I'd lay money that the reg plate is V6 TUY (it used to have a sneaky dot above the U to make it look like an O)
Lol.
My dad went the place that was selling it when I was looking for a mk1, they had two silver mk1's in at the time (and that car) both mk1's weren't in the best condition though. The same car also turned up on ebay as a scam, quite surpising as the car dealers still had the car !
West Sussex sports cars - the same place that had the LY vee in the other day.