Anyone seen any good number plates on cars lately?

[Black Betty]

FAL1C on a Renault 16 and TOW1T on a tow truck, both in Nottingham some 30 years ago. Recently saw P155 OFF on a moped in Shefford, Beds. There's a customised Harley Davidson fairly local to here with HE11 ANG. (Yep, he's a member of that club). My late dad told me that Fiona Richmond once had FU2 on a Triumph Stag. My initials used to adorn the Northampton civic Jag limo... NH1.

 

[Black Betty]

Come to think of it, my Merc has S108HNH or 'SIOBHN H' for anyone with the name Siobhan and a bad eye for detail..... could be up for sale if the price was right...

 

[Black Betty]

I used to work with a guy who's male partner had an old Austin Cambridge/Morris Oxford with the plate TOY 130Y....

 

[a111r]

I used to work with a guy who's male partner had an old Austin Cambridge/Morris Oxford with the plate TOY 130Y....

Complete 801LOX because plates can't make the vehicle appear newer.

Last of the Farinas would be c. 1970/71, whilst Y reg ("Austin Ambassador, Y reg") was '82/'83.

 

[grumpyoldgit]

PET 70Y Yellow LAMBORGHINI

Stuck in very slow moving queue of traffic.
He couldn't resist blipping the loud pedal every minute or two.

 

[oldguy57]

Complete 801LOX because plates can't make the vehicle appear newer.

Last of the Farinas would be c. 1970/71, whilst Y reg ("Austin Ambassador, Y reg") was '82/'83.

Not quite as simple as that _there was a period when you got a date plate according to when you registered the vehicle not the date of manufacture. Hence you got a lot of 50s Yank imports with T V and W etc registrations. Dont know when this practice was discontinued and whether these were subsequently registered but it could hae been possible.

 

[Ted]

Definitely correct.
I had a 1971 mini that was HAC 872N
Imported from Sweden iirc.

 

[a111r]

True, there was a period when that happened for imports.
In fact, a friend has an ex-MOD LR 101 and that's an X or Y reg.

 

[gordonian]

for what its worth my reg. on my C55 is K155 GRW

 

[oldguy57]

True, there was a period when that happened for imports.
In fact, a friend has an ex-MOD LR 101 and that's an X or Y reg.

I dont think it happened solely on imports in the days when officialdom didnt rule the universe. A relative drove a 60s Minor on a Y plate for many years. My mate at uni had a 67 Anglia on an H plate and there were several other anomolies around in the 70s and 80s. Whether these cars had to be reregistered if they survived when the rules changed I dont know.

 

[Mike Walker]

A few on the way to the MB Club Concourse on Saturday last:-

111 SL - Mercedes S Class
HUH 911 - Porsche Carrera 4
DSC 416 - BMW M6
18 JOY - Skoda Yeti

 

[MD5]

AML 1 on a black Aston Martin vantage in church Stretton a few days ago

Le Mans, about five years ago!



and in a little village on the way in

 

[Meldrew2]

AC64 BMW on my girlfriend's hall table


(AC - my initials - but I'm still waiting for paperwork from DVLA before it can go on my BMW)

 

[bob6600]

I think this thread is getting a bit mixed up with Deane x's thread on what members own and vice versa.

 

[oldguy57]

Today on a Range Rover and spaced thusly CS 10WRY - a fan collector or relative maybe?

 

[marsh300ce]

Seen today on the A14 near J13, OW07FUN. Vehicle was part of a fairground convoy, plate was spaced out to say O W07 FUN.

Thought that was quite fitting!

 

[grumpyoldgit]

HYUNDAI - S14 NTV

Spaced and with a bolt to read S1AN TV didn't see the driver.

 

[A.J.]

Strange as it's not actually registered to a vehicle.

It turns out that 5 EXY is currently on a retention cert. -Ian

 

[Meldrew2]

HYUNDAI - S14 NTV Spaced and with a bolt to read S1AN TV didn't see the driver.

the driver is called David. He is only Sian at weekend.

 

[Teflonso]

Seen on a very nondescript metallic grey people carrier - OO 04 HHH

Ooo ahhh Misssus!


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