Best number plate collection in the UK?
Best number plate collection in the UK?
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HON2A

Original Poster:

446 posts

197 months

Thursday 10th November 2011
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I'd award POW second place, but propose UK Packaging (http://www.ukplc.co.uk) as winners. One of their trucks, 52 UK, delivered to us today and, as I'd spotted a few, they kindly provided their collection of 32 UK plates:

1 UK - 2 UK - 3 UK - 4 UK - 5 UK - 6 UK- 7 UK - 8 UK - 9 UK - 10 UK - 11 UK - 12 UK - 13 UK - 14 UK - 15 UK

17 UK - 20 UK - 21 UK - 22 UK - 33 UK - 40 UK - 44 UK - 50 UK - 52 UK - 57 UK

60 UK - 70 UK - 97 UK - 99 UK - 123 UK - 222 UK - UK 4

PS. Can we play I-Spy? Here's the first

OdramaSwimLaden

1,971 posts

195 months

Thursday 10th November 2011
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1 5UK.....!

paul0843

1,982 posts

233 months

Thursday 10th November 2011
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Lovely collection..they are on the same road as us so tend to see them all the time.
1 Uk reserved for the big cheese,but I had the pleasure of driving around with it for
a short while when I purchased a car from him while awaiting for paperwork to be sorted..


thinfourth2

32,414 posts

230 months

Thursday 10th November 2011
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I will never understand the joy of having a few less numbers on my cars number plate


SimonV8ster

12,956 posts

254 months

Thursday 10th November 2011
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How much did that lot cost ?!

miniman

29,635 posts

288 months

Thursday 10th November 2011
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SimonV8ster said:
How much did that lot cost ?!
To a business, I expect not a lot as there will be some clever way by which they are recognised as assets.

106Lad

255 posts

233 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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badlands1

845 posts

179 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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Hats off to UK Packaging and Pimlico.

Fantastic.

J4CKO

46,355 posts

226 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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Good, tax free investment I would imagine !

lowdrag

13,172 posts

239 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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Number plate collecting is a relatively new sport, but Sir Gerald Nabarro had NAB 1 to NAB 7 back in he 1960's. Wonder what happened to them all on his death?

Galsia

2,265 posts

216 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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If a company was making enough money to piss away a load of it on personal plates they wouldn't be getting my business...

ArsE92

21,313 posts

213 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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Galsia said:
If a company was making enough money to piss away a load of it on personal plates they wouldn't be getting my business...
hehe Miserable git!

badlands1

845 posts

179 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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Galsia said:
If a company was making enough money to piss away a load of it on personal plates they wouldn't be getting my business...
What a strange thing to say.
Why should you be bothered on what they spend their money on?

GB123

231 posts

179 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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Galsia said:
If a company was making enough money to piss away a load of it on personal plates they wouldn't be getting my business...
Surely if a company has got enough money to 'piss it away on personal plates' then they must be doing something right, and therefore be pretty good at what they do?

Miss D Meanour

238 posts

182 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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I seem to recall some photos from the 70s or 80s of a group of cars owned by a sawblade manufacturer who had all consecutive numbers SAW 1 - 9 and SAW 1T too.

xPOW

1,015 posts

189 months

Wednesday 23rd November 2011
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excellent collections! proud to make 2nd or 3rd place amongst those corporate collections woohoo got a long way to go to make No 1!

Edited by xPOW on Wednesday 23 November 14:38

Pork

9,455 posts

260 months

Wednesday 23rd November 2011
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miniman said:
To a business, I expect not a lot as there will be some clever way by which they are recognised as assets.
There used to be, but I think there were changes specifically for reg plates as you used to be able to deprciate them over time. Pretty sure you can't do that any more, though I may be wrong.

RESSE

6,031 posts

247 months

Wednesday 23rd November 2011
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JCB of Uttoxeter:

JCB 1 through to JCB 20 (I think they have more)?

In 1958, Joe Bamford bought 10 scooters with the number plates JCB 1 to JCB 10.

Not necessarily the 'best' collection but a collection.

Edited by RESSE on Wednesday 23 November 15:57

-Z-

8,081 posts

232 months

Wednesday 23rd November 2011
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Galsia said:
If a company was making enough money to piss away a load of it on personal plates they wouldn't be getting my business...
If a company was making enough money to piss away a load of it on an innovative form of marketing that generates a lot of discussion they wouldn't be getting my business....

xPOW

1,015 posts

189 months

Wednesday 23rd November 2011
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think Weetabix have quite a few too, WX 1, WX 2 etc?