collection mission to SPAIN!!!! COMPLETED IT M8

[MorrisItalSLX]

20 hours ago, loserone said:

Ah, soon you too can have random strangers approach to tell you THOSE NUMBER PLATES ARE ILLEGAL YOU KNOW

*Gallic Shrug*

[EyesWeldedShut]

18 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

They are all classified as 'show plates' by sellers on Ebay and 'not* for road use'.

I had a pre-2001 style set made for my old 2000 Audi 80 Cab (RIP Fancy plates.co.uk)  and had not one jot of bother in the 3 years I owned it.

Bought a set from here https://www.ukmetalplates.com/

They do state they are legal but they would, wouldn't they? I'm happy with ours...

[lesapandre]

3 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Bought a set from here https://www.ukmetalplates.com/

They do state they are legal but they would, wouldn't they? I'm happy with ours...

They may also be more sustainable - in that they are not made from a petro-chemical derived material and they last longer.

It would be possible to work out the carbon footprint of all the cracked and discolored plastic plates that need replacing each year.

They'd be a good idea for anything that goes off-road occasionally too.

[Dave_Q]

If the font is legal and there is a BS mark and makers postcode they're legal.

I had some pressed plates on my S3 and they had the BS stuff in tiny letters in a kinda light silver font which barely showed but I presume that makes them legal if BS whatever doesn't specify a minimum size etc for the legal bits

[EyesWeldedShut]

2 hours ago, Dave_Q said:

If the font is legal and there is a BS mark and makers postcode they're legal.

I had some pressed plates on my S3 and they had the BS stuff in tiny letters in a kinda light silver font which barely showed but I presume that makes them legal if BS whatever doesn't specify a minimum size etc for the legal bits

Yeah - they're in silver on these - barely visible. (The ones on my Ser 2a were very dented but never got  a mention at MoT)

[andy18s]

Can't believe this thread is being derailed into a number plate mass-debate.....lol

[flat4alfa]

‘YBA’ all you like

I’m looking forward to the handbrake turn video entitled ‘360s’

 

[brownnova]

I think there’s something about having to have the BS mark on new plates, but if the plates were original and from the era they wouldn’t have a BS mark, so the police/MoT tester would struggle to prove that they weren’t original fitment plates in order to prosecute. I’ve run some so called show plates on the Saab for years as at the time it was the only place I could find which would do the right letter sizing. 
 

On 07/06/2024 at 14:33, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Yeah I defo put Talbot as the manufacturer on the V55. I think I put Simca 1100LX as the model. Or might have been just Talbot 1100LX.

For the reg plates I found a guy on Facebook doing pressed ally plates with the older wider font for £40 a pair delivered so I'm gonna get a pair of them. 

 

I’d be very interested in a link/name for this please as I’m very keen to get some correct sized letter metal pressed plates for the 2CV.

 

[mk2_craig]

Check this out as seen on a mid seventies Mini Clubman recently;

Perfect. Close up:

yeah, good luck reproducing that detail. 

[UltraWomble]

On 07/06/2024 at 15:29, Mr_Bo11ox said:

As far as these plates go, I suspect making/selling/buying them probably is a bit illegal, but I struggle to see the illegality in using them

This.
Ive got Hills font plates on both my wifes 2018 car and my 2007 car (clearly neither were fitted new) but apart from jobsworths on the tinternet no one seems to give a monkeys chuff about them as they can be clearly read. Ive had the plates now for about 12 years or so and they just get transferred from vehicle to vehicle.

[dozeydustman]

The four of us who met at Arundel for coffes today were talking about importing from Europe and discussing some of the many feats on the forum over the years, and the next collection caper to Spain should be a pre-Nissan era Ebro or a Pegaso lorry.

[High Jetter]

Why stop at Spain?

[dozeydustman]

No reason at all, money and time permitting there’s plenty of chod I would pick over abroad and bring back. I’d happily look round Nigeria to try and find my dad’s old 505 break familial and import it back if I had the moolah.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

UK-EU free movement might have ended for people, but for shitty old cars, as long as someone can be found who'll front up the £200 Brexit fees, Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK is easily achievable

 

[mk2_craig]

Looks right at home there. Have you had a shot at spraying up the primered bits? 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Nah not yet. Takes me months to do stuff!!! At the moment I'm trying to sort out one of the front wings off the 929, but it's taking forever

 

[Fabergé Greggs]

Can we have some interior pics please? 

[HillmanImp]

48 minutes ago, Fabergé Greggs said:

Can we have some interior pics please? 

This is my living room. 

This is my office/games room. 

Let me know if you'd like to see any more. 

[Tayne]

1 hour ago, Fabergé Greggs said:

Can we have some interior pics please? 

These were all taken inside the Swedish parliamentary building in Stockholm.

 

 

 

 

Parts of it used to be owned by the Swedish national bank.

[egg]

A YBA-S friend for your Simca

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8H7zX6ieRh/

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Here's my kitchen. It's an Ikea job, fitted by me last year. Easily my greatest DIY triumph and enough to put me off 'home improvements' for the rest of my friggin life  (including fitting the architrave thing round the door)

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

[warren t claim]

3 minutes ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Here's my kitchen. It's an Ikea job, fitted by me last year. Easily my greatest DIY triumph and enough to put me off 'home improvements' for the rest of my friggin life  (including fitting the architrave thing round the door)

 

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Yo @tooSavvy Would you like one of the French numberplates off this to decorate your shed/garage/model building area? PM me an address if so and I'll chuck one in the post.  

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, Fabergé Greggs said:

Can we have some interior pics please? 

What, like an endoscope down the gullet?.😀

[warren t claim]

8 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

What, like an endoscope down the gullet?.😀

No, just some held open, continental strength pics.

[warren t claim]

Deffo not some Goatse tribute.

[tooSavvy]

10 hours ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Yo @tooSavvy Would you like one of the French numberplates off this to decorate your shed/garage/model building area? PM me an address if so and I'll chuck one in the post.  

You have PM

*We all may have a new one, on my birthday!

🚙💨

[jim89]

36 minutes ago, Tayne said:

 

Sorted 👍🏻

NB are they burying it or digging it up?

[Pieman]

On 15/06/2024 at 14:57, jim89 said:

Sorted 👍🏻

NB are they burying it or digging it up?

That's exactly what I read that as when I first saw it too!

Anyway, I've decided to write a little piece about this epic voyage on my Facebook.  I have an album called "Car of the Day", in which I just pick a photo of whatever car takes my fancy each day (it could be absolutely anything) and write a short piece to go with the photo, just for something to do.  Today, I chose the Simca starring in this thread.  I hope this piece is OK - info on the car comes from Wikipedia, so if anything is inaccurate about the car or the road trip, just let me know and I will correct it.