Can you put a "prefix style" Private Plate on a "Current Style" aged car?

[rossyl]

[Solved] Can you put a "prefix style" Private Plate on a "Current Style" aged car?

Just wondering if I could put a prefrix style plate e.g. K1 ABC, on a car that originally had a current style, e.g. KA55 HJU.

I think you can (as old plates prices would've nose dived) but just want to be sure.

Cheers,
Ross

 

[Howard]

Yep.

 

[Shude]

Yes. It's the other way around that doesn't work

 

[macabethiel]

cherrished numbers

You can put on any plate as long as it does not make the vehicle look newer than it is.

 

[rossyl]

Cheers guys

 

[The Boss]

simple answer is Yes..

you can make your car look as old as you want, but never make it look newer

 

[renault12ts]

Oui.

 

[Gridlock]

No!








Only joking. Yes.

 

[MOCAŠ]

you can make your car look as old as you want, but never make it look newer

Just to be contrary, I'm going to say that that's only true in the case of vehicles that were first registered from 1 January 1963 onwards, when the 'A' suffix was introduced.

For instance, you could transfer a plate such as 1 ABC onto a car of any age, despite the fact that reverse combinations (ie: those with the numbers before the letters) were not introduced until 1953. So, technically you could make an older car look newer in this way.

This is something that TV/film production companies often get wrong in period dramas, either because the car they're using has been re-registered after its original registration lapsed or was transferred, or just because they make up a random number for on-screen use without realising that it is anachronistic.

 

[renault12ts]

What was the reg. mark of Jim Bergerac's car? And where did it come from?

Small hijack...sorry.

 

[MOCAŠ]

What was the reg. mark of Jim Bergerac's car? And where did it come from?

J 1610, which is a Jersey issue.

 

[renault12ts]

^ Incorrect. It was a trick question.

 

[MOCAŠ]

^ Incorrect. It was a trick question.

Thought it was too easy... I guess J would originally have been a Durham index, but am I right in thinking that the same numbers (up to 9999 at least) would have been issued on Jersey as well?

 

[renault12ts]

The car, still on its original reg. mark, originated in Belfast, Co.Down. The mark should read JI 610.

 

[MOCAŠ]

The car, still on its original reg. mark, originated in Belfast, Co.Down. The mark should read JI 610.

Outrageous! He really should have issued himself with a fixed-penalty notice (or whatever they had on Jersey back then) for incorrect spacing.

Excellent piece of number plate trivia, though. And presumably there's a genuine J 1610 lurking somewhere on the island...

 

[renault12ts]

Don't know. But you'd think there would be. I don't expect the car could be driven legally if there was another genuine J 1610.

 

[MOCAŠ]

I don't expect the car could be driven legally if there was another genuine J 1610.

Well, if I understand you correctly, the Bergerac car wasn't really being driven 'legally' as its number would have been mis-spaced for effect, but that wouldn't affect the legitimacy of the real J 1610, if it exists.

 

[renault12ts]

The real one probably no longer exists, but if it did it would be legal, and would be an interesting thing to spot. The "screen" car would probably only be for filming. Apparently Morse's Jag was a heap of s**t that would never have passed an MOT. So, legally could not be driven on open roads.

 

[MOCAŠ]

Just did a speculative tyre-shopper search on J 1610 and it returned a Rover Metro! Could be the genuine Jersey plate, an early Durham issue (if they went as far as 4 digits) or just tyre-shopper being pants again...

If I recall correctly, I think Jersey (and Guernsey?) plates are re-issued to newer cars (or can just be retained), such that they rarely go out of circulation.

Know what you mean about the way cars are often lashed up for TV/film. The Bergerac Triumph Roadster was reportedly pretty ropey at the time, but has since been restored and is now an attraction at Jersey Goldsmiths.