Real Good Number Plates Vol. 6

[Yankee Romeo]

[Yankee Romeo]

[Yankee Romeo]

[Yankee Romeo]

[Fun Bus]

Yankee Romeo said:

Original Nottinghamshire issue. Might be Derbyshire?

55 J on an BMW X5 caught my eye this weekend.

[Jules Sunley]

Yankee Romeo said:

Even when correctly spaced plates look wrong on a Discovery with that non symmetrical rear....

[Yankee Romeo]

Fun Bus said:

Yankee Romeo said:

Original Nottinghamshire issue. Might be Derbyshire?

55 J on an BMW X5 caught my eye this weekend.

Yes. Issued by Derby Council in August of 1953.

[S16KBW]

Yankee Romeo said:

S16KBW said:

smithyithy said:

How would I determine a rough price for a dateless plate?

There a few I've spotted for sale, private sellers with the current physical plate pictured, rather than a company listing just the reg.

The initials don't have any specific relevance to me but they're good looking dateless plates and seem fairly priced, although it's hard to know if they are actually well-priced..

What format are we talking? 2x2 start around £6k ish, 3x1 start around £4k ish, this is obviously for random undesirable combos with X's Y's etc.

I would say though, that the unwritten rule for undesirable letters such "X" and "Y", wouldn't be as applicable nowadays. If you look at the prices for X and Y plates in recent auctions, you'd see they weren't significantly less than other letter combinations. Also names are origin based. A lot of Chinese names, for example would start with X. A lot of Asian names start with Y.

Yes I agree, the DVLA Auction prices don't really signify the whole market though, for some reason they seem to have gone absolutely nuts on every single number while a lot of the numbers already existing in the market have stayed at similar prices (Excluding the 1x1 and other desirable stuff), I was basing those guide starting prices from a number of traders who have those X and Y combos (and the NI stuff in the 3x1) starting at those prices

[Origin Unknown]

I have never seen a plate in this format before. Spotted on a Toyota pickup between Crowthorne and Wokingham.

[OGR4M]

P5BNij said:

I’ll see it, and raise you:

[CRA1G]

OGR4M said:

I’ll see it, and raise you:

The second one qualifys for the other thread.....

[threespires]

Yankee Romeo said:

151 ABL. Works MGA Coupe. Rallied by the Morley Twins. A twin cam chassis with push rod engine.

[P5BNij]

OGR4M said:

P5BNij said:

I’ll see it, and raise you:

Oof....!

[Sir Bagalot]

Origin Unknown said:

I have never seen a plate in this format before. Spotted on a Toyota pickup between Crowthorne and Wokingham.

The 358th plate issued by Yorkshire (West Riding) County Council back in 1904

[Yankee Romeo]

threespires said:

Yankee Romeo said:

151 ABL. Works MGA Coupe. Rallied by the Morley Twins. A twin cam chassis with push rod engine.

151 ABL issued in October 1961 by Berkshire County Council and 151 CBL in August of 1962. The owner says he's had it for thirty odd years.

[Yankee Romeo]

P5BNij said:

OGR4M said:

P5BNij said:

I’ll see it, and raise you:

Oof....!

The brown one registered in 81, too.

[RJH777]

Ended up following a lovely orange R8 V10 convertible yesterday, plate was V10 HGR all correctly spaced.

[M3DGE]

Every day a journey said:

JM 76 on a 5 series Tourer by Falmer earlier today

(might have been 76 JM) Only clocked it as it's my birth year and very very very close to my initials

It's JM 76, issued by Westmoreland in 1931 or early 1932, and now residing on a Beemer. 76 JM was a DVLA auction sale in 2006, £7000 plus VAT etc (making it quite pricey at the time).

[M3DGE]

Sir Bagalot said:

Origin Unknown said:

I have never seen a plate in this format before. Spotted on a Toyota pickup between Crowthorne and Wokingham.

The 358th plate issued by Yorkshire (West Riding) County Council back in 1904

Lovely. 1 x 3 and 1 x 4 'forward' are incredibly rare. Even at the time 1 x 1 and 1 x 2 had a certain kudos and were transferred, and those lost were resucitated in the late 50s when this was allowed. Three and Four digit plates just died with the car.

[Yankee Romeo]

S16KBW said:

Yankee Romeo said:

S16KBW said:

smithyithy said:

How would I determine a rough price for a dateless plate?

There a few I've spotted for sale, private sellers with the current physical plate pictured, rather than a company listing just the reg.

The initials don't have any specific relevance to me but they're good looking dateless plates and seem fairly priced, although it's hard to know if they are actually well-priced..

What format are we talking? 2x2 start around £6k ish, 3x1 start around £4k ish, this is obviously for random undesirable combos with X's Y's etc.

I would say though, that the unwritten rule for undesirable letters such "X" and "Y", wouldn't be as applicable nowadays. If you look at the prices for X and Y plates in recent auctions, you'd see they weren't significantly less than other letter combinations. Also names are origin based. A lot of Chinese names, for example would start with X. A lot of Asian names start with Y.

Yes I agree, the DVLA Auction prices don't really signify the whole market though, for some reason they seem to have gone absolutely nuts on every single number while a lot of the numbers already existing in the market have stayed at similar prices (Excluding the 1x1 and other desirable stuff), I was basing those guide starting prices from a number of traders who have those X and Y combos (and the NI stuff in the 3x1) starting at those prices

True enough. Although would make a difference if the dealer advertising owned the plate or was owned by a client, in which case the client would decide on what final price he is willing to accept. I made an offer for a forward 3x2 with my initials for a plate owned by a client. I offered £750.00 less than what it was advertised for. The owner of plate was only willing to discount £500.00. Plate is still advertised.
Dealers have sales every so often, especially Black Friday and plates owned by themselves could be negotiated down to a reasonable price.