Real Good Number Plates : Vol 4

[Roo]

Local person to me has one those 'plate worth more than the car' registrations.

45 HM

Went past me the other day on the way into the village.

[thetapeworm]

"U1" in Morley, Leeds yesterday - presumably some kind of mayoral transportation.

[smithyithy]

J 900 has popped up on an E-Class local to me

[Chester draws]

Shaoxter said:

Saw FIJ1 (mis-spaced) on a 7 series around Hampstead, but not coming up on any reg checks?
Assume that's a diplomatic plate?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_codes_on_British_diplomatic_vehicle_registration_plates

Many foreign embassies have acquired personalised plates from historic British car numbering systems, for example, ........., FIJ 1 (Fiji),

[Jim AK]

Chester draws said:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_co...

Many foreign embassies have acquired personalised plates from historic British car numbering systems, for example, ........., FIJ 1 (Fiji),

Thai Ambassador has THA 1.

Saw it recently on an old & very tidy Mercedes 190 travelling the M25

[AOK]

Shaoxter said:

Saw FIJ1 (mis-spaced) on a 7 series around Hampstead, but not coming up on any reg checks?
Assume that's a diplomatic plate?

Hatson said:

Here you are.

I'd question the presence of mis-spacing there... borderline if anything. Perhaps a few millimetres shaved off but thats about it. I'd expect the 1 to be right next to the J if the space had been omitted (like in the example image below)

Visually, they've benefitted a lot from the fact that J's have innately got their vertical component offset to the right so much, giving the overall plate a perceived appearance of balance (even without blatant mis-spacing).

Lovely.



Edit... pity about the lack of a BSAU145d reference, rendering all my above observations and praise immaterial!

Edited by AOK on Monday 25th April 12:54

[droopsnoot]

Another from FB today

[cvms]

Couple I saw today:

On the way to work this morning - 72JAY on an Audi S3.
On the way home - 32CAT on Jag XK-R.

[pincher]

Seen it loads of times in the City but A1 GUK (correctly spaced) outside the AIG offices by Fenchurch Street station this evening.

[Gunk]

droopsnoot said:

Another from FB today

Fantastic, I love it!

[Hatson]

AFC Bournemouth as I understand it.

[pingu393]

Hatson said:

AFC Bournemouth as I understand it.

Ticks all the boxes for me...

Nice car - tick
Nice plate - tick
Legal plate - tick
Personalised to annoy those who don't know the law - tick

[edit: it may not be legal as he may have foolishly left off the post code and BS markings]

[Hatson]

pingu393 said:

Hatson said:

AFC Bournemouth as I understand it.

Ticks all the boxes for me...

Nice car - tick
Nice plate - tick
Legal plate - tick
Personalised to annoy those who don't know the law - tick

[edit: it may not be legal as he may have foolishly left off the post code and BS markings]

I got the pic from a Registration Sales site, but it's on the Fourdot (manufacturers) gallery too and legal with Postcode, BS etc. I've had some made too, slightly more overboard, I'm pushed for time at the moment but will take some pics when I can and put them up for a bit of critical appraisal.

[Ozzie Osmond]

owner said:

I noticed that the plate is fitted a few millimetres too high....

Hmmm

[piers1]

I thought a great plate, but I guess the pedants will say mispaced!

[Cliftonite]

pingu393 said:

Hatson said:

AFC Bournemouth as I understand it.

Ticks all the boxes for me...

Nice car - tick
Nice plate - tick
Legal plate - tick
Personalised to annoy those who don't know the law - tick

[edit: it may not be legal as he may have foolishly left off the post code and BS markings]

Even the Union Flag is the right way up! Check the tyre pressures! We must be able to get him on something! bd!

[CAPP0]

I imagine this one will already be in the RGNP archive, but I saw it in Green Park an hour or two back and took a quick (and frankly, terrible!) snap:




Do we know whose it is?

[X5TUU]

1SOS - seen it regularly around Wallsend, new black RR

[Fun Bus]

A couple seen in Nottingham this afternoon:

A18 REY - Porsche Cayenne

RUT 1 - Hyundai Santa Fe

[Hatson]

CAPP0 said:

I imagine this one will already be in the RGNP archive, but I saw it in Green Park an hour or two back and took a quick (and frankly, terrible!) snap:




Do we know whose it is?

Malaysian Embassy Car
http://nice-reg.co.uk/number-plates/1M.html