Original Perspex 80's Dealer Plates

[P50]

Hi,

I have a '88 911 3.2 Carrera which is wearing it's original Dick Lovett Swindon dealer plates.

The front one is a bit twisted and cracked. The back one is a bit faded.

I know the DVLA are now uber heavy on plates being made and that they have to conform to modern regs with postcode/narrow 2001 on font/registered seller etc etc.

So I'm looking for a company that will make me a perfect copy of my existing plates with the Dick Lovett logo etc.

Anyone out there that can perform such an outrageous request??!

Rgds

P50

[LordBretSinclair]

Try www.fancyplates.com

They'll do pretty much anything as long as you say it is a "show plate".

[PlayersNo6]

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[dockertrigger]

Contact Dave at www.dmb.uk.com. take plenty of photos of your old plates squire on and close up and he'll be able to custom make you a set in the pre 2001 font. Ace company to deal with.

[P50]

Just to let you know that Fancyplates were superb and provided just what I wanted...

[LordFlathead]

Wow holy thread finding luck!

I have exactly the same issue with my 928GT also supplied by Dick Lovett and was wondering how I could keep the authenticity of the original plate.. question answered.

Thanks for posting that I will get one ordered

Edited by LordFlathead on Saturday 13th September 01:42

[LordBretSinclair]

P50 said:

Just to let you know that Fancyplates were superb and provided just what I wanted...

So glad they could help you out - I've always had great service from them.

[uk66fastback]

Well, DMB came up trumps for me - I ordered some last week and they turned up on Tuesday - I'll be putting them on over the weekend so will post some pics.

I wanted them in the 57mm wide font - ie 80s/90s style, my no. reproduced plus the Carrs of Exeter and Porsche logos at the bottom.

Funny thing is, CoE wasn't the original suplying dealer - Dick Lovett was, Swindon branch - but the car has CoE tax disc holder (soon to be redundant) and also a CoE sticker in the back window - so I wanted to keep it like that. The plates I have had snce I bought the car were the 50mm wide 2001 ones - they looked okay - just a bit 'wrong' ... (and they were beginning to look a bit tatty) ...

Sent a pic or two to DMB and they matched them 100% ... (but with the wider font)

[uk66fastback]

Current plate - a bit worse for wear and too thin a font ...



Comparison before swapping over ...



New plate on the car - superb

Edited by uk66fastback on Monday 15th September 00:19

[PATTERNPART]

You've done well there. I tried to get a new plate made incorporating the original dealer bits and pieces but the supplier wouldn't reproduce someone else's logo for some sketchy legal reason.

[zeb]

I've used dmb a few times now and always found them good. They do a lot of stuff for RSOC too, and they really are fussy buggers!!