Real Good Number Plates Vol. 6

[Harry Flashman]

MrBig said:

Harry Flashman said:

I found TYE 1A on the DVLA auction this time, and emailed my friend, whose surname is Tye. He bought it for £960 + the tax and fees etc.

To him, that's a great plate, even if a bit meaningless to the rest of the world. Pleased with that, and he's buying me dinner to say thanks for the spot

He got a bargain there!! Make sure he looks after you, I reckon a Dom Pérignon 1995/96 would be only fair.

Sushi Samba apparently. Woohoo!

[RSTurboPaul]

yanyan said:

Great spot, although dodgy spacing lol

[RSTurboPaul]

CRA1G said:

ArmaghMan said:

CRA1G said:

generationx said:

I’m struggling to interpret this one. Is it good? Bad? Guernsey or other? Seemed a very respectable old lady driving it. For reference - darkest Essex.

Brilliant plate... "101 OI" UK registered,no sure of it's origin probably Ireland.?

Spot on CRA1G.
Belfast circa 1958

Why thank you very much....

Love it!

That's the sort of plate for which I'd be half tempted to leave one of those dodgy notes under the wiper 'just in case you ever want to sell it'

[shambolic]

[Hatson]

shambolic said:

No point polishing until the drill holes are filled!

[LarJammer]

Is theat the first ever zero plate offered for sale??

[austinsmirk]

Apparently 0 relates to the government, so yes it’s very rare.

[Hatson]

austinsmirk said:

Apparently 0 relates to the government, so yes it’s very rare.

They basically invented it to have the “top” plate and are now selling it due to money problems! It is now part of their heritage and not far removed from selling the buildings they work in. One such past plate (not a “0”) was going to auction but got sold cheap to the official authorising the sale IIRC!!!

[Dinoboy]

Hatson said:

They basically invented it to have the “top” plate and are now selling it due to money problems! It is now part of their heritage and not far removed from selling the buildings they work in. One such past plate (not a “0”) was going to auction but got sold cheap to the official authorising the sale IIRC!!!

https://redditchstandard.co.uk/news/former-chief-constable-paul-west-snaps-up-historic-ab1-number-plate/

[PomBstard]

[Hatson]

Dinoboy said:

Hatson said:

They basically invented it to have the “top” plate and are now selling it due to money problems! It is now part of their heritage and not far removed from selling the buildings they work in. One such past plate (not a “0”) was going to auction but got sold cheap to the official authorising the sale IIRC!!!

https://redditchstandard.co.uk/news/former-chief-constable-paul-west-snaps-up-historic-ab1-number-plate/

https://redditchstandard.co.uk/news/former-chief-constable-paul-west-snaps-up-historic-ab1-number-plate/

Yes, that was it, AB1, he’s keeping it for the good of everyone else!

Edited by Hatson on Sunday 22 January 12:07

[Stupot123]

Some from Edinburgh area.

[QuartzDad]

40 WO on not a Bentley in Reading.

[P. ONeill]

YOI 1 above is an old Belfast registration from memory early 80s

[ninepoint2]

Son spotted this one

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

ninepoint2 said:

Son spotted this one

Len Barry? You’ll need to be old to get that

[78Pace]

No photo I'm afraid as I was driving, but I saw NHS 1 on a white Kia in Hampton yesterday

[generationx]

A couple duplicated from the Supercars thread

[MrBig]

QuartzDad said:

40 WO on not a Bentley in Reading.

Is a not Bentley one of those Chrysler 300C's with a dodgy grille?

[Jaguar steve]

MrBig said:

QuartzDad said:

40 WO on not a Bentley in Reading.

Is a not Bentley one of those Chrysler 300C's with a dodgy grille?

Known around here as the Baby Bentley, of which the pink neon lit variant with it's distinct whiff of hen-night vomit is the more discerning Essex girls Weapon of Choice for a chauffeured night out on the taaahaaan.