Firstly thank you for your advice - much appreciated - I recently had significant work undertaken on my Z3 and as part of this I replaced the soft top roof (I had a spare one ) - I do not have a specific picture/photo of the roof itself - there would be nothing really to see as it is folded and stored - best I can do is to send a pic of the car when the roof was on - again you will probably feel that it is not a great deal of use ????? - full number plate not visible - it has been replaced with a private plate in any event - the roof is the original from 1997 so it has survived 28 years - condition appropriate to age - re location there is a clue in the tag i.e. LUFC - Leeds - thanks again Nigel