Great number plates - got any?

[Manbearpig]

Are you sure that wasn't 11811, visiting from Guernsey? Over there they use numbers only, no letters, as Cyprus did until the 50s.

 

There appeared to be a "gap" between the "II" and the "611", but I was past him fairly quickly. Never thought about the Channel Is. you may have solved it for me!

[Justin Case]

If you are lucky enough to have a Jaguar XK 150S then you just can't beat this:

 

1958 Jaguar 150S by geoffp5, on Flickr

 

(It's really 15 OS, but who's going to split hairs )

[trigger]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Unusual-Numbe ... 3cbafbcf5a

 

Shame this isn't still in circulation anymore as it would have been worth a fortune, I used to see 008 a lot in Colchester on a BMW M3 years ago.

[eddyramrod]

005 no longer in circulation? Quick, call in 007 and send him to investigate...

[Tayne]

Wasn't 005 shot in Austria?

[trigger]

Whilst dressed as a clown?

[Tayne]

Yes.

[Albert Ross]

I used to use a set of trade plates, 007EE. They belonged to a good friend of mine, a part time car dealer in his lates 80s. Always got me pulled over though. Perhaps I looked like a rogue.

[Volksy]

I saw U3 on a RAV4 yesterday, I guess certainly more than the car's worth.

[Angrydicky]

Registration OO5

Make ROLLS ROYCE

Model PHANTOM

Description AUTO

[trigger]

Ah!, i was doing 005 not OO5!, In that case OO8 that i used to see on a M3 is now on a BMW 530i Sport.

[maxpower]

today i saw a renner mpv thingy with PLJ 180 being followed by her daughter i guess in another renner with PJ 18... think the plates are worth more than the cars

[gadgetgricey]

Whilst away in Hunstanton on holiday saw a Pug 309 with reg EDJ1T at a car boot sale.

 

- Dave -

[nigel bickle]

'1100 R' is currently for sale on Ebay -which would suit one of my Fiat 1100 r's rather well

 

£5,000

 

Oh well

[Lord Sterling]

I saw '8OO' on a Black Range Rover Sport thingy a couple of weeks back, at first I thought it was '800' so when enquiring about it on the RAC I got this:

 

Plate: 800

Make: FORD

Year of manufacture: n/a

Model: GALAXY (CD 340)

Engine size(CC): n/a

 

I enquired a few more 8xx plates through the RAC, most cars seem to come back as above with the strange little numbers next to the model bit and no year of manufacturer or engine size like this other one:

 

Plate: 825

Make: AUDI

Year of manufacture:

Model: A6 (PI C5)

Engine size(CC):

 

They dont show up on the DVLA, anyone know what they are all about?

[Volksy]

Guernsey registration possibly?

[Lord Sterling]

Possibly, didnt think that. I was thinking more along the lines of Royal Family vehicles etc.....

[Albert Ross]

'1100 R' is currently for sale on Ebay -which would suit one of my Fiat 1100 r's rather well

 

£5,000

 

Oh well

 

This has belonged to Peter De Savary at some time.... I used to drive the blue Roller it was on.

[ashmicro]

In London one time I saw a blacked out black Rangie come barreling out from Buck House with the registration 2P. More recently, I saw a new shape Rangie go into The Palace with NO numberplates. I think we all know who was in that car!

[eddyramrod]

Ah!, i was doing 005 not OO5!

 

005 wouldn't be issued in UK as DVLA doesn't use "leading zeros" as Cyprus does. So that'll be OO 5, which is an Essex combination. My Granada should really be GF 008, but I prefer it with just the 8, I'm not keen on carrying the zeros. One day I may get stopped for it, but until then...

[RoadworkUK]

My favourite local bakers van.

 

 

Always makes me smile.

[R9UKE]

I saw a Volvo XC90 with "XCZ 90" today - looked excellent!

[tonedepear]

I literally saw with my actual eyes a bentley on my lunch today, reg was PU 51 EEE. (I think. It was definitely PU51 EE# or E#E or #EE if not).

 

I very nearly crashed. He didn't look like a complete trolling cunt, which was a mild surprise.

[Father Ted]

Saw SMA 44SH on Polish plates. wasnt quick enough with the camera.

[Albert Ross]

I was lost in Leeds tonight, due to roadworks, and was overtaken by an Ice-Cream van... reg W111PPY. With a dot between the first two 1s. Quite chortlesome....

[Angrydicky]

In a similar vein, I saw a 'Rossis' ice cream van yesterday that had the registration ROS 55L (with a screw at the bottom of the 'L', making it look like 'I.')

[R9UKE]

Our local ice cream van has P99 OKE!

[trigger]

I saw these two last week in Padstow.

 

1998 Volvo 940 2.3 Estate and 2009 Renault Megane by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

BC8 I expected was worth a bit of coin.

 

1998 Jaguar XJ8 3.2 with Padsow number plate in Padstow, Cornwall by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

This PAD 50W plate was great being in Padstow and all that.

[Lord Sterling]

I used to drive through a mature private housing estate on Lapal Lane near Halesowen. I once passed a car owned by an old giffer who looked as if he'd lived there for ages, nice gardens, tiday driveway etc... on his driveway was then a mk3 Ford Mondeo with 'L4PAL' for its numberplate, it think the plate is now mounted on a 10' Toyota Prius.

[Rusty Pelican]

Our local Ice cream man has MRW 1P , ( Mr Wip"py" I guess )