Old style Black & Silver Reg Plates

[TypeR]

I'm cosidering the purchase of a 1974 Lotus. Currently the car has modern black/yellow plates on it. To make the car look more "period" I would fit the old style ally black and silver plates.
I have 2 questions for our resident BiB.
Upto which year are these plates legal? There is a Maybach in our town that has old style plates on it. I thought new cars had to have "new" style plates.
If I set off a Gatso, will the number be visible?

[john57]

I think - without looking it up - that the old plates were OK only on cars registered up to 1 Jan 1973 - thereafter it has to be the new ones...... Any 'new' car with the old black and silver plates that gets stopped may get a fixed penalty notice - non endorseable ; which I think is £30 or £40.

[^Slider^]

Yep if the vehicle is constructed before 1/1/1973 then it can display the old black and silver plates.

If it is a new vehicle and displaying these plates then its a non endorsable £30.00 fixed penalty for failing to display a registration plate.

[darreni]

Unless: www.pistonheads.com/pics//members/12878-car.jpg?nocache=772


Legal here!
(hope the link works!)

[busa_rush]

darreni said:

Unless: www.pistonheads.com/pics//members/12878-car.jpg?nocache=772 Legal here! (hope the link works!)

What knd of plate is that ?

[Extra 300 Driver]

Channel Islands

[busa_rush]

Extra 300 Driver said:

Channel Islands

Thanks.

[purpleheadedcerb]

They look pants on modern cars but would look niice on a 1974 Lotus. You would have to swap them back at MOT time.

[Buffalo]

As i understand it you can't even buy new black and silver paltes for old cars these days - if you went to somewhere to 'officially' sell you numberplates you'd have to have white/yellows made up. Plus all the hassle that comes with actually trying to buy a numberplate...

73 is the latest model year that can legally show black plates, so that is up to an L reg.

[darreni]

getting black & silver plates made here is no problem & no hassle.
If anyone needs some, mail me & i'll see if i can help. Mine were about £30 the pair IIRC.

Darren.