Thursday 3rd April 2003

First Registration Lost

Who's got 'A1'? It's gone AWOL

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[rpguk]

How do they mean lost? The first physical plate is lost or they don't have a record of who it was sold to, wasn't it for sale a few years ago in the times, don't the DVLA have a record of all the reg plates & owners?

[dazren]

DVLA will have details of either the last registered owner if the plate was on a vehicle. Or if not on a vehicle they'd have details of whose name was on the retention certificate.

DAZ

[plipton]

A1 - either a very big piece of paper or that road wot goes norf from London init?

[superlightr]

I thought that if it was not assigned to a car then you had to pay a retention fee ever 12 months?

If no fee then it reverts back to the DVLA.

[simonranson]

If we all fly past a couple of cameras with A1 plates on, I guess they will find it quick enough ;-)

I have seen H1 and D1 on cars around Guildford.

[redced]

Wont you get a load of tree huggers and soap dodgers at this cndrally trying to stop a war!!!!

[kevinday]

If its gone AWOL, as in no record anymore, please can I buy it DVLA, for £200 or so?

[agent006]

plipton said: A1 - either a very big piece of paper or that road wot goes norf from London init?

And the austrian grand prix circuit.

[the dodger]

Unbelievable! A registration can't be lost. Like below, if it was zapped by a camera the plod would soon find it's owner via DVLA. If they don't have a record then it must be available again?

[Eliminator]

I thought that one was on a car in the museum at Tatten Hall. Anyone been there recently?

[DennisTheMenace]

Have they looked behind the sofa

[BIF]

I last saw plate at BTR plc headquarters now merged as Invensys plc at BTR House, Victoria, SW1 at which point they owned the Dunlop marque, that was about 3 years ago, at that time it was regularly "loaned" to Rover [now BMW?] for publicity purposes in exchange for new loaned car. I belive they valued it around £300K at the time, but best place to start looking!