Great number plates - got any?

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I think R5 OUL would be better.

That belongs to a coach company near to me, Souls of Olney. They've got a few different ones on coaches mainly used for contracts to Bedford private schools these days. Last time I saw R 5OUL it was on a Freelander,wonder why they took it off the school buses?

[Mr Livered]

I grew up in Bedford being ferried around in Souls of Olney coaches for school trips and so on. Apparently, before my time, the company had a rebranding from R Souls to Souls of Olney when they finally twigged what everyone was sniggering at.

[londonm]

'RED 911' on a red Porsche 911, but when I saw it I didn't doff my cap or be instantly overwhelmed with respect for the driver. I just thought 'oh look, a chav with a bit of coin'. I thought about getting a private plate just to hide the age of my car, but didn't because I think it's actually vulgar.

[quicksilver]

That belongs to a coach company near to me, Souls of Olney. They've got a few different ones on coaches mainly used for contracts to Bedford private schools these days. Last time I saw R 5OUL it was on a Freelander,wonder why they took it off the school buses?

 

 

I grew up in Bedford being ferried around in Souls of Olney coaches for school trips and so on. Apparently, before my time, the company had a rebranding from R Souls to Souls of Olney when they finally twigged what everyone was sniggering at.

 

Ah, Souls. They do have a load of 5OUL and 50ULS plates but R5 OUL has never been on a coach and TBH I'm amazed the Doovla even issued it. Mr Livered's story I think is partly true - there was certainly an R. Soul in charge at one time but I don't think his name ever actually appeared on the vehicles. The current owner is David Soul so I'd like to think that Starsky & Hutch style stripe is more than just coincidence

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I'm beginning to doubt myself now,I've definitely seen R5OUL on an old style blue Freelander . In the past I've seen it on a Rover 800 in and around Olney/ Sherington/Newport and the fact Souls was also a Rover dealership maybe I assumed it was one of theirs.

[quicksilver]

No, you're quite right about R5 OUL, it checks out on Cartell as a 2004 blue Freelander - I haven't seen it myself but in that area it's bound to be Souls'. I just thought it odd that it got issued at all as the potentially rude ones are usually weeded out. Then again, I've always found it a bit odd that Doovla never released BUM but would issue CUM, which is surely ruder.

 

Same firm also had M500 CUM, both with 500 Cummins lumps.

[Hertz]

Spotted this a while back on the M56. Thought it was quite good, the "CABBIE" inside must be hoping the plate is his pension fund or something...

 

[Cavcraft]

That Merc plate  (ALIBIS) doesn't make sense. Unless it was A11BIS and he's made the first 1 look like an L, and even then you can't have an 'I' in the three letters anyhow.

[quicksilver]

That Merc plate  (ALIBIS) doesn't make sense. Unless it was A11BIS and he's made the first 1 look like an L, and even then you can't have an 'I' in the three letters anyhow.

It's a New Zealand plate, I'm pretty sure you can have any combination of letters and/or numbers there so it is actually ALIBIS and not some contrived alternative.

[sheffcortinacentre]

mates transit beavertail is J --- CUM & often gets comments, issued when new far as he knows.

[cms206]

Not only Cum, but Riding. The dirty bastards.

[Sloth in a bowl]

I almost went for DAT50N for my Datsun but I couldn't justify the £1200 price at the time.

[wackywacerwill]

I've seen COC and MUF and a mate had P***UBE. Oh, the times we've had.

[stuboy]

i work in a village called wye and on the van we have wye 1

[wackywacerwill]

[stuboy]

and its on a peugeout partner

[DVee8]

On a Green S-Type Jag UR 02 OLD made me smile

[Sloth in a bowl]

Just remembered, when I was a lad, there was an Escort locally that had XOR515T. Possibly my fave ever number plate.

 

I have no idea if the owner was a priest though.

[Ghosty]

F4KOF on a silver Berlingo, surprised that was issued.

 

LOO5E on an entirely black Range Rover Sport that's owned by someone who (I assume) owns two milkshake shops on Oxford Road in Manc. It's always outside one, or near the other.

 

There's someone who lives on the same road as my aunt in Beckenham, that has a navy Fiesta Titanium that's usually garaged and is always shiny, etc. They also have a Rover P6 of some sort, but I've never seen it. I only know because the plate on the Fez has a Rover badge where the EU symbol would be, and it reads, in 3D quasi-carbon fibre letters:

'P6 0WNR'.

[Richard]

There's some kind of Japanese car near me that has A5 FVK with the V rounded off a bit and "Sweet" written above it.

[NorthernMonkey]

Back in the '90s in Leeds, there used to be a Maestro vanden plas which sported A16VDP and a taxi which was TAX125S and also had the taxi plate number 255

[pedman]

hello to everyone I am new on here  but same as everyone else I like old bags o shite     this is the plate I had on my old van  and as you can imagine   to cops was never amused   so I eventually sold the plate to a mate   cheers baz

[pedman]

I had this plate  on my old van  but as you can imagine    the cops  where never impressed   so I sold the plate to my mate 

[pedman]

sorry for the double post if admin can delete one thanks baz

[NorthernMonkey]

Spotted this morning in Warwickshire....

[Dave_Q]

I was undertaken on the m62 this morning by FA13TER on a black Ferrari 458.

Wonder what its meant to say?

Falter?

Felcher?

Fester?

Must be fabter.

[Skizzer]

Failyer?

[HillmanImp]

Might have been a normal plate?

 

I was about to ask how Pedmans plate worked after looking at it on my phone earlier but just read Twiggy post and it all makes sense now.  

 

1 OR 2 LETTER PLATES

ONE OR TWO LETTERS FOLLOWED BY ONE TO FOUR NUMBERS OR REVERSE

These plates are rare and are normally only seen on newer vehicles as cherished or personalised numbers. However, some still exist

and were originally issued to vehicles first registered between 1903 and the mid 1930's. The reverse (where the one or two letters

follow the numbers) are very rare - only a few of these were issued in the 1950's / 60's when three letter plate combinations ran out.

The one or two letters, in the above example AB, make up the 'area identifier' and indicate where the vehicle was first registered.

Area identifiers for vehicles first registered from 1 September 2001 are different to those used with this system.

If the plate is reversed, e.g. 1234AB, the two letters (AB) are still the area identifier.

The numbers, in the above example 1234 are the individual element which give the vehicle it's unique identity. The numbers are

issued in sequence from 1 to 9999. Not all possible combinations of these plates were issued - and many have since been sold on as

cherished numbers.

Although this series of plates has long since ceased being issued to new vehicles, it is still in use for re-registrations for pre-1931

('vintage') vehicles which need new plates. The current series being used for re-registrations is SV8000 - SV9999 which was never

originally issued.

 

 

 

[Skizzer]

It'll be UTO 55 - the number wouldn't have begun with a zero.

 

[/pedant] [/regPlateNerd]

[Junkman]

It'll be UTO 55 - the number wouldn't have begun with a zero.

 

[/pedant] [/regPlateNerd]

 

There is JB 007. It's on a silver Aston Martin DB5. It's true, because I've seen it on the telly.