Have You Seen Any Interesting Cars On The Road Lately?

[Skd884]

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Family friends both in Gravesend today

 

[ALFAitalia]

The plate A1 "belonged" to Dunlop Tyres for many years....the most valuable plate there is....being the first one ever issued in London. When Dunlop were on shaky ground quite a few year back A1 was valued as one of there most valuable asset!! For info DY 1 was the first ever plate issues in the UK....not A1 as many think.
Want to buy A1?.....current estimates put it between £10 and £12 million!!!

 

[SpikyMikey]

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Family friends both in Gravesend today
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No way you'd ever lose that G in a car park!

 

[BTB 500]

I saw this Toyota Avensis in 2005 ... the registration would have been worth an absolute fortune even back then:

 

[ALFAitalia]

Its on a Merc SL63 at the moment......

On that Toyota its only two characters......and they are still miss spaced!!!

 

[BTB 500]

Its on a Merc SL63 at the moment......

On that Toyota its only two characters......and they are still miss spaced!!!

Yep it's a 'show plate' with no maker's details etc. as well

 

[ALFAitalia]

That may have been OK on that old Toyota if it was first registered before Sept 2001....which it might have been at they were launched in about 98.

 

[del320]

Picked up the old jalopy yesterday and this is in getting the treatment.

God, I'm old - a Porsche is a Porsche is a Porsche - unless it's 53 flamin' years old and worth north of 90k

Specifically a 911E - 2.2L six. c153bhp.



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[Darrell]

On that Toyota its only two characters......and they are still miss spaced!!!

How would you correctly space it?

 

[BTB 500]

How would you correctly space it?

Think there's meant to be a space between the characters.

 

[Darrell]

Think there's meant to be a space between the characters.

There is a space.

 

[BTB 500]

There is a space.

Don't think so. Actually when zoomed it it does seem to have maker's name etc.

 

[SpikyMikey]

Picked up the old jalopy yesterday and this is in getting the treatment.

God, I'm old - a Porsche is a Porsche is a Porsche - unless it's 53 flamin' years old and worth north of 90k

Specifically a 911E - 2.2L six. c153bhp.

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Ooh I do like a 911.......but it does make you think when the piddling little 1.4 4 pot in Mrs S's Leon churns out only 3 bhp less.
Doesn't sound nearly as good though.

 

[Darrell]

Don't think so. Actually when zoomed it it does seem to have maker's name etc.

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I think there’s a space.

 

[BTB 500]

I think there’s a space.

Gap would be a better term. AFAIK all registrations are supposed to have a gap between the two sections that make it up. In this (early) example you have a letter indicating where the car was registered, followed by a serial number. So "H 1" would have been the first car registered there, a later one might have been "H 234".

Similarly with the current format you're not allowed to leave out the gap between the first 4 characters and the last 3.

 

[AnnasMerc83]

I secretly want one of these!

 

[StMarks]

I secretly want one of these!

Fwiw I recall when they suddenly became "the latest must have" for a short while, courtesy of a famous film franchise ..:

 

[AnnasMerc83]

Fwiw I recall when they suddenly became "the latest must have" for a short while, courtesy of a famous film franchise ..:

Not sure about the canary yellow!

There’s a lush Perrier one near me, walk past it all the time. Found a pic online!

 

[SpikyMikey]

From your photos, both of those look in remarkably good nick.

 

[SpikyMikey]

Picked up the old jalopy yesterday and this is in getting the treatment.

God, I'm old - a Porsche is a Porsche is a Porsche - unless it's 53 flamin' years old and worth north of 90k

Specifically a 911E - 2.2L six. c153bhp.

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What's the story with the Porsche?
It appears to have had only one change of owner since first registered and never had an MOT.