RE: 'TOO 510W': Spotted

[Riknos]

BPD1 said:

Think the clio v6 in Edinburgh with "V6 OO YE" is still my favourite.

Used to be a guy at work with a V6 Clio and the plate "V6 0 WOW" similar minds

[Leithen]

50BER used to be seen around Edinburgh.

The owner of a number of fine pubs.

[soad]

That Kahn chap also purchased a NO 1 from Scott Alexander iirc.

[Dapster]

Hol said:

CRA1G said:

richthebike said:

shoelessau said:

1CE - Malcom Walker, owner of Iceland Supermakets.

mic drop*

Yes!! We have a winner.

I

That was a cool £16750 + VAT Etc...........27 years ago..!

Now, there's a plate which reads just fine without a wonky font misspacing of letter or even extra bolts to stop it falling off.

And I've been in the back of that!! (Well, in the back of the 750iL it was on in the early 2000's during a phase when Walker was out of the business. It belongs to the business rather than Walker himself. He's also got a full fat RR which I've seen it on too but maybe the Bentley is more recent.

[CRA1G]

soad said:

That Kahn chap also purchased a NO 1 from Scott Alexander iirc.

A bit of a mystery is "NO 1" apparently Scott Alexander never owned it only rented it..? From who and it's whereabouts.?

[Icehanger]

One of the guys on the VX220 forum years ago had S10W VX, i'm sure a few will hate it as usual, but thought it was quite good for a £250 plate

[Contigo]

This cannot be beaten


Spotted near me.

Cooper S wearing this plate.... interesting back story.

[CharlieAlphaMike]

Contigo said:

This cannot be beaten


Spotted near me.

Cooper S wearing this plate.... interesting back story.

I used to see that on a car in Streetly just around the corner from where an old girlfriend lived.

[Contigo]

Yep last sold for £1m at Auction and no one knows it's worth now. First number plate ever put on a car by the RAC.

[CharlieAlphaMike]

I have a private plate which I purchased nearly 30 years ago. It has my initials and my birthday (date) and is quite vain I know but it's just very personal to me. It was also quite a good investment because I know it's worth much more than I paid for it; although I can't ever imagine selling it.

Call me a hypocrite when I now say that I find some private plates to completely 'naff'. Spelling out words. Altering letters/numbers so they (try to) mean something else or mis-spacing letters/numbers is just not right IMHO.

[Leithen]

I seem to remember S1 being on a knackered old Golf parked in Ann Street here in Edinburgh.

I think V1 knocks about here too.

[Cold]

Someone should start a number plate thread where all these spotted plates could be posted.

[Leithen]

Cold said:

Someone should start a number plate thread where all these spotted plates could be posted.

Nobody would be interested.

[CRA1G]

CharlieAlphaMike said:

I have a private plate which I purchased nearly 30 years ago. It has my initials and my birthday (date) and is quite vain I know but it's just very personal to me. It was also quite a good investment because I know it's worth much more than I paid for it; although I can't ever imagine selling it.

+1

[piper]

TOO 510W in the early 1980’s was on a dark metallic gold Lamborghini Countach LP500 S that belonged at the time to Ted Toleman, I remember seeing it at he Lancaster Garages Colchester Ferrari dealership being serviced.

[CharlieAlphaMike]

Contigo said:

Yep last sold for £1m at Auction and no one knows it's worth now. First number plate ever put on a car by the RAC.

Is it still in the Streetly area?

[sideways sid]

article said:
"...The entry point for that honour is the £170,000 which a plate reading simply 'I O' sold for in 2009..."

At that price it would have to I O U

[Jaguar steve]

CharlieAlphaMike said:

I have a private plate which I purchased nearly 30 years ago. It has my initials and my birthday (date) and is quite vain I know but it's just very personal to me. It was also quite a good investment because I know it's worth much more than I paid for it; although I can't ever imagine selling it.

Call me a hypocrite when I now say that I find some private plates to completely 'naff'. Spelling out words. Altering letters/numbers so they (try to) mean something else or mis-spacing letters/numbers is just not right IMHO.

I have one too and quite agree.

Mine's a number 1 that was issued free in the 1930s and has been in the family ever since. It doesn't spell anything - I've Googled to check - and has never been allocated to a car registered outside it's original county of issue.

It's been on cars taking generations of brides and grooms to family weddings and funerals and on cars that took my dad and uncle off to war and on cars that bought newborn babies home from hospital and on cars competing in rallies and on touring holidays round Europe in the late 40's and 50's.

I expect it's worth quite a lot but money is meaningless because its actually worth way more than that. It's a piece of family history that my son or grandson will have one day.

I dislike the modern trend of regarding number plates as materialistic status symbols and particularly share your contempt for people who think you can spell words with numbers or who feel the need to draw attention to themselves by misrepresenting them.

[Leithen]

Jaguar steve said:

I dislike the modern trend of regarding number plates as materialistic status symbols and particularly share your contempt for people who think you can spell words with numbers or who feel the need to draw attention to themselves by misrepresenting them.

You'd really, really, hate Hong Kong....

[soad]

sinbaddio said:

cookie1600 said:

Oopsie. Gulzar won't be happy he's been outdone:

Slightly OT but whatever happened to Gulzar? His Dad was on the One Show the other night regardingHastings pier, it was entertaining to say the least.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8ra-dbAdw

Nothing "happened" to him, probably way too busy to post here. Or doesn't feel the need to?