Real Good Number Plates : Vol 4

[Revisitph]

Fruit & veg & flowers & Xmas trees shop.

[Gunk]

Looks as if a donkey has had a nibble on the corner of that bull bar.

[AOK]

[Gunk]

John Madejski

[Lester H]

A while ago a couple in Wiltshire by the name of Lamb had "his & hers". BAA and LAM. Both local numbers at that time

[Frio3535]

Saw 55SS on a ML63 in Aberdeen today.

[Trevatanus]

[Wills2]

Bemmer said:

Wills2 said:

Gunk said:

Does his first name really begin with a "U"

Does it need to? Just a nice old plate.

Not that old,May 2013 £2300..!

Seriously? I thought that those plates were issued back in the 50's as they reversed the letter/number to number/letter when they ran out of combinations of the former?

[F18RSC]

Trevatanus said:

Spacing is wrong! Should be 4 HAH

[Pork]

Wills2 said:

Bemmer said:

Wills2 said:

Gunk said:

Does his first name really begin with a "U"

Does it need to? Just a nice old plate.

Not that old,May 2013 £2300..!

Seriously? I thought that those plates were issued back in the 50's as they reversed the letter/number to number/letter when they ran out of combinations of the former?

I thought U 9 was original issue. I'd be amazed if any single singles sold for that sort if money in 2013 - where's that info from?

[TonyF55]

Pork said:

Wills2 said:

Bemmer said:

Wills2 said:

Gunk said:

Does his first name really begin with a "U"

Does it need to? Just a nice old plate.

Not that old,May 2013 £2300..!

Seriously? I thought that those plates were issued back in the 50's as they reversed the letter/number to number/letter when they ran out of combinations of the former?

I thought U 9 was original issue. I'd be amazed if any single singles sold for that sort if money in 2013 - where's that info from?

Your all getting confused, £2300 refers to 12 UT on the RRS a few pages back.

[Wills2]

TonyF55 said:

Pork said:

Wills2 said:

Bemmer said:

Wills2 said:

Gunk said:

Does his first name really begin with a "U"

Does it need to? Just a nice old plate.

Not that old,May 2013 £2300..!

Seriously? I thought that those plates were issued back in the 50's as they reversed the letter/number to number/letter when they ran out of combinations of the former?

I thought U 9 was original issue. I'd be amazed if any single singles sold for that sort if money in 2013 - where's that info from?

Your all getting confused, £2300 refers to 12 UT on the RRS a few pages back.

He is I'm not, but my post isn't well written, should have put letter/letter + number/number etc..

[CRA1G]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Just came to post the same thing craig, I've sent the ad to my dad, I still remember him showing me your plate up for sale in the times over breakfast some years ago! (£30k-ish iirc?)

That is a long time ago.. £40K Still got the advert somewhere,and my wife thought I was mad..

[anonymous-user]

M3DGE said:

Yellowjack said:-

Not sure how 'real good' this actually is, vanity/personal plates are not my thing really. But the double/double format plates do look nice on a car, and are growing on me. Maybe I actually am mellowing with age?

You must be! I love these, especially the original rare ones like this. 1904, Dundee.

Local to me, plate belongs to Tracy Standish.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

CRA1G said:

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Just came to post the same thing craig, I've sent the ad to my dad, I still remember him showing me your plate up for sale in the times over breakfast some years ago! (£30k-ish iirc?)

That is a long time ago.. £40K Still got the advert somewhere,and my wife thought I was mad..

I suspect you're particularly interested in what this eventually goes for then! Has their been anything similar in recent years? The number of perfect name plates must be incredibly small, particularly when they're popular names.

If you don't mind me asking, when did you purchase? In my mind I seem to think I was early teens perhaps, so around late 80s/early 90s?

Although yours will always remain out of my price range, I did almost get 7 CRG some years ago before the trail went cold. I saw it on a Range Rover in Stratford upon Avon last year at a LR franchise and left my number with the manager to offer to the owner but it didn't ever come to anything. Still wish I'd gotten that one.

[pingu393]

F18RSC said:

Trevatanus said:

Spacing is wrong! Should be 4 HAH

Spaced correctly, it would be the perfect plate for a Mr Steven Coogan Esq .

[Fas1975]

Was in Athens last week and saw 2N parked outside the hotel on a white RR Drophead Coupe. Looked stunning

[BullyB]

Fas1975 said:

Was in Athens last week and saw 2N parked outside the hotel on a white RR Drophead Coupe. Looked stunning

The picture I posted on the previous plate was in the yacht marina in Athens. Nice.

[CRA1G]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

I suspect you're particularly interested in what this eventually goes for then! Has their been anything similar in recent years? The number of perfect name plates must be incredibly small, particularly when they're popular names.

If you don't mind me asking, when did you purchase? In my mind I seem to think I was early teens perhaps, so around late 80s/early 90s?

Yes,1990.. Can't belive it's 26 years ago..!

[tali1]

smithyithy said:

Some good spots, 1V looks great!

I quite like the idea of plates that resemble Roman numerals..

CRA1G said:

AOK said:

Moving on, here's another short plate on a 928... A few metres away from where I spotted the one a few days earlier

Plate sold for £17,000 in Dec 91... The Porsche looks lovely especially in that colour combination,always liked the 928,must be due classic status now.....!

I believe he also owns this