Late registration madness

[bangernomics]

My now sadly deceased friend had a J reg coupe. That was a new shell made up by the local dealers. I’ll try and dig a pic out

Side on photo. Will dig further.

[Gompo]

I've seen this a few times now, I wonder what the story is.  221k at its last MOT too, good going.

Rover 75 Tourer 2.0 CDT115 Connoisseur 2008 by Greg W, on Flickr

 

[quicksilver]

41 minutes ago, Gompo said:

I've seen this a few times now, I wonder what the story is.  221k at its last MOT too, good going.

Rover 75 Tourer 2.0 CDT115 Connoisseur 2008 by Greg W, on Flickr

 

There's a batch of 10, built in 2003 for a taxi company in Bermuda. The buyer had gone bust by the time they arrived there and after sitting at the docks for a few years they eventually found their way back to the UK and were registered on RK08 plates.

Discussion here: https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=200966

[Gompo]

On 21/02/2024 at 22:12, quicksilver said:

There's a batch of 10, built in 2003 for a taxi company in Bermuda. The buyer had gone bust by the time they arrived there and after sitting at the docks for a few years they eventually found their way back to the UK and were registered on RK08 plates.

Discussion here: https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=200966

Thanks for that, quite an interesting story. Apologies if it's been brought up in this thread earlier.

[JJ0063]

[JJ0063]

[KWhite]

Going through old photos and I found this from 2015. It was scrapped not long after I took this 

 

[quicksilver]

On 18/02/2024 at 17:52, quicksilver said:

An 07 one lived near me and I used to see it quite often but it appears to have died about 6 months ago. It wasn't the only one though; it was licensed as a Tata TL2 SWB and HML says there were 20 of them registered in 2007. I wish I'd taken a photo of it as I didn't realise how rare it was.

The Tata lives!

Looks odd on an 07 and it's a private plate too.

[Joey spud]

I think with late registration Travelers they have been military vehicles from new and get miss assigned a reg number for the year they leave service.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Yes used to be a T reg one round here in the 80,s

[MiniMinorMk3]

21 hours ago, Joey spud said:

I think with late registration Travelers they have been military vehicles from new and get miss assigned a reg number for the year they leave service.

That may have come from the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.

Before August 1983 and the Prefix plates any car that needed re-registering was give a current suffix plate. The 1975 Innocent Mini Cooper Export that I had was imported in 1981, hence the X-Reg.

[sheffcortinacentre]

My 76 Firebird was X reg.

[MrGTI6]

Just spotted this 1968 Ford Corsair on eBay. It's an F-reg, but somehow it's ended up on a prefix rather than a suffix.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166681306747

[quicksilver]

10 hours ago, MrGTI6 said:

Just spotted this 1968 Ford Corsair on eBay. It's an F-reg, but somehow it's ended up on a prefix rather than a suffix.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166681306747

Fairly recent import with a correctly declared date of manufacture. Someone at the DVLA clearly wasn't paying attention.

[richardmorris]

On 21/02/2024 at 22:12, quicksilver said:

There's a batch of 10, built in 2003 for a taxi company in Bermuda. The buyer had gone bust by the time they arrived there and after sitting at the docks for a few years they eventually found their way back to the UK and were registered on RK08 plates.

Discussion here: https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=200966

Most responses seem to reinforce my decision to ignore single model forums.

[MiniMort]

On 19/02/2024 at 04:00, BarryD said:

How about an F registered Opel Manta, registered in January 1989, production ceased in July ‘88, it must have sat on a lot for a while.  I’ve heard about some G registered ones but no photos have been offered.  

Not quite photographic evidence but here's a classified listing of one from 1991. If you're wondering it was only £2,995, for a then-recent sportscar! 

[MiniMort]

On the subject of classified ads...

...it seems that some Dacias were sat on the forecourts for a few years. 

[Rod/b]

On 04/04/2024 at 17:26, Joey spud said:

I think with late registration Travelers they have been military vehicles from new and get miss assigned a reg number for the year they leave service.

I once saw a Minor on a prefix B plate at Waitrose in Berkhamsted. I’ve literally no idea how that happened. 

[Stinkwheel]

On 05/04/2024 at 19:54, sheffcortinacentre said:

My 76 Firebird was X reg.

Yep, i had a 77 Camaro that was Y reg

[Eyersey1234]

6 hours ago, MiniMort said:

Not quite photographic evidence but here's a classified listing of one from 1991. If you're wondering it was only £2,995, for a then-recent sportscar! 

How does £2995 in 1991 compare to wages at the time?

[MiniMort]

13 hours ago, Eyersey1234 said:

How does £2995 in 1991 compare to wages at the time?

Average wage was a little over £3,600, so probably the real wages equivalent of paying a smidge under £30k. Basically then the equivalent of some flashy nearly-new BMW or Audi coupe thing.

[mk2_craig]

21 hours ago, MiniMort said:

Average wage was a little over £3,600

Really? Would have thought 10k nearer the mark.

Though I guess it depends which average. Mean? Median? Are they much different? 

Regardless, that manta sounds like it would've been a bit of a barg, though I reckon the price suggests G reg could've been a typo for C reg.

[MantaGTE85]

Tommy Autos channel on Youtube has just uploaded a review on a T-plate 300Tdi Disco 1. I thought the Disco 2 with TD5 came out 1998/R reg.

[horriblemercedes]

18 minutes ago, MantaGTE85 said:

Tommy Autos channel on Youtube has just uploaded a review on a T-plate 300Tdi Disco 1. I thought the Disco 2 with TD5 came out 1998/R reg.

I saw a T Reg V8i Disco 1 today, coincidentally 

[richardmorris]

On 08/04/2024 at 22:07, MiniMort said:

Average wage was a little over £3,600, so probably the real wages equivalent of paying a smidge under £30k. Basically then the equivalent of some flashy nearly-new BMW or Audi coupe thing.

 

[Markeh]

Saw a 55-plate Mk1 Focus ST170 on my way home earlier. Did these carry on until the Mk2 ST was sold? I've seen Mk1s on an 05 before.

[forbeslongden]

[forbeslongden]

[adw1977]

This was sold via Easylive auction in 2021 and the sale description includes this:

"The car came off the production line at Canley, Coventry on the 5th July 1979 and was destined for a small Leyland dealership in Scotland. Presented in Brooklands Green with Green and Black Cord interior, this Home Market car came with inertia seat belts, Sundym glass, heater and 5-speed gearbox.

The story goes that dealership proprietor was so pleased with the Triumph, he decided to retain it as an early retirement present to himself and as such, the car remained unregistered as a showroom centrepiece for the next 14 years. In October 1993, the car passed to his daughter, Jane Pardoe, living in Reigate and became road-registered for the very first time – hence the 'L' prefix "

[MiniMinorMk3]

On 21/04/2024 at 16:33, forbeslongden said:

Clone?