Isaac Hunt Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 The guy driving that white Wolseley Six was the splitting image of our ice cream man. I swore it was the same guy. I lived not far from ‘The Austin’ as we used to know it locally which made me even more convinced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 I want to get a silver on black plate made for my ‘70 Vespa in 6.5x6.5 flavour. I’m guessing pressed without a border will look best. Any recommendations of where to get them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Fabergé Greggs said: I want to get a silver on black plate made for my ‘70 Vespa in 6.5x6.5 flavour. I’m guessing pressed without a border will look best. Any recommendations of where to get them? http://www.framptonsplates.com LightBulbFun and Fabergé Greggs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Fabergé Greggs said: I want to get a silver on black plate made for my ‘70 Vespa in 6.5x6.5 flavour. I’m guessing pressed without a border will look best. Any recommendations of where to get them? Can I recommend eBay seller “qualitypressings”, Just the one listing at the moment but the chap previously did me a couple of borderless bike plates and was quite helpful. Yellow ones too so may still be able to supply if anybody reading this fancies enquiring about those. Fabergé Greggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_senator Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 I`d say commercial operators preferred pressed plates as they were sturdier. When I was doing long distance lorry driving in the mid 90`s, our 83-88 Ford Cargos all had pressed plates, & all were very bent, especially the back ones but were still legible. I`d also guess that most of the car companies using silver on black plates in their brochures post 1970, like that Wolseleycrab, were aiming at an older generation of buyer, hinting at old school values so to speak. The Framptons raised plastic digit plates look wrong to me for some reason, cant quite put my finger on it.. Might be the shape of the actual letters? I also hate post 2001 font plates on pre 01 cars, it drives me mental, especially when put on restored cars. When I`ve had to replace plates on my older stuff in the past I`ve used DMB & was very happy with their dealer markings copied from my pics, but when I went to get some for my Mk1 Uno a year ago, DMB had been banned from them. I managed to get the right font from somewhere else, but they could only replicate the dealer markings in font form, i.e. not including any type of graphics or badge, which I did, begrudgingly as I had no option (but intend to sort when I find somewhere). It pisses me right off that you cant get replicate pre-01 font dealer plates legally now, there's no reason for it whatsoever. 😡 One of my Uno`s DMB duplicate (front) with original (rear): LightBulbFun and Shite Ron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 1 hour ago, uk_senator said: there's no reason for it whatsoever. It's BS, in multiple senses. bunglebus, uk_senator and LightBulbFun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schonker Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Tippers plates LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 36 minutes ago, schonker said: Tippers plates Tippers don't make reflective acrylic plates, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schonker Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Are,my bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Ghosty said: Tippers don't make reflective acrylic plates, though. depends which tippers your talking about! http://www.tipper-signs.co.uk/Car Number Plates.html I do wonder if they still make pressed registration plates or not... Ghosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 another example of Period Late white on black plate "madness" from August 1972 (on something that looks like the illegitimate child of a a Wales and Edwards Rangemaster and an American school bus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 one from the eBay Tat thread On 15/05/2022 at 17:37, DVee8 said: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1366575317155769 very much look like plates fitted in period which is quite interesting! (either that or someone later on went out of their way to take an existing white on black plate or 2 and rearranged the digits? LOL) from June 1974, shame it was not just a couple months later or we might be looking at an N suffix car on period naughty white on black plates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 These are the original digits for this car , backing plates have been replaced as they were a bit bent and tatty looking and the rear went from long to square at the same time , As they were issued wiv da car they iz staying bunglebus, puddlethumper, mk2_craig and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 That Toledo, entirely possible someone has painted reflective plates black and the digits/letters white, I’ve seen that done before. Looks quite convincing, though it looks like there’s a (silver?) lip or surround where the paint/coating is flaking off. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 Toledo has a " Hills " plate fitted . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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