrian flux who have found an insurer that will cover me but must have a vosa inspection (vic i assume) will it fail if reshelled? probably knowing my luck so far?! Hello are you still with me ?! :((((((Basically my question is - having made this car look good & run through a vw specialist will i ever get to drive it legitimatly. If i cant insure it what are my options, sell a nice car that runs, honestly as a cat B to someone with a straight shell & let them switch the engine interior etc over or buy a legit shell myself & pay someone to do that for me, though ive pretty much put all my money into it already to do the latter ?! HEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPP.

PS - I KNOW IVE BEEN A NAIVE TOOL BUT ANY ADVISE HELP SUPPORT WOULD BE GREETED WELL.
Depressed Dan - Yorkshire

if the car is a cat b you cannot EVER have it back on the public road.

They will not VIC check the vehicle this can only be done on a cat c

DVLA will want proof that the car has been broken for parts or destroyed if its cat b

They will not give you the v5 back if the car is a cat b

Your best bet I to take the person to claims court but as its your responsibility as well to check the car is not stolen or written off I don't fancy your chances

I think you going to have to learn from your mistake and swallow hard mate but good luck with it

why did the dvla issue a log book & let me tax it though?! confused. can i sell it listed as spares & repairs, say its a cat b & try recoup some money the car runs & has plenty of salvagable parts its pretty much complete ? 

DVLA believe it or not, sometimes don't have any update information. Especially vehicles before 2003 which insurers have catagorised

Its only since 2003 that insurers are obligated to ensure dvla have the correct information

Nowadays no tom dick or harry can get a cat a or b car as they have to go to an authorised dismatlers with an epa waste licence. But back in the day anybody could buy there car back for parts

sighhhhhhh. ok thanks for the advise. i smell a wave goodbye to my life savings!!!!!! anyone want to buy for parts ???!! ((

You can sell it for part no problem but you need to declare to any buyer if its a cat b.

Best case scenario is its a cat d or simply there is a mistake somewhere with the information held and can be cleared up. fingers crossed for you

That's such a nightmare, I feel your pain mate. Such a nice car as well

if i get insurance id then have a v5, mot, tax & be insured. would that then be legit or would they just worm out of it if i had a bump or theft ??!!!
its a lovely looking thing hopefully folk can see why i bought it & forked out to get engine tip top.
The stress of it all has aged me !!! im open to offers if anyone wants a top quality donor car or even swop it for a cabby or tin top thats not as clean but is straight cos im a good old boy ???

Have you checked the chassis numbers against the V5?  It's either been very well repaired or it's been re-shelled.

Unfortunately it really is a case of buyer beware, and I think you've learnt the hard way to always run a HPi check against the vehicle as it's the best £25 you'll ever spend. I do feel sorry for you however, as it's a nice looking car you've got there.

The question I would be asking is where's this car been since 1998? 16 years, it must have changed hands a few times and been insured? I would start digging a bit deeper. The problem you're going to have is regardless of what happens is you're going to find it extremely difficult if not impossible to sell the car in the future so I would give serious thought about cutting your losses regardless and selling the vehicle for parts. Depending on how much you paid for the car, you might make most of your money back as some bits do sell for good money.

Hi, I am really sorry to hear this has happened to you. I hope that you can re-coupe some of your cash through parts. Are you looking to sell everything? I could send you a list of what I need and then work out if you have them and a price??
Look forwrd to hearing from you.
Thanks