Real Good Number Plates vol 5

[Pat H]

M3DGE said:

Pat H said:

CR 15

Nice! You probably already know this, but that is properly old - issued by Southampton in the first batch of registrations issued on 3rd December 1903.

I had no idea!

Could you check the history of a couple of other plates that have also been in the family for ages?

Or refer me to the source of the info?

[Beato]

S4 on an Audi S4 in Edinburgh!!

[The Moose]

Today I saw this Bronco


I liked the plate!


It looked in awesome condition also.

[bond2810]

Couple from the last few days [url]

[bond2810]

Luddite post

[LARK F1 GTR]

That one belongs in the crappy thread.

[LARK F1 GTR]

1 HTS - Aston Martin Cygnet

TM 48 - Audi.

2 BCB - Bentley Continental.

4 XS - BMW 1 Series.

5 BC - Mercedes.

RAZ 7 - Mercedes G63 AMG.

REE 11 - Nissan.

XCE 3 - don't remember.

[Tom8]

brickwall said:

Seen this one around me a few times, often early in the morning. Old white male at the wheel, no-one in the back. Can't work out if it's the ambassador himself, or the driver on the way to pick him/her up.

Always parked outside Australia house so assume it is the ambassador.

[Exige77]

LARK F1 GTR said:

That one belongs in the crappy thread.

Nice plate but why spoil it by crappy spacing ?

[K-S-G]

[Plinth]

Exige77 said:

LARK F1 GTR said:

That one belongs in the crappy thread.

Nice plate but why spoil it by crappy spacing ?

81 IL?

It's an old Northern Irish plate - correctly spaced.

[JonJon2015]

G6 spotted on an F-Pace on one of the Bedfordshire back roads last week. No picture - I was driving.

[Hatson]

Plinth said:

Exige77 said:

LARK F1 GTR said:

That one belongs in the crappy thread.

Nice plate but why spoil it by crappy spacing ?

81 IL?

It's an old Northern Irish plate - correctly spaced.

Mind the gap though.

[M3DGE]

Pat H said:

I had no idea!

Could you check the history of a couple of other plates that have also been in the family for ages?

Or refer me to the source of the info?

Happy to! Stick them on here or, if you'd rather not, PM me. This sort of bearding requires old school books - I have a couple that can pin down most plates (at least pre 63 and some pre 90) down to office of issue and year, sometimes month, of issue 'A History of Motor Registration in the United Kingdom' by Newall and 'Where's it from? When was it issued?' by Woodhall and Heaton. Only for the serious nerd!

[DickyC]

2P

On a Discovery on the A303 yesterday.

[M3DGE]

LARK F1 GTR said:

That one belongs in the crappy thread.

Not really. Perhaps a slightly too big space, but it is 81 IL, issued Feb 1958 by Fermanagh.

[Pat H]

M3DGE said:

Pat H said:

I had no idea!

Could you check the history of a couple of other plates that have also been in the family for ages?

Or refer me to the source of the info?

Happy to! Stick them on here or, if you'd rather not, PM me. This sort of bearding requires old school books - I have a couple that can pin down most plates (at least pre 63 and some pre 90) down to office of issue and year, sometimes month, of issue 'A History of Motor Registration in the United Kingdom' by Newall and 'Where's it from? When was it issued?' by Woodhall and Heaton. Only for the serious nerd!

That's fab, thanks so much!

The first is FSR 1.

The other are these two, acquired by my late father back in the very early 1970s.

[Hatson]

Beato said:

S4 on an Audi S4 in Edinburgh!!

Whenever I see one like this it makes me wonder :-
Did someone go and buy an Audi S4 to put plate S4 on?
Did DAV 1D name his son David because he had the plate?
Are number plates the reason for a boy named SUE?
Seriously though it's possible a lot of kids end up with parents names because of a plate!

[cymro]

CRA1G said:

I see "DAV 1D" hasn't been snapped up yet with Reg Transfers... Maybe £1.5 million has something to do with it.......

DAV 1C used to be around the Chester area many years ago. Original DVLA issue, think the guy owned a company called Davic Engineering which may have been named after the registration number.

[Sir Bagalot]

JonJon2015 said:

G6 spotted on an F-Pace on one of the Bedfordshire back roads last week. No picture - I was driving.

Shame no pic as that's a new spot