Real Good Number Plates vol 5

[Sir Bagalot]

CRA1G said:

" V1 NCE " was £33K + the bits..... 19 years ago.

Probably on a par with CRA 1G as a name plate as neither name is that popular. I sent a copy of the pic to my cousin, who is called Vince.

He was able to tell me that shortly after it was sold at auction it was put up for sale at close to £100K, but he doesn't know if it was sold

[CRA1G]

Sir Bagalot said:

CRA1G said:

" V1 NCE " was £33K + the bits..... 19 years ago.

Probably on a par with CRA 1G as a name plate as neither name is that popular. I sent a copy of the pic to my cousin, who is called Vince.

He was able to tell me that shortly after it was sold at auction it was put up for sale at close to £100K, but he doesn't know if it was sold

Good job my middle name isn't Vincent then I'd be snookerd with two unpopular names..... but if my surname was DAV1D and had another £775000 I could have had an hatric....

[m3jappa]

A thought i had recently is all the current expensive name plates, names, like dave, steve, pete etc etc will all one day be bordering worthless as no one is called those names any more. 25 years time there won't be any vinces. I doubt the people who can afford such expensive plates car but its worth thinking about.

I have a very unusual name and bought a plate (which i got slated on here for obviously ) but id bet it will be worth significantly more in 25 years as my name is now much more popular than it was years ago.

[hixster]

Winter is coming...

Edited by hixster on Tuesday 29th October 18:09

[nonsequitur]

hixster said:

Winter is coming...

Edited by hixster on Tuesday 29th October 18:09

That spiough on the tracks. Won't British Rail ever learn.

[M3DGE]

Ructions said:

M3DGE said:

Ructions said:

FA57REN said:

Near Belfast:

From memory that’s an old Co Armagh plate, possibly 1960s or early 70s.

Close enough - yes Armagh but a tad earlier, 1957.

I thought Armagh went from XZ to AIB, but obviously not. Do you know what registration was used between the above?
My sister got a new Mini when she passed her test and the reg was AIB, even though we lived in Co Down, my father bought his cars in Armagh.

Hi - Armagh registrations were as follows:-

IB 12/03
LZ 1/47
XZ 11/57

Then reversed:-

IB 4/62 (from 301)
LZ 11/65
XZ 3/69

Then 'three letter forward', starting with AIB in January 1974 through YIB March 1996.

So, I you are right that XZ preceded AIB but in reverse format, not forward per the photo.

[M3DGE]

ArmaghMan said:

Ructions said:

M3DGE said:

Ructions said:

FA57REN said:

Near Belfast:

From memory that’s an old Co Armagh plate, possibly 1960s or early 70s.

Close enough - yes Armagh but a tad earlier, 1957.

I thought Armagh went from XZ to AIB, but obviously not. Do you know what registration was used between the above?
My sister got a new Mini when she passed her test and the reg was AIB, even though we lived in Co Down, my father bought his cars in Armagh.

XZ ended in1962
reverse IB ran from April 62 -November 65
reverse LZ from November 65- March 69
reverse XZ from March 69-March 72
Then AIB 1and so on

so strictly speaking if the plate had been 29 XZ you'd have been right

Bugger just saw this!

[helix402]

Three in one go:

(third isn’t that good, first two are)



Another one:

[vincegail]

Sir Bagalot said:

Seen these elsewhere.

For name fans

I like that a lot!

[nonsequitur]

vincegail said:

Sir Bagalot said:

Seen these elsewhere.

For name fans

I like that a lot!

So so, but I need convincing.

[Butter Face]

Sir Bagalot said:

Seen these elsewhere.

For name fans

And that picture was taken at Indian Queens!

[CharlieAlphaMike]

For some reason I can't upload the image but I spotted LET'S GO (sic) on a passenger coach recently. It made me smile if nothing else. Oh, and aside from the slightly dodgy screw placement, everything about the plate was perfectly legal (it was not a UK registered vehicle).

[Etypephil]

nonsequitur said:

vincegail said:

Sir Bagalot said:

Seen these elsewhere.

For name fans

I like that a lot!

So so, but I need convincing.

[JamesRF]

Would actually look better/classier if it was spaced properly and on a borderless plate in my opinion.

Great plate though!

[Buster73]

JamesRF said:

Would actually look better/classier if it was spaced properly and on a borderless plate in my opinion.

Great plate though!

There’s always one ....

[LeighW]

A couple of good ones recently:

1CLS on a Merc CLS
BCA1 on a newish Volvo

[JamesRF]

Buster73 said:

JamesRF said:

Would actually look better/classier if it was spaced properly and on a borderless plate in my opinion.

Great plate though!

There’s always one ....

Easy tiger, I wasn't suggesting it should it be in the other thread was I?

I just think a desirable plate looks nicer when they don't have any border or logos and the digits aren't bunched up

[95JO]

I just spotted '2 S' on what I think was a black Nissan Navara in Manchester City Centre... Sold for £9.4k in 1993, can't see it registered to a car on the DVLA site though...

[helix402]

[Sir Bagalot]

95JO said:

I just spotted '2 S' on what I think was a black Nissan Navara in Manchester City Centre... Sold for £9.4k in 1993, can't see it registered to a car on the DVLA site though...

Considered to be 1 of at least 3 fake 1x1's on the road at the moment.