Great number plates - got any?

[MrBig]

Not my picture (as I’ve somehow lost it) but I often see this near my office. 
 

Number plate is devastatingly accurate as anyone who has driven one of these glorified Tupperware box death traps will attest!

 

 

[bangernomics]

Bet it’s got stiff suspension!

Or a floppy top.


Gzongenflatch
In memory of Phil.

[Blunderguts]

14 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

these days if you have such a vehicle like that Austin you can request a more appropriate age related plate from the DVLA if you want to

I have an intense dislike of age-related plates. They look wrong and stand out.

All Dad's bikes have their original reg numbers. Eight are Oxfordshire are the other five are from London, Manchester, Nottingham, Lancashire and Birmingham. The London reg is particularly special; only one left on that particular make/model.

My bucket list has the following items I'd like to own;

Bike with a two letter one number reg

Bike with a two letter two number reg (Dad did actually have one but sold that bike before I was born. Still 'alive' on DVLA)

Bike with a two letter three number reg (One of my neighbours has one. He's owned it since 1955....)

Bike with a single letter reg wouldn't go amiss either....

[gm]

do forrin plates count ? 

[MiniMinorMk3]

Want to know were and when a number was issued up to 1973, then check on this site.

Car registration letter codes 1900-1972 (oldclassiccar.co.uk)

[MiniMinorMk3]

This just been uploaded by the BBC

 

[Spottedlaurel]

Assumed this was a good plate, thinking it was a Panamera, until I saw that it was a Taycan.....

@Dyslexic Viking didn't realise cherished/personal plates were available in Norway, but presumably they are?

In similar right-but-wrong vein, today I saw a Belgian plate that said BMW on something else entirely (VW/Audi, I forget).

[Dyslexic Viking]

40 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

@Dyslexic Viking didn't realise cherished/personal plates were available in Norway, but presumably they are?

 

They became a thing a few years ago but are not very common at least from what I've seen.

[Cavcraft]

No photo (soz) but saw P1 PPA yesterday on one of those Lamborghini 4x4s.

[quicksilver]

An unfortunate one today: ST15 AMY. A Fiesta ST so it's obviously supposed to reference the car but just made me think Amy has many sexually transmitted infections.

[Jerzy Woking]

On 29/07/2024 at 20:12, Asimo said:

Would suit a Bugatti better.

Recently saw 13 US on a ‘60s 23 window VW Bus. Of course the spacing was wrong so it really did look like BUS.

Surprisingly the VW, which had two large roof racks and no ground clearance, zoomed past me on the M4 when I was doing a limit +10% 77mph.

Quite a well known VW camper with a 2600cc engine, Porsche rather than Rover. It is quick.

 

[bunglebus]

^ Rikki James, Split Screen Van Club bigwig

[bunglebus]

[bunglebus]

Oh dear

[Metal Guru]

On 05/08/2024 at 22:29, bunglebus said:

Initial thought was “cesspit”.

[DavieW]

Mercedes ML on the M90 with the number PHS 805S altered to read PHS BOSS. 

[brownnova]

Genuinely had to double back to check I had seen this correctly… 

Yep… it’s SH17

Would look better on my Yugo I think. 

[DSdriver]

GOO8 BYE on a modern at Calais ferry port today

Soz no piccy.

[bunglebus]

Who knew Fifty Cent drove a Jazz?

F1DDY.

Also VW 51LLY on a Polo

[Aston Martin]

[Lord Sterling]

Not 'great' in any sense, but interesting to see an old style plate on a boring modern.

The plate also carried the dealers name and rear sticker so it has certainly been on there a long time. I guess like my previous Micra post, it's a plate passed down through the generations?

[DVee8]

Not the plate, but the style of plate. ROVER 75?

[Lord Sterling]

2 hours ago, DVee8 said:

Not the plate, but the style of plate. ROVER 75?

Strangely, that actually works....

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, DVee8 said:

Not the plate, but the style of plate. ROVER 75?

Came in on the SD1, IIRC

[Leyland Worldmaster]

This is so me:

[bunglebus]

Here's a slightly odd thing I saw yesterday - 2007 plate in pre-2001 font. Looks really strange

[Markeh]

C4 ROL correctly spaced and spotted on a newish Audi A4 in a Premier Inn car park in Leeds yesterday. I'm guessing plate stands a chance of being worth more than the car.

[Aston Martin]

HU58 AND

 

I've been violently sick ever since I saw this, his wife must be a fucking nightmare.

[Alan_Green]

30 minutes ago, Aston Martin said:

HU58 AND

 

I've been violently sick ever since I saw this, his wife must be a fucking nightmare.

Surname probably.  E.g. Tony Husband.

[R Lutz]

On 05/08/2024 at 11:39, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Want to know were and when a number was issued up to 1973, then check on this site.

Car registration letter codes 1900-1972 (oldclassiccar.co.uk)

My plate was issued from November 1924 according to that.