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Dick Cheeseburger Rank: Talbot Tagora

Dick Cheeseburger

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40 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

indeed i agree 100% with that! (and with what @The Mighty Quinn etc said)

as mentioned it would be very good to have some sort of "registration number is non transferable on historic grounds" or something such :) 

(I like the idea about it being something you can apply for and I would not just limit it to just pre 63, although thats where a lot of it happens, but It would be good to have the option to apply for later vehicles, as I have seen a few vehicles suffix vehicles etc get robbed of their plates as well sadly)

 

as a side note, this is still on its orignal plate VOX 510 looks like as I thought the seller was not able to rob it of its number plate :) 

 

 

It always slightly niggled me that the plate which was original to my Impreza Catalunya from a few years back was robbed from it quite early on.  

It was originally R32 EVL, which currently resides on a R32 Golf, funnily enough.

Your own sleuthing confirmed the car is still around and now wearing R3 ARU. I still prefer the original!

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NorfolkNWeigh Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

NorfolkNWeigh

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2 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

not sure how it is for other enthusiasts, perhaps its my Routemaster upbringing combined with rigorous DVLA research etc

but age related plates (especially ageless plates so pre 1963) stick out like a sore thumb and it always makes me sad when I see one on a historic vehicle 

especially so when it happens to a fleet vehicle where the number plate has greater significance to the vehicle then it would in a private Motorcar

and the robbing of number plates, can royally mess up someones research into a vehicle or vehicle type etc (this one I know from personal experience!)

 

and in the end it just seems like a massive shame, when a car has had its same number plate for say 50 years it seems a shame to part the 2 just for the sake of a quick buck...

 

and that story would not work, all age related plates are from registration series that were never issued, if the car was actually from such a remote location it would probably still have an AB1234 style number plate :) a number of locations never actually ran out of their original 1903 style numbers until forced onto suffix plates in 1965!

this is coincidentally where some AAxxxx age related plates for pre 1930 vehicles come from today for those wondering

I think we can safely say you would definitely be in the 2% ( maybe 0.02%) of numberplate savvy enthusiasts, I mentioned.

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1duck Rank: Renault 16

1duck

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10 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

It always slightly niggled me that the plate which was original to my Impreza Catalunya from a few years back was robbed from it quite early on.  

It was originally R32 EVL, which currently resides on a R32 Golf, funnily enough.

Your own sleuthing confirmed the car is still around and now wearing R3 ARU. I still prefer the original!

I bet R32 EVL went for decent money to whoever has the golf though, i don't have an issue with original plates getting taken off cars.

Skizzer Rank: Isuzu Florian

Skizzer

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1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

I couldn't agree more, Mr SK10ODA.  ;)

Touché!

It’s still on retention though, in spite of the fact that I bought another Skoda two years ago next month — which shows you how much I can be arsed with such things.

Skizzer Rank: Isuzu Florian

Skizzer

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1 hour ago, cort16 said:

I was looking on carandclassic last night.  I think they should change their website address to be www.lolhowmuch.co. They should be trying to encourage their users to price sensibly as I've pretty much stopped going in it now as all the prices bonkers and not reflective of what things really sell for.

Indeed.

Twenty five grand for a garden variety P6 with no MOT, anyone?

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https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1212360
 

This is a great investment

And swivel, pal.

Dick Cheeseburger Rank: Talbot Tagora

Dick Cheeseburger

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1 hour ago, 1duck said:

I bet R32 EVL went for decent money to whoever has the golf though, i don't have an issue with original plates getting taken off cars.

Most likely. 

That's great that you don't have an issue with original plates being removed from cars. Obviously it's the polar opposite of my own opinion. Thanks for that though.

Volksy Rank: Renault 16

Volksy

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2 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Cheapish W123 limo with dreadful AMG wheels

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Are they not C class Trimz? 

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Tadhg Tiogar Rank: Talbot Tagora

Tadhg Tiogar

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1 hour ago, cort16 said:

I was looking on carandclassic last night.  I think they should change their website address to be www.lolhowmuch.co. They should be trying to encourage their users to price sensibly as I've pretty much stopped going in it now as all the prices bonkers and not reflective of what things really sell for.

Big portion of their sellers are flippers anyway. 

cort16 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

cort16

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1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Although both of the bargainous ADO16s recently purchased by shiters have come from C&C, so there must still be some genuine sellers on there.

There is some nuggets of gold in their but it's surrounded by so much over priced shite it makes it frustrating to use.

I think carandclassic would be in a a great position to turn themselves into the UK's bringatrailer and host curated auctions rather than just listing gallons of over priced shit.

I know Chris Harris is trying to do this with his collectingcars website but they don;t have the traffic carandclassic does.  

NorfolkNWeigh Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

NorfolkNWeigh

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37 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Big portion of their sellers are flippers anyway. 

Yes, I sold an Audi 100 and BMW 520 on there in the last couple of years for a nice profit each time.

Theyve both reappeared for even more since- in fact the Audi is on there at  the moment!

RobT Rank: Lancia Gamma

RobT

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For C&C filter on £1000-£2500, or <£1000 but also with the For Sale filter on.  Otherwise you get loads of the 'hire a Ferrari' shite or parts for sale ads.

somewhatfoolish Rank: Talbot Tagora

somewhatfoolish

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2 hours ago, Volksy said:

Are they not C class Trimz? 

They certainly look it.

Fabergé Greggs Rank: Renault 16

Fabergé Greggs

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Oh look! A dismal Fiat Tipo Diesel with MOT for £300. 

I'd suggest it for @bramz7 but he's probably alreday owned it. 

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wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

wuvvum

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7 hours ago, Skizzer said:

Touché!

It’s still on retention though, in spite of the fact that I bought another Skoda two years ago next month — which shows you how much I can be arsed with such things.

I think for your current vehicle you should try and see if SK12ZER is available.  Then that long forgotten refrain could echo once again through the streets of London: "Who the f*ck is Skizzer?"

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cort16

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I kind of forgot the porsche 968 even exists.. Was it any more than a warmed up 944? It  was built in the dark days of Porsche when they nearly went tits up in the early 1990s so I imagine

the 968 was an attempt to knock out a new model on the cheap.

They're not cheap anyway, this one is an auto with 195,000 miles on it and is the best part of 8 grand

 

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https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202002107140436

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cort16 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

cort16

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3 minutes ago, cort16 said:

I kind of forgot the porsche 968 even exists.. Was it any more than a warmed up 944? It  was built in the dark days of Porsche when they nearly went tits up in the early 1990s so I imagine

the 968 was an attempt to knock out a new model on the cheap.

They're not cheap anyway, this one is an auto with 195,000 miles on it and is the best part of 8 grand

 

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https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202002107140436

Here's quite an interesting little article on how ex toyota engineers saved Porsche in the early 90's .

https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/20/business/putting-porsche-in-the-pink.html

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