SERCK font numberplates

[CortinaDave]

AKA the "computa - digit" style that we were talking about on here a while back. Did anyone manage to find somewhere that could make up a set? my mid-80's capri is crying out for them....

[Milford Cubicle]

I don't think so, but Framptons do some suitably period plates with not-quite-right fonts.

 

http://pl8s.co.uk/page3.html

 

 

[Ross_K]

I haven't forgotten about the place I was going to check out over here re. the Serck plates.The early arrival of the twins here at _K towers has kinda put my ventures into the outside world on hold, but normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.

[mk2_craig]

Dave do you want pressed steel or will laminated plastic do? A1 Plates of Leicester will make the latter.

[CortinaDave]

Laminated plastic would be about right on a Y reg car I thnk.. I'll give them a shout. Just checked the website and no serck option but I'll give them a buzz

[mk2_craig]

Dave you want their "EuroStyle" font, their online plate maker has it under the Show Plates section.

[CortinaDave]

Craig sir... you a a god of shite.serck coming my way http://www.a1-plates.co.uk/creator.html ... ubmit=Next

[uncle silvia]

I got some pressed Aluminum ones for mine for £28 a pair next day delivery!

 

Contact Carnoisseur or Dubmister!

 

[Split_Pin]

Fantastic - I'm ordering a set of the pressed-on letter styles NOW!

[CortinaDave]

They look fantastic.. my only criticism would be that the letters maybe look a bit thinner than the SERCK font.. its a bit like old charles wright vs new charles wright. Maybe I'm wrong though!They are near as dammit though and will look the biz on my capri!

[mk2_craig]

Is the font size on the Corolla's plates actually a motorcycle spec perchance? They look to have the right height/width proportions for the pre-2001 standard but obviously smaller than the 57mm characters used for cars etc.Pressed metal plates are GR8 but I'm not sure about fitting them to anything newer than the mid-1980s; most dealers were all over the laminated plastic with their own logos incorporated by this time. Didn't stop local councils and the likes of Royal Mail continuing to insist upon them until the late 1990s however, and (if my recollection is correct) cars in Ford's own press photos had their own almost unique variation until long after other manufacturers had ditched them in favour of more modern looking items...

[Guest]

My A-plate Charmant has dealer-installed Sercks, wish the Galant did but I've got a set of those Framptons metal ones:

 

Look smart enough but if I find some Sercks they'll be coming off!

 

I'm undecided what should happen with my C-plate 323 though, as Craig says the metal plates would have been long in the tooth by the mid 80s and it might look odd. A bit like when people with early 70s cars install black/silver plates when from new they'd have reflective ones.

[Father Ted]

Has anyone actually gone into a branch of Serck and asked them if they still do pressed metal in the italic font? I know I live in-between two branches and have been supremely lazy in not going myself, but its just a thought...

[Guest]

I was going to investigate it, but I think my local Serck branch has disappeared!

[Richard]

I might go and have a look today.

[Split_Pin]

My local autobits shop does italic Serck style I have an old serck from an A-reg Escort with the original Laidlaw dealer logo, overlaid with a later 'peoples' sticker!I'm going to get a set of the metal plates with the plastic letters for my 03-plate Astra, just for a laugh (and because I love them and dont have a suitable car for them otherwise)

[Pillock]

  Father Ted said:

Has anyone actually gone into a branch of Serck and asked them if they still do pressed metal in the italic font? I know I live in-between two branches and have been supremely lazy in not going myself, but its just a thought...

This thread crops up loads of R-R and I'm sure AlistairK went into Serck and unless you want 1,000 plates at a time, they don't want to know

[Ratdat]

Just been having a look at all my cars and amazingly nearly all of them still wear their original plates. Most have aluminium plates with raised plastic letters like the ones on Bernies Charade...

 

 

My Datsun 1000 estate which being 1968 has black with white letters but still ally plates with plastic letters...

 

 

My 510 has the old pressed aluminium plates but white/yellow as it's 1971.

 

Only one has Serck plates and that's Bernies (ex-DC) Pug 205...

 

Incidentally, does anyone know if you can buy reflective white or yellow adhesive vinyl from sign makers? I got tons of old plastic letter style plates which would probably provide enough digits for me to make some fresh plates up.

[CortinaDave]

SERCK used to be quite happy to make up the plates for you.. I got a set in my local branch for a sierra i had in about 2001 so it probably just depends which branch you use.The one near me closed down ages ago though and i dont know of any more in this area

[mk2_craig]

Ratdat, it should be fairly easy to get some adhesive yellow and white number plate backings. I bought one last year for a trailer board and there's plenty demand from the rally boys.I did wonder whether the "Serck" style font (it must have a proper name?) has perhaps been "retired" and all users of the dies had to return them to whoever was the original producer? Ross_K has got the closest to finding someone to produce them as far as I can tell; I've seen a single solitary Leyland Roadrunner registered here carrying this style of plates within the last year and that's it!

[garethj]

  Milford Cubicle said:

I don't think so, but Framptons do some suitably period plates with not-quite-right fonts.

 

http://pl8s.co.uk/page3.html

 

 

That link is dead but there's a promising picture on their site here:

 

I've enquired if still they make them in that style

 

EDIT: Arse, they don't have a Q so can't do my plate

[Roc 24v]

  Hirst said:

I was going to investigate it, but I think my local Serck branch has disappeared!

Same here, long gone.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I saw a hand painted Transit with Sercks this afternoon.

[brammy777]

Ive seen two MKI Fiestas in the past few days, both had original plates. One was SERCK and the other was raised letters.

[AlsoMike]

  garethj said:

That link is dead but there's a promising picture on their site here:

 

I've enquired if still they make them in that style

 

EDIT: Arse, they don't have a Q so can't do my plate

 

Thought that plate looked familiar...