Number Plate - How hard can it be...

[Skyedriver]

Having ordered up a replacement number plate from an ebay seller two weeks ago - it was "dispatched" apparently 12 days ago but not arrived yet, I went to a well known "high street car parts retailer".
It's an old car and the plate is silver letters on a black background.
Using L for letters and N for numbers,
The plate should read LLL NNNL
I go to collect it today and it read
LLLN NNL
So that's gone back....

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Dunno

But, if it's for the Clubman I have a handbook that could be yours for £10 UK delivered.

[Skyedriver]

It is and no thank you
I could probably write a complete workshop manual from experience....
Including an appropriate list of swear words

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Skyedriver said:

It is and no thank you
I could probably write a complete workshop manual from experience....
Including an appropriate list of swear words

[TooMany2cvs]

Skyedriver said:

I went to a well known "high street car parts retailer".

And that, right there, is your problem...

Their computer system's almost certainly set up, idiotproof (for obvious reasons...), to ONLY print plates using the correct format for plates issued in the last, oooh, 30yrs. ALL of which have the space three characters before the end.

A1 BCD
A12 BCD
A123 BCD
AB12 BCD

[Skyedriver]

Because it's an old style white/silver on black they out-source it.
To a specialist..........