Old Reg

[pompei]

No, not that bloke down the allotment,A lot of pre-suffix registrations have SK as their 2nd and 3rd letters. Examples in 55 Bloke's show pics.What can it all mean

[Albert Ross]

It's the old DVLA style re reg when a vehicle has been unregistered or a valuable plate has been sold. SK is from an unused series of Scottish numbers, I believe. and so they carried on. Now they are using the *X* series of letters, antil they find another low issue run. Normally from around 1983 when the Q reg was started.

[55bloke]

I was gonna make some sort of sarcastic and deeply meaningful response, but don't think I'll bother now!!

[Milford Cubicle]

SK is the Caithness identifier, it was used up until 2001.I think cars get these unused plates when they've been 'plate-raped', see a lot on 'ST' plates too.

[wuvvum]

"AS" is another one - had a few old motors on AS plates

[Richard]

SK is the Caithness identifier, it was used up until 2001.I think cars get these unused plates when they've been 'plate-raped', see a lot on 'ST' plates too.

Isn't ST the normal registration for your area?

[Milford Cubicle]

Yeah, I meant old cars *not* in this area. edit: meant 'AS' which is also an Inverness area plate, not 'ST'STOP STEELIN R PL8Z PLZ

[MrRegieRitmo]

No, not that bloke down the allotment,

I don't own an allotment? (if I did I'd just fill it with parked up shite)

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

SV was the start of the Scottish replacement plateage, i.e VSV506. They started around 1984 I think.

[mk2_craig]

There were a lot of unused Scottish pre-suffix registrations, unlike many parts of England most registration offices didn't get to the "reversed series" i.e. in Edinburgh there would have been ASC123 in the 1930s but not 123ASC in the 1960s. Some local authorities didn't even finish the xx-yyyy series which is why vintage cars before a certain date are given marks in the SV**** range, usually imported Model T Fords and suchlike.

[Richard]

I've always wondered what the sequence of pre-suffix registrations was. We had a 1964 Austin 1100 with the registration RYJ992. I knew that Dundee were one step behind in not issuing a B suffix in 1964 but I hadn't realised they were actually two steps behind.

[Split_Pin]

'sk' is an old Scottish Borders series, along with 'SH' and 'SM'.'VS' was an old Greenock-area series, my Grandpa had a Sincer Chamois reg'd JVS 295D

[pogweasel]

Do you love me? Could you learn to love me?

I got Bailey's?!! I'm old (g)reg!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.... sorry. Couldn't resist.

[gtd2000]

'sk' is an old Scottish Borders series, along with 'SH' and 'SM'.'VS' was an old Greenock-area series, my Grandpa had a Sincer Chamois reg'd JVS 295D

"KS" was certainly a "Scottish Borders" (local authority - not geographically) identifier - very common around the Galashiels area, "SH" was the other main one. If I remember correctly, LS was also an older Borders region code too?My dads old Ford Escort Estate was KKS 429 P when it was delivered in the summer of '76 :DMy first set of wheels in 1982, a '76 Yamaha FS1E was JSH 661 P.As a young teenager at the time, I was thoroughly looking forwards to the issue of OSH 1 T but it never came to pass

[Mash]

I love see to old stuff with original plates so you can see where they were from especially ones local to me. Gives the car some history and personality.One of the problems now is that they've run out of plates that look correct for older cars. Now, we're seeing plates such as 321 UXD on cars from the 1930s and early 50s which by rights should be an ABC 123 series. Maybe it doesn't matter Maybe I should get out more

[Split_Pin]

On the subject of traditional registrations, there apprears to have been a wee shuffle in the mid-70s of the codes for some reason???:Eg: GM no longer given to Lanarkshire vehiclesRG went from Aberdeen to ManchesterWG disappeard from FalkirkWS went from Edinburgh to BristolVS went from Inverclyde to Luton area (I think a lot of Vaux press cars had them ?)..so if anyone needs to get out more, its me lol, but then if I did I'd only study more number plates

[Mash]

I think that coincided with the general administration changes of 1974 when *shudder* Humberside was created for example.WF, formally an East Riding mark, moved to Sheffield and BT went to York.

[mk2_craig]

There were various changes made, interestingly the first letter appears to have been reset to "G" across all authorities for the N-suffix year, e.g. GSG123N (Edinburgh) GHV456N (London) etc etc.I did see a GAY-N green Reliant in Leicester a coupla times, no photos sadly!

[MrRegieRitmo]

WF, formally an East Riding mark, moved to Sheffield and BT went to York.

How do they work these things out? How does WF equate to anything other than Wakefield & how does BT equate to York, not Brighton?These new ones sometimes make sense, sometimes not, I mean LD for London is fine, CK for Cardiff you can understand (although not the K bit), but HK for Portsmouth?? I don't get it!

[King Maz]

As I understand it:A - (East) AngliaB - BirminghamC - CymruD - DeesideE - EssexF - FensG - Garden of England (wherever that is)H - HantsL - LondonM - Manchester & MerseysideN - NorthO - OxonP - PrestonR - ReadingS - ScotlandV - (Severn) ValleyW - West CountryY - YorkshireWhy the hell Luton & Northampton are K I'll never know.And no way is Leicester in the Fens.

[MrRegieRitmo]

I'm guessing G is Kent then. Where did you find those?

[r.welfare]

That's the current system - also T is now being used for Scotland.On the old system (i.e. pre 1.9.01), I have no idea how the two-letter identifiers were allocated; here in Reading we had DP, GM, JM, RX and AN. My white 405 is a local car with a JM suffix - the only car I have owned that has been locally-registered, funnily enough.

[MrRegieRitmo]

There seems to be big holes in that though. Say I lived in Leicester, would I get a B for Birmingham? If I lived in Herts still, would they be A for Anglia?

[mk2_craig]

It can only be an approximation Regie. Leics is F for Fens and Forest (East Mids basically). Giving M to Liverpool caused some local resistance on the basis that it was the same series as Manchester. The second letter hints at a bit more local detail such as SN is Edinburgh and SA is Glasgow.The old system seems to have developed on an ad hoc basis for XX was allocated to London way back when. Leicester ended up with marks like BC, AY, UT, JU and so on.