Classic car number plate original or age related
Discussion
TooMany2cvs said:
What's the plate's letters?
If the V5C says "non-transferable", that's a good clue that it's a replacement.
I agree, but it is possible to have the car's original registration marked as 'Non transferable,' on the V5C. If the V5C says "non-transferable", that's a good clue that it's a replacement.
My own car had this as a consequence of having another registration 'plate put on it for a time which was then removed. The DVLA re-issued it with the original registration which was marked as 'non transferable'.
These aren't 100% guaranteed rules, however....
If the registration is of the ABC123 format and the second letter is S there is a good chance that it isn't the original number. For some reason the DVLA issued apparently Scottish numbers for non-original registrations.
If the registration is in the ABC123A style and the suffix is A it is more likely to be non-original. The A suffix was used in 1963 but not many registration authorities used it. It was 1964 before most adopted the B suffix. If the suffix is A and the first letter isn't A or B this adds to the chances of it being a non-original reg. (Most local registration authorities wouldn't be issuing more than 2000 registrations in a year back then so probably never got beyond a B prefix for the A suffix year).
As I said, this isn't an infallible rule but is a likely guideline.
If the registration is of the ABC123 format and the second letter is S there is a good chance that it isn't the original number. For some reason the DVLA issued apparently Scottish numbers for non-original registrations.
If the registration is in the ABC123A style and the suffix is A it is more likely to be non-original. The A suffix was used in 1963 but not many registration authorities used it. It was 1964 before most adopted the B suffix. If the suffix is A and the first letter isn't A or B this adds to the chances of it being a non-original reg. (Most local registration authorities wouldn't be issuing more than 2000 registrations in a year back then so probably never got beyond a B prefix for the A suffix year).
As I said, this isn't an infallible rule but is a likely guideline.
Perseverant said:
It's also likely to have been reregistered if it's a Scottish registration from one of the smaller authorities as they didn't use all the numbers in their allocated sequences. My Jaguar has such a number, but I've now traced the original and will try to recover it.
This... if you give us the letters of the number plate we can have a pretty accurate guess.Fane said:
This... if you give us the letters of the number plate we can have a pretty accurate guess.
Also FO, FF were used - Welsh ones.
Is it possible to have a genuine issued in 1950 SU, SV etc plate that has been devalued by this or are age related ones where none of the series were issued?
lowdrag said:
In Jaguarland a Heritage Certificate will reveal the original dealer and registration number. My certificate shows the build date, chassis number and so on. I assume that other manufacturers have a similar procedure?
My understanding is that a Heritage Certificate is not considered to be authoritative as far as any stated registration number is concerned. The certificate for my Healey states a registration number which was never actually issued!Gassing Station | Classic Cars and Yesterday's Heroes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff