Great number plates - got any?

[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.

[pedman]

yes it is UTO 5S   the number came of my old 1977 Suzuki ap50  that I had when I was 16  back in 1981   cheers

[quicksilver]

A couple of local examples from a few years back have just popped into my head for no apparent reason. L11NUX on a Merc V-class - I'm guessing the owner is a Linux systems engineer but L1NUX was taken/he couldn't afford it. P11RED with a black screw cover to make it PH RED so presumably owned by a chemist who did a lot of work with acids - this was on an Audi at one point but I think he had it on other cars too.

[inconsistant]

Not only Cum, but Riding. The dirty bastards.

 

 

I'd like to see J122CUM on the front of a bus

[Angrydicky]

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

 

[/pedant] [/regPlateNerd]

There were only ever a handful of exceptions to this. The Lord Provost of Glasgow has the plate G0 on his official car and I think at least one other mayor had a similar reg. I believe a zero was also used in at least one official diplomatic car in London as well.

 

Essex County Council used to have the reg F1. Disgraced peer and council leader Lord Hanningfield had it flogged from under him, think it raised about £500k. Southend Council still have the reg HJ 1 on the mayor's official car. 

[hairnet]

vom 2 on a jag x type this morning

[Richard]

There were only ever a handful of exceptions to this. The Lord Provost of Glasgow has the plate G0 on his official car and I think at least one other mayor had a similar reg. I believe a zero was also used in at least one official diplomatic car in London as well.

 

 

Aberdeen has RG 0, I saw it a month or two back.

[Skizzer]

I have been comprehensively out-nerded - I doff my hat to you, gentlemen 

[cms206]

Aberdeen has RG 0, I saw it a month or two back.

HS 0 was on a 5-series round here but it didn't seem to be in use by high heidyins.

[Angrydicky]

Here's an interesting website that shows the '0' reg cars. HS 0 appears to be owned by Renfrewshire Council. http://nice-reg.co.uk/number-plates/number-plates/zero-number-plates.html

[cms206]

Here's an interesting website that shows the '0' reg cars. HS 0 appears to be owned by Renfrewshire Council. http://nice-reg.co.uk/number-plates/number-plates/zero-number-plates.html

That ties up with it being in Renfrewshire and driven by folk who didn't look like high heidyins then!

 

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[worldofceri]

...The Lord Provost of Glasgow has the plate G0 on his official car ...

G 0 now lives in a museum in Glasgow that I've forgotten the name of.  I highly recommend it, by the way.  (See background chod for teaser.)

[worldofceri]

In other news...

 

[srad34]

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

 My son had PUBE, a bulletproof oap spec Zetec engined Fester.... 

[minolman]

Locally I've seen C 16, must be worth a bit, also on a trip back up the A1 from Duxford I saw ST08ART on a classy Merc. A lovely old gent with a 70s Merc convertible - something like a 280SL -had either V12 or V16 on it. Lovely car. He was a wedding photographer. I never had any worth much, my NSU was DDT 95C, and my parents Metro was FVY 1W. York Mayoral car has DN1, seen that a few times. 

[Jim Bergerac]

G 0 now lives in a museum in Glasgow that I've forgotten the name of.  I highly recommend it, by the way.  (See background chod for teaser.)

 

Riverside Museum. Was there a few months ago.

[mercrocker]

I had TAA33 once and chucked it away in some Austin-related deal.   Since then not one interesting plate has come my way although I  have a great deal of interest in autonumerology (hows that for an anorakial outburst).   I never wanted  to part with sufficient readies  to  obtain a nice  plate  but apart from that I find plates interesting in their  own right and would not want to cover the history.   This only applies to pre-2001 plates, I couldnt give a buggers toss about all this 52,02,55 shit.   Oh, and my 190E was once PTV7 but long before I bought it....