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Lord_Howit_Hertz said:
Thanks mate, meant to add he had since April I believe, put it on a drophead. Young blonde though? Very interesting!!
Ps very nice S5! Next change for me I think!
Let's hope nobody was trying to keep that fact away from the public domain! But she wasn't much older if at all than me, and I'm low-20s. Hey if you've got a car like that, why not Ps very nice S5! Next change for me I think!
Shmee said:
Can someone tell me if I'm wrong about this, but single single plates, am I correct that there are a maximum possible number of 9x24 x2 (no I or Q, but both ways around) of them? i.e. 432 possible single-single plates - not all of which have yet been distributed?
google said:
The first series of number plates were issued in 1903 and ran until 1932, consisting of a one- or two-letter code followed by a sequence number from 1 to 9999. The code indicated the local authority in whose area the vehicle was registered. In England and Wales, these were initially allocated in order of population size (by the 1901 census) - thus A indicated London, B indicated Lancashire, C indicated the West Riding of Yorkshire and so on up to Y indicating Somerset, then AA indicated Hampshire, AB indicated Worcestershire and so on up to FP indicating Rutland.
The letters G, S and V were initially restricted to Scotland, and the letters I and Z to Ireland. In both cases, allocations of codes were made in alphabetical order of counties, followed by county boroughs[13] - thus in Scotland, Aberdeenshire was allocated SA, Argyll received SB and so on, while in Ireland Antrim was allocated IA, Armagh received IB, and so on.
When a licensing authority reached 9999, it was allocated another two-letter code, but there was no pattern to these subsequent allocations as they were allocated on a first come first served basis. London and Middlesex quickly took most codes with L and M as the first letter respectively, while Surrey, initially allocated P, took many codes beginning with that letter.
There are four interesting anomalies where a zero has been issued. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh has S 0 and his Glasgow counterpart has G 0 while the official car of the Lord Provost of Aberdeen has RG 0. In addition the Lord Mayor of London has the registration LM 0
If they have previously been issued they will not be offered for sale, well that is what the DVLA say .................until they realise the money that can be raised by selling them.The letters G, S and V were initially restricted to Scotland, and the letters I and Z to Ireland. In both cases, allocations of codes were made in alphabetical order of counties, followed by county boroughs[13] - thus in Scotland, Aberdeenshire was allocated SA, Argyll received SB and so on, while in Ireland Antrim was allocated IA, Armagh received IB, and so on.
When a licensing authority reached 9999, it was allocated another two-letter code, but there was no pattern to these subsequent allocations as they were allocated on a first come first served basis. London and Middlesex quickly took most codes with L and M as the first letter respectively, while Surrey, initially allocated P, took many codes beginning with that letter.
There are four interesting anomalies where a zero has been issued. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh has S 0 and his Glasgow counterpart has G 0 while the official car of the Lord Provost of Aberdeen has RG 0. In addition the Lord Mayor of London has the registration LM 0
Mr E Driver said:
Shmee said:
Can someone tell me if I'm wrong about this, but single single plates, am I correct that there are a maximum possible number of 9x24 x2 (no I or Q, but both ways around) of them? i.e. 432 possible single-single plates - not all of which have yet been distributed?
google said:
The first series of number plates were issued in 1903 and ran until 1932, consisting of a one- or two-letter code followed by a sequence number from 1 to 9999. The code indicated the local authority in whose area the vehicle was registered. In England and Wales, these were initially allocated in order of population size (by the 1901 census) - thus A indicated London, B indicated Lancashire, C indicated the West Riding of Yorkshire and so on up to Y indicating Somerset, then AA indicated Hampshire, AB indicated Worcestershire and so on up to FP indicating Rutland.
The letters G, S and V were initially restricted to Scotland, and the letters I and Z to Ireland. In both cases, allocations of codes were made in alphabetical order of counties, followed by county boroughs[13] - thus in Scotland, Aberdeenshire was allocated SA, Argyll received SB and so on, while in Ireland Antrim was allocated IA, Armagh received IB, and so on.
When a licensing authority reached 9999, it was allocated another two-letter code, but there was no pattern to these subsequent allocations as they were allocated on a first come first served basis. London and Middlesex quickly took most codes with L and M as the first letter respectively, while Surrey, initially allocated P, took many codes beginning with that letter.
There are four interesting anomalies where a zero has been issued. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh has S 0 and his Glasgow counterpart has G 0 while the official car of the Lord Provost of Aberdeen has RG 0. In addition the Lord Mayor of London has the registration LM 0
If they have previously been issued they will not be offered for sale, well that is what the DVLA say .................until they realise the money that can be raised by selling them.The letters G, S and V were initially restricted to Scotland, and the letters I and Z to Ireland. In both cases, allocations of codes were made in alphabetical order of counties, followed by county boroughs[13] - thus in Scotland, Aberdeenshire was allocated SA, Argyll received SB and so on, while in Ireland Antrim was allocated IA, Armagh received IB, and so on.
When a licensing authority reached 9999, it was allocated another two-letter code, but there was no pattern to these subsequent allocations as they were allocated on a first come first served basis. London and Middlesex quickly took most codes with L and M as the first letter respectively, while Surrey, initially allocated P, took many codes beginning with that letter.
There are four interesting anomalies where a zero has been issued. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh has S 0 and his Glasgow counterpart has G 0 while the official car of the Lord Provost of Aberdeen has RG 0. In addition the Lord Mayor of London has the registration LM 0
Mr E Driver said:
You won't spot many as most of them have been scrapped, in those days there was no value attached to plates and the transfer and retention system wasn't available for many years
Oh well, I'll keep on taking photos; life goal of 100 it is 
I wonder if they'd ever release Q1-9 and 1-9Q, that would pocket almost if not more than £2m for them.
Edited by Shmee on Sunday 12th September 02:05
Lord_Howit_Hertz said:
Primo,
Couple of questions, but do you know many of the details of the gallery pics on your website? I only ask because 'im sure 470M is local to me, and thought I was seeing things the few times I have spotted it. Also MMW1 i'm pretty sure is owned by a family friend, who happens to own the building that the photo is taken in (Worthington family?).
....and finally to anyone who may know, I mentioned before, my neighbour has 1CES on his Bentley, but no one knows who he is, he has lived here for years. There are plenty of rumours behind his wealth, but wondering if anyone knew info that maybe was a bit "general knowledge" about him.
Cheers
Hi,Couple of questions, but do you know many of the details of the gallery pics on your website? I only ask because 'im sure 470M is local to me, and thought I was seeing things the few times I have spotted it. Also MMW1 i'm pretty sure is owned by a family friend, who happens to own the building that the photo is taken in (Worthington family?).
....and finally to anyone who may know, I mentioned before, my neighbour has 1CES on his Bentley, but no one knows who he is, he has lived here for years. There are plenty of rumours behind his wealth, but wondering if anyone knew info that maybe was a bit "general knowledge" about him.
Cheers
I use a lot of pictures that have been sent through to me and ones I've found/taken, all with the owners authority of course. Latest ones added are via Joe and Tim on here - thanks once again guys! Although I may not know the full details I am occasionally able to trace certain plates that people want despite not having them listed with me. I get asked this a fair bit each day, but mostly it's plates that don't actually exist!
MMW1 did belong to Mr Walker from Bucks.
470M I think is on a demo Atom around Silverstone?
Don't know anything about 1CES I'm afraid.
musclecarmad said:
Shmee said:
Also just realised I missed this one off from my crazy uploads on page 350:
It was nice to see this one because it was the star attraction of the DVLA auction I won my plate in too so I knew a bit about it.
Can someone tell me if I'm wrong about this, but single single plates, am I correct that there are a maximum possible number of 9x24 x2 (no I or Q, but both ways around) of them? i.e. 432 possible single-single plates - not all of which have yet been distributed?
9x23x2 i think (no 'Z') either. It was nice to see this one because it was the star attraction of the DVLA auction I won my plate in too so I knew a bit about it.
Can someone tell me if I'm wrong about this, but single single plates, am I correct that there are a maximum possible number of 9x24 x2 (no I or Q, but both ways around) of them? i.e. 432 possible single-single plates - not all of which have yet been distributed?
Edited by Shmee on Sunday 12th September 01:06
most been auctioned now - only a couple more so the dealers tell me so they are all holding onto their stock
some numbers on old cars, some non transferrable, some 'written off' so prob about 300 or so in circulation hence the rarity
Can anyone help with a list of originally issued '1234 A' style plates?
I saw L74 (I think that's what it was) on a maybe 10-15yr old small dirty beaten-looking hatch; didn't look great - for some unknown reason I neglected to take a photograph. Alongside it though it must be said there was an F430 spider with a 2 month expired tax disc and so dirty it made me want to scream - that probably had me distracted.
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