No transferable Registration

[Wish]

I've got a car with a non transferable registration on it. I want to put one of my personal plates on it. Am I able to or does the non transferable reg have to stay on it ?

[MKnight702]

If it is a Q plate which I suspect it may be then not a hope.

[Wish]

Nope not a q plate.

The plate is on my 1910 model t is something like BF718* I don't want to keep it I just want to put another number on .

[StevenB]

My understaning is you can put your plate on it, you can't put the plate that is on this car on another.

[TooMany2cvs]

Wish said:

The plate is on my 1910 model t is something like BF718* I don't want to keep it I just want to put another number on .

Not a problem. It's that plate which is non-transferable, not the car itself.

Quick google says that BF plates were never issued in period - so it's one that DVLA's given it at some fairly recent stage. They tend to put transfer restrictions on those to stop somebody flogging it and getting allocated another, flogging that, etc etc.

[Wish]

Many thanks.

Yes the BF plate was attached by DVlA. I will arrange the transfer then.


Many thanks

[jdw1234]

At some point it's original number was probably transferred to another car.

At this point DVLA gave it a non transferable replacement plate.

It's to stop people continually transferring the replacement plate otherwise the DVLA would quickly be swamped.

[srob]

TooMany2cvs said:

Not a problem. It's that plate which is non-transferable, not the car itself.

Quick google says that BF plates were never issued in period - so it's one that DVLA's given it at some fairly recent stage. They tend to put transfer restrictions on those to stop somebody flogging it and getting allocated another, flogging that, etc etc.

My favourite (in fact my only) fact about age related numbers:

BF was an abbreviation of Bloody Fool which in the 1920s was the height of insulting. The BF registration was withdrawn after complaints and those that were already issued were recalled and a new plate issued, hence there was a huge stock of them which are now used as age related plates, now that we've moved on to far more explicit insults!

[TooMany2cvs]

srob said:

My favourite (in fact my only) fact about age related numbers:

BF was an abbreviation of Bloody Fool which in the 1920s was the height of insulting. The BF registration was withdrawn after complaints and those that were already issued were recalled and a new plate issued, hence there was a huge stock of them which are now used as age related plates, now that we've moved on to far more explicit insults!

<applause>

[medieval]

srob said:

TooMany2cvs said:

Not a problem. It's that plate which is non-transferable, not the car itself.

Quick google says that BF plates were never issued in period - so it's one that DVLA's given it at some fairly recent stage. They tend to put transfer restrictions on those to stop somebody flogging it and getting allocated another, flogging that, etc etc.

My favourite (in fact my only) fact about age related numbers:

BF was an abbreviation of Bloody Fool which in the 1920s was the height of insulting. The BF registration was withdrawn after complaints and those that were already issued were recalled and a new plate issued, hence there was a huge stock of them which are now used as age related plates, now that we've moved on to far more explicit insults!

Nice piece of social history sir - also makes me wonder if FA attracted any comments.

Edited by medieval on Tuesday 5th January 21:07

[LordBretSinclair]

srob said:

BF was an abbreviation of Bloody Fool which in the 1920s was the height of insulting. The BF registration was withdrawn after complaints and those that were already issued were recalled and a new plate issued, hence there was a huge stock of them which are now used as age related plates, now that we've moved on to far more explicit insults!

Plenty of insults back in the 60s