Late registration madness

[TrabbieRonnie]

Just now, High Jetter said:

Just noticed the non-standard brackets for the aux lights, and the keyway for starting handle.

Starting handle present and correct in the engine bay 👍

[LightBulbFun]

1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

That is probably the wackiest late registration there is @LightBulbFun?

its pretty good  but I think the wackiest still has to go to the G Prefix 1934 Morris that @quicksilver spotted

this one is extra whacky, because it was robbed of its original plate AP25 in 1992, and so should of been given an Age related 3 letter 3 digit plate, but instead it was given a G prefix *age related* plate because it happened to be computerised in 1990

sadly in around about 2021 someone requested a "proper" age related plate for it so it ended up as NXS470, personally I would of kept it on the the G prefix plate for the anomaly  

 

the 2nd wackiest has to be this  1941 Bedford which ended up on a B prefix plate!

On 16/06/2017 at 20:43, quicksilver said:

Here's one that caused a massive double-take. How in the world did this 1941 Bedford end up on a B-prefix?

Bedford O type B150 SDC by Gyles Carpenter, on Flickr

this is also a very similar case to the Morris in that it was Computerised with its original registration mark of DWP40, but then when it was sadly robbed of its mark in 2013, someone at the DVLA gave it an age related mark according to its date of computerisation rather then its actual date of manufacture, and in this case it does still retain its erroneous mark of B150SDC  

 

and thats what I love about these 2 vehicles, is they are genuine cockups  and that the B prefix and G prefix registration marks they have/had, are themselves also age related plates ie not of current series 

for example B150SDC was issued in 2013, so its neither a period 1984 mark, nor is it really an age related mark in this case

 

[High Jetter]

4 minutes ago, TrabbieRonnie said:

And Raydyot...

Forgot about them, a big seller BITD.

[High Jetter]

1 minute ago, LightBulbFun said:

original plate AP25 in 1992

AP is Lewes, IIRC, so probably sold by Caffyns, who are still going

[lesapandre]

13 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

its pretty good  but I think the wackiest still has to go to the G Prefix 1934 Morris that @quicksilver spotted

this one is extra whacky, because it was robbed of its original plate AP25 in 1992, and so should of been given an Age related 3 letter 3 digit plate, but instead it was given a G prefix *age related* plate because it happened to be computerised in 1990

sadly in around about 2021 someone requested a "proper" age related plate for it so it ended up as NXS470, personally I would of kept it on the the G prefix plate for the anomaly  

 

although thankfully B150SDC still retains its whacky number

this is also a very similar case to the Morris in that it was Computerised with its original registration mark of DWP40, but then when it was sadly robbed of its mark, someone at the DVLA gave it an age related mark according to its date of computerisation rather then its actual date of manufacture 

 

and thats what I love about these 2 vehicles, is they are genuine cockups  and that the B prefix and G prefix registration marks they have/had, are themselves also age related plates ie not of current series 

for example B150SDC was issued in 2013, so its neither a period 1984 mark, nor is it really an age related mark in this case

 

With G147 - someone at the DVLA had a hangover, or maybe it was a new starter on their first day, or a really pissed-off member of staff.

Always a mine of information @LightBulbFun 

The Morris is an Oxford of about 1934/5 and was offered in 16HP and 20HP versions. Fab patina.

Not a Farina fin in sight.

[forbeslongden]

Pinched off Facebook’s ‘Cars You Don’t See Anymore’ page. 

[Eyersey1234]

8 hours ago, forbeslongden said:

Pinched off Facebook’s ‘Cars You Don’t See Anymore’ page. 

That was stood around for a long time before sale

[GregZX]

Very late registered MK2 Mondeo considering the MK3 was already out by October 2000 and Y plates came out in March 2001

[adw1977]

There was quite an overlap between Mark 2 and Mark 3 Mondeos, the first Mark 3s being X reg but quite a few Mark 2s on 51 reg, or at least there were.  I haven't seen a Mark 2 for ages now.

[MantaGTE85]

That Mondeo was new on 19th April 2001. It was a decent run-out model, the 2.0 Zetec-S.

[RWL2012]

On 20/01/2024 at 19:22, RoverFolkUs said:

I've seen Astra H vans on a 60 plate before, but 11 is rare for a hatch 

The Astra H van went to 13 reg!

[RWL2012]

On 06/11/2024 at 15:55, MantaGTE85 said:

 

I just saw a black *15 reg 1.3 CDTi* Vauxhall Astra J estate, HF15 FKO! Normally, a 15 or 65 reg Diesel one would be a 1.6 CDTi at minimum, with the 1.3 CDTi no longer being offered by then (not since 63 or 14 reg, depending on the trim). Also, it has a "date of first registration" of March 2015, but a "date of first registration with the DVLA" of February 2018. Normally that would mean an import, but it's a Vauxhall, so it wouldn't be?

[mk2_craig]

38 minutes ago, RWL2012 said:

an import, but it's a Vauxhall

Perhaps from Channel Islands. 

[quicksilver]

A-reg Bentley T2? Definitely late reg madness as they stopped making them in 1980 and I've seen the successor models on W-reg. DVLA says 1980 build but not registered until March 1984. Not the sort of car there'd be lots of unsold stock of so I wonder how that happened.

[sutty2006]

Currently on eBay. Ok it’s a D plate, but it was registered in April 87, and the mk2 had been launched in September 86 and was well underway. 
 

it’s a GL, but has CD alloys, 2.2 fuel injected engine and other CD items, but has manual windows and no side skirts. They definitely chucked all the parts they had left over on this one! 
 

 

[chaseracer]

The parentals also had a very late mk1 facelift on a D-plate.

[adw1977]

1 hour ago, sutty2006 said:

Currently on eBay. Ok it’s a D plate, but it was registered in April 87, and the mk2 had been launched in September 86 and was well underway. 
 

it’s a GL, but has CD alloys, 2.2 fuel injected engine and other CD items, but has manual windows and no side skirts. They definitely chucked all the parts they had left over on this one! 
 

 

The GL could be had with the 2.2i engine and the alloy wheels were a factory fitted option.

June 1986 brochure

[sheffcortinacentre]

Ex plod being pale blue?

[Eyersey1234]

10 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Ex plod being pale blue?

Did plod use blue cars in the 80s?

[sutty2006]

15 hours ago, adw1977 said:

The GL could be had with the 2.2i engine and the alloy wheels were a factory fitted option.

June 1986 brochure

I can see 2.2i engine as an option but not alloy wheels. 

[cms206]

Late registration madness? Can't remember the last first gen UK market Previa I saw but this does seem late for one

[adw1977]

4 hours ago, sutty2006 said:

I can see 2.2i engine as an option but not alloy wheels. 

[MantaGTE85]

5 hours ago, cms206 said:

Late registration madness? Can't remember the last first gen UK market Previa I saw but this does seem late for one

Must be! The Previa was 9 years in the UK before this car was reg'd. I can't remember when the next Previa came out - it couldn't be much later.

[DavidB]

I spotted this nice mk1 Panda (Siceley?) 4x4 today - very late registration on an '03 plate. It was left hand drive

AC03MJK

https://totalcarcheck.co.uk/FreeCheck?regno=AC03MJK

[sheffcortinacentre]

They were available well into the 00's on the continent.

[quicksilver]

That must be one of the last as the second-gen Panda launched in May 2003 as a direct replacement. Interestingly though DVLA say it's a 2002 build first registered overseas in April 2003.

[MantaGTE85]

I spotted an old B3 Audi 80 this morning. The reg was P944FTT, which would make it an Exeter allocation from mid-1997. I remember the original A4 receiving its first update by early P-reg (new rear lights, painted handles/door mirrors, lost the oval Audi badge on the front wings), not long before receiving another one that following September (new wheels, upholstery, colours, some of the engines).

That 80 would have been made anywhere between 1987 and 1992. The MOT history shows its mileage in km's and its first one was in 2008, so it could be an import. It's a 75bhp 1.6 petrol too. And it looks like it's painted in Tornado Red, a very early B3 colour (replaced by Laser Red post-'91).

No photo of it, as I was super-busy piloting a decker loaded with Crimbo shoppers at the time. A black-bumper basic 80 with gingercators looks very unusual with P reg number plates. Some of the very last B4 Avants made it to N reg and I've seen Cabriolets on W reg, but I've never seen an 80 saloon past '95M.

 

[LightBulbFun]

On 08/12/2024 at 23:14, MantaGTE85 said:

I spotted an old B3 Audi 80 this morning. The reg was P944FTT, which would make it an Exeter allocation from mid-1997. I remember the original A4 receiving its first update by early P-reg (new rear lights, painted handles/door mirrors, lost the oval Audi badge on the front wings), not long before receiving another one that following September (new wheels, upholstery, colours, some of the engines).

That 80 would have been made anywhere between 1987 and 1992. The MOT history shows its mileage in km's and its first one was in 2008, so it could be an import. It's a 75bhp 1.6 petrol too. And it looks like it's painted in Tornado Red, a very early B3 colour (replaced by Laser Red post-'91).

No photo of it, as I was super-busy piloting a decker loaded with Crimbo shoppers at the time. A black-bumper basic 80 with gingercators looks very unusual with P reg number plates. Some of the very last B4 Avants made it to N reg and I've seen Cabriolets on W reg, but I've never seen an 80 saloon past '95M.

 

aye thats an import, has been allocated an age related P prefix plate according to its date of first registration from whichever country it was imported from

[quicksilver]

Stumbled across this on Flickr.

Apparently it was the very last Bedford built, by Marshall SPV in 1997, and stood unregistered in the factory showroom until it was sold to a film company in 2002. It eventually ended up with the BBC around 2007 and is still around on SORN somewhere. Definitely one that deserves to be preserved.