T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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428.36 | $40,000 US for a registration? | HABS11::MASON | Explaining is not understanding | Sat Feb 09 1991 18:44 | 8 |
428.37 | NUMBER FOR SALE | KURMA::IJOHNSTON | Frankie says..get yer titters out! | Sat Feb 09 1991 18:47 | 6 |
428.38 | Someone made Alf happy! | NEARLY::GOODENOUGH | | Sat Feb 09 1991 20:43 | 8 |
| My daughter owns a now defunct Allegro, registration ALF 932S. When
she couldn't sell it as a going concern, I suggested contacting one of
the registration transfer agencies.
She is now 200 pounds better off, and still with a car to sell for
spares or scrap.
Jeff.
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428.39 | | NEWOA::KERRELL | Dave Kerrell NEW B1/2-2 774 6185 | Mon Feb 11 1991 15:58 | 5 |
| Re.36:
You are correct. People pay silly amounts of money for registration plates.
/Dave.
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428.40 | Special plates/numbers | GRANPA::63654::NAYLOR | Purring again. | Sat Feb 16 1991 00:49 | 11 |
| Bit different over here - my wife just paid her $20 to have the plates
of her choice on the DECwreck. AND she could choose whatever letters
and/or numbers she wanted with the limitation only that it couldn't be
obscene, provocative, lewd, or otherwise offensive, and, of course, if
it hadn't already been issued!
BTW, if anyone wants either DBC 512 or GEE 93, I have the original and
new log-books for them in my name.
Brian
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428.41 | Cherished No. Plate - TOP 318 | WOTVAX::STONEG | Temperature Drop in Downtime Winterland.... | Mon Jan 31 1994 17:23 | 12 |
|
Forgive me if there's already a suitable note for for this but, if
there is I can't find it !
A friend owns a Ford Anglia, reg. TOP 318 - obviously this registration
number is going to be worth something, the question is how much ?
And, given that it should be worth quite a bit, does anyone know of
either a company or individual who would pay to have the vehicle made
roadworthy/restored in order to get such a valuable registration....
Graham
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428.42 | | WOTVAX::GILLILANDP | Not very Tuna-friendly | Mon Jan 31 1994 18:27 | 9 |
| >>Forgive me if there's already a suitable note for for this but, if
>>there is I can't find it !
You couldn't have found a MORE suitable note than 428.* Graham:
`Cherished registration plates'
I forgive you anyway.
Phil Gill.
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428.43 | please move as appropriate | OASS::STDBKR::Burden_d | Synchromesh gearboxes are for wimps | Thu Feb 17 1994 17:41 | 6 |
| I know this isn't the right note, so please excuse me. I saw a 70's Rolls
Royce around here with a UK plate on the front - BLH 2nnS. I was just
wondering what year and region that maps to. It's also RHD so it appears
to be the proper plate for the car.
Dave
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428.44 | | COMICS::SHELLEY | Bugs B Gone | Thu Feb 17 1994 18:02 | 6 |
| Hello Dave, the 'S' on the end gives the age between Aug '77 - Jul '78.
The 'LH' gives the area. I not sure about this but I think its the
London area. I leave that for someone else to confirm this.
Royston
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428.45 | XMB 219 | OASS::HEARSE::Burden_d | Keep Cool with Coolidge | Thu May 26 1994 18:52 | 4 |
| On what I think is an early 60's Bentley sedan over here in Woodstock, GA.
RHD and had no US plates on it. What year does the plate map too?
Dave
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428.46 | | BAHTAT::DODD | | Thu May 26 1994 20:26 | 5 |
| As far as I am aware there is no way of linking an age with a plate
such as that. If one had a link to the DVLA that might be different,
only police etc have that.
Andrew
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428.47 | Re: XMB 219 | COMICS::WEGG | Some hard boiled eggs and some nuts. | Thu May 26 1994 21:05 | 6 |
428.48 | X :== Q ? | OASS::HEARSE::Burden_d | Keep Cool with Coolidge | Thu May 26 1994 21:40 | 4 |
| So the X is like the Q in some manner? The Q is for kit cars and imported
cars right? What does the X mean?
Dave
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428.49 | A quick guide to UK number plates! | COMICS::WEGG | Some hard boiled eggs and some nuts. | Thu May 26 1994 23:06 | 26 |
428.50 | RE: 428.49 | OASS::HEARSE::Burden_d | Keep Cool with Coolidge | Thu May 26 1994 23:46 | 3 |
| Thanks!
Dave
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428.51 | | PLAYER::BROWNL | A-mazed on the info Highway! | Fri May 27 1994 12:40 | 10 |
| Ian,
Would you care to tell me whan LSB 9 was first used? I was lead to
believe at the time I bought it that it was October 1963, which makes
it more than a year *after* the 'A' plate prefix came in. I know there
was some overlap, but I thought that it was all over within a year. I
do know, having seen LSB 570 on an early Triumph Herald many years ago,
that it is early 60s, but not exactly when.
Thanks, Laurie.
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428.52 | Title: Re: XMB 219 8-) | CMOTEC::POWELL | Nostalgia isn't what it used to be, is it? | Fri May 27 1994 17:01 | 48 |
|
Forgive me for knowing, but I was a Local Authority Clerk in the Road
Fund Office for several months in a previous life ;^)
Originally, each Local authority was allocated a single or series of
single or two letter sets for registering motor vehicles, which was to be given
along with a sequential number. eg. London started out with A1 up to A9999 and
so on.
When the one and two letter combinations ran out, a letter was to be
added to the front of the set and the limit of 6 characters was set, eg AAA123.
When the prefix letter "A" ran out of combinations at each Local Authority
(independently), they started to use the prefix letter "B" and so on up to the
letter "Y"." "I," "O," "Q" and "Z" were not used. "I" was reserved for Irish
Authorities (at that time all Ireland was part of Great Britain!), "O" was not
used to avoid confusion between the letter and the number, "Q" was reserved for
"kit" cars (This may not have been the original purpose though, I don't know
that bit) and I can't remember why "Z" wasn't used.
Most of the ?M* registrations belonged to Middlesex, so, probably this
number - XMB219 - was a Middlesex number. Middlesex and Staffordshire were the
first to run out of three letter combinations, at which point it was decided by
Parliament (it needed a very hasty Act of Parliament!) to simply reverse the
positions of the alpha-numeric characters of registration number. ie. instead
of ABC123, it became 123ABC.
These ran out in 1963 in, surprise, surprise, Middlesex and
Staffordshire, whereupon, with another hasty Act of Parliament, it was decided
to add a suffix letter to the old six character number sets, ie. ABC123A, the
old three letter combinations continuing to be used in sequence as before, but
the Suffix letter to be used to denote the year of first registration. When
this ran out, another hasty .... resulted in the format of number to become
A123ABC. At some stage as mentioned by another Noter, the Local Authorities
lost the responsibilities and they finally ended up at Swansea - at which point
the original two letter combinations no longer refered to an area or Local
Authority and so, today, one cannot tell at a glance where a given number was
first registered.
From all the above, I would strongly suggest that the number XMB219 was
first registered in 1962, but possibly in early 1963.
For those interested in such invaluable data, I will say that I worked
in the "TAX" office in 19 mumble, mumble when I left school.
Bit verbose, but I hope that gives a fairly complete history of this
subject.
Malcolm. (phew!)
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428.53 | | COMICS::WEGG | Some hard boiled eggs and some nuts. | Fri May 27 1994 17:30 | 21 |
428.54 | XMB 219 and LSB 9 | COMICS::WEGG | Some hard boiled eggs and some nuts. | Fri May 27 1994 17:45 | 25 |
428.55 | | PLAYER::BROWNL | A-mazed on the info Highway! | Fri May 27 1994 18:38 | 6 |
| Many thanks!
Incidentally, I agree with the previous noter that the local two letter
combinations still apply.
Cheers, Laurie.
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428.56 | | TASTY::JEFFERY | Children need to learn about X in school | Tue May 31 1994 12:36 | 1 |
| Yes, you can get VAX from Pontypridd!
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428.57 | | ARRODS::BARROND | Snoopy Vs the Red_Barron | Wed Jun 01 1994 19:05 | 5 |
| What about DEC and DAV (I really fancy the No plate DAV 1D)
Which counties were they issued from?
Dave
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428.58 | | COMICS::WEGG | Some hard boiled eggs and some nuts. | Wed Jun 01 1994 23:07 | 17 |
428.59 | | NEEPS::IRVINE | I was here but now I'm gone | Thu Jun 02 1994 14:16 | 5 |
| In Aberdeen, you will find RG, RS, SA.... but you will not find AV. As
this is not an Aberdeen registration.
8*)
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428.60 | past owners? | OASS::HEARSE::Burden_d | Keep Cool with Coolidge | Mon Jun 13 1994 20:19 | 6 |
| Is there any way to track down past owners of a car given the license plate
number? Someone on the net would like to find the person who imported a
Pontiac Firebird (1970 I think) that ended up with the plate 'UTW 119R'.
Thanks
Dave
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428.61 | | COMICS::SHELLEY | Always with the -ve waves | Mon Jun 13 1994 20:54 | 11 |
| Dave,
I don't think 'Joe Public' can get this info which would be kept by the
DVLC.
However just for the record the 'R' indicates it was registered in the
UK between Aug '76 and Aug '77. The system is different now though as
the reg will reflect the original year of registration if this can be
proved or if not it will get a dreaded 'Q' plate.
Royston
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428.62 | | COMICS::WEGG | Some hard boiled eggs and some nuts. | Tue Jun 14 1994 13:01 | 5 |
| The registered owner of the number can write to the DVLA in
Swansea and ask for the history. You get back photocopies of
all the documentation on record, e.g. old log books etc.
Ian.
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428.63 | | PLAYER::BROWNL | A-mazed on the info Highway! | Tue Jun 14 1994 14:05 | 3 |
| Any details? Is there a special form/department/address?
Laurie$LSB9
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428.64 | | WELSWS::HILLN | It's OK, it'll be dark by nightfall | Tue Jun 14 1994 14:31 | 4 |
| DVLA
Swansea SA6 7JL
will do for a start, or phone 0792 72151
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428.65 | HUV 16C ? | BRIEIS::BARKER_E | test dummy | Fri Sep 23 1994 14:25 | 20 |
428.66 | | COMICS::WEGG | Some hard boiled eggs and some nuts. | Sun Sep 25 1994 00:27 | 3 |
| 'UV' is a London registration.
McRocker.
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428.67 | Looking for Roy | KERNEL::WITHALLG | Believe in Revenge | Mon Oct 03 1994 16:09 | 13 |
|
Talking plates....
anyone out there called Roy who wants an F plate - F936 ROY
willing to swap for any F or personalised plate.
Roy to pay for the transfer.
Gary.
0344 723823 (onsite @dell)
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428.68 | | COMICS::SHELLEY | Always with the -ve waves | Mon Oct 03 1994 16:18 | 9 |
| Gary
Try contacting one of the places that buy and sell cherished plates.
They should pay for the transfer, issue you another F plate
and give you a few hundred quid.
Royston
PS Looking for ROY 570N myself :-)
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428.69 | | KERNEL::WITHALLG | Believe in Revenge | Mon Oct 03 1994 16:43 | 7 |
|
Royston,
I'm trying to save the cost of a phone call.
Gary
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428.70 | | REOSV1::ROEM | | Mon Oct 03 1994 18:50 | 5 |
| "I'm trying to save the cost of a phone call."
Dell hasn't changed your natural inclinations then, Gary?
Keep smilin'
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428.71 | | COMICS::SHELLEY | Always with the -ve waves | Tue Oct 04 1994 14:56 | 6 |
428.72 | Choosing a number | SNOFS1::GREENANA | Don't Panic! | Tue Dec 20 1994 12:23 | 29 |
| Hi!,
I used to own one of the first MR2's into Australia and had a
Victorian number plate of 'MRTWO'. This cost AUS$ 250. I'm in New South
Wales now and a similar plate, where you have full choice of letters
and numbers costs AUS$ 300 per year. For $150 flat fee you can choose 3
letters, 2 number and 1 letter.
I put this combo through MS Bookshelf dictionary with a pattern of:-
???oo? (i.e. o=0)
???ii? (i.e. i=1)
???ee? (i.e. e=3) etc
It came up with some interesting results such as
CUR50R (CURSOR)
NUD15T (NUDIST) (which we are)
REB00T (REBOOT)
and some others.
In the end we went for REB00T since CURSOR had already been taken and
NUS15T was a bit to much of an advertisement.
The point to all this is that BOOKSHELF is a great way to find numbers and
you can use it for U.K. type plates since they are of a similar format.
Cheers
Anthony Greenan
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428.73 | Maybe Schofield can help me?! :-S | FORTY2::HOWELL | Just get to the point... | Tue Dec 20 1994 12:47 | 17 |
428.74 | 236 LNX? | AIMTEC::16.85.112.243::Burden_d | A bear in his natural habitat | Wed Apr 12 1995 19:39 | 9 |
| Someone around here has an intersting collection of Rolls and Bentleys.
Monday I saw a 2 door convertible, early 60's Bentley - reg number 236 LNX,
with no US plates.
At least twice a week I see the same guy in some sort of Rolls, usually a
newer one (70's up) but once in awhile in an older one. Maybe he'll notice
me when I get the Isetta on the road!
Dave
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