Late registration madness

[trigger]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Transit-Van-SWB-80-SWB-Semi-High-Roof-No-Vat-/400641672274?pt=UK_Commercial_Trucks&hash=item5d481ac452

 

That's right, it's a 52 plate smiley Tranny.

[charlie2555]

March 1983 Ford Cortina- last one built in July 1982.  Also a Carousel edition, which were mostly on W and X plates.  Not particularly late, I know,  but it is still running 30 years on too, which is nice!

[Partridge]

 

T reg?!

 

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/rover-216-cabriolet16-manualt-reg-99low-mileageno-mottax220-hurry/1044394845#photo-content

There's a T plat one across the road from me, I'll snap a picture of it later.

[flat4alfa]

Rover P6 on a Y plate...

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You're looking at Mike Renault's car, the Classics Magazine staffer.  He's had that many years and its trials and tribulerations have been detailed over the years in the Mag. He calls it Christine

 

She's a left hand drive Rover P6 sold new in Switzerland and driven through France, Germany Spain and Portugal (not necessarily in that order.)  She came to London in 1982, then to the Isle of Wight where after her owner had died, I bought her from a scrapyard for £20. Making me her second owner.

[Junkman]

Don't I currently actually own a mild form of LRM?

 

 

Could be wrong though. What do I know about cars.

[Mr Livered]

That's right, it's a 52 plate smiley Tranny.

At 5 grand it could go either in this thread or the Bargains one.

[sutty2006]

Did we have this? Already sold on ebay or I'd have been selling SWMBO to get my hands on the fucker.

 

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1997-VAUXHALL-CAVALIER-GLS-TD-BLUE-/331096139439?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4d16de26af&nma=true&si=pS0KDf7lwePgYlX9HwhWYdQM73Y%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

Bollocks.

 

That Cav used to live in my town, and I'd see it regularly...... I always said to myself, If I see a forsale sign in it them im buying it....... looks like I missed out, as I spotted it heading out of town early January, possibly for the last time Now im sad

 

On a plus note, I used to work with a bloke who owns a Discovery 1 300tdi on a 52plate... Had been sat in the factory 4 years after it was built and he bought it direct but had to take it to a local landrover dealer to be registered!

[Adrian_pt]

No picture sadly but saw an R-reg 405 estate in silver trundling around by Regent's Park today.

[Mog]

There was a W reg mk3 astra local to me (i'll ave to get a pic next time I witness it) a pal of mine had a p reg cavalier sri and an S reg mk3 astra ex-polis car.

[Asimo]

 

This shite was a 1971. I was so dazzled by the N plate that I never looked at the V5 (or whatever it was called in 1981) and bought it for £300.

It was completely shagged, with sills made from concrete and chicken wire. Sold for £40 after two months.

I have no idea why it was registered so late.

[Hertz]

M Reg! Or was  Don't think I have seen one later than an L reg one.

 

[JohnDeere]

March 1983 Ford Cortina- last one built in July 1982.  Also a Carousel edition, which were mostly on W and X plates.  Not particularly late, I know,  but it is still running 30 years on too, which is nice!

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I see your Y-reg Cortina and raise you this C-reg model. Originally posted on my BBC cars thread from long ago, this is an ex-BBC local radio car... the Beeb stockpiled Cortinas while they were designing its Montego replacement.

 

[mat_the_cat]

M Reg! Or was  Don't think I have seen one later than an L reg one.

 

There's an N reg one in existence, which is actually for sale at the moment!

 

 

All the more unusual being a hatchback, which finished in 1992 (estates went on until 1994).

[EssDeeWon]

Not recently but I used to always see a Rosso red MK4 Escort RS Turbo with a prefix 'S' registration. Was always hoping to see the owner and be nosey enough to ask whats going on with the plate. I did double take the first time I saw it and it was defo S*** *** which would make it 1998?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

[quicksilver]

Vanden Plas 1500 - D654 EES by Andy Reeve-Smith, on Flickr

 

Autoshite house colours and late registration weirdness in one! 'Year of manufacture: 1987' and 1748cc so clearly not all it seems.

[bub2006]

Just put that reg in on my car check and it comes up with make vanden plas,model 1500 bit 1750 engine?! Peculiar

[dangerousdave]

I know the 306 estate at least you could still get on a 51 plate my dad used to have one

[dangerousdave]

my mate has an interesting one its ak2 mini with 69 h plates on it and on logbook but says built in 73

[Owain71]

RHD P-reg 2CV I spotted in Cheltenham about 5 years ago...

 

 

[bub2006]

I know the 306 estate at least you could still get on a 51 plate my dad used to have one

My ex Mrs friend had a white hatchback 306. Was a 2002,reg was BO02 not sure of the rest

[Noel Tidybeard]

My ex Mrs friend had a white hatchback 306. Was a 2002,reg was BO02 not sure of the rest

prolly ex west mids polis

afaik they had a deal going with pugit in coventry and got a whole bunch of 306s when they had been discontinued

[GrumpyCat]

Contender?

 

[grogee]

prolly ex west mids polis

afaik they had a deal going with pugit in coventry and got a whole bunch of 306s when they had been discontinued

 

I remember those! For some reason the West Midlands fuzz had an outsize blue light on the top, like they'd designed it in cm and it was made in inches...

[Pillock]

That shape Range Rover was built to 1996 although the P38 ran alongside since 1994. L859HYO was a June 94 reg.

 

Unless you're talking about one of the cars behind. I can't see the plate on those

[mat_the_cat]

I (mis)read it as LB59 HYO

[GrumpyCat]

I (mis)read it as LB59 HYO

 

Me too, Doh! 

[Pillock]

Aaaah. I misread it as HVO first time.

[richardmorris]

RHD P-reg 2CV I spotted in Cheltenham about 5 years ago...

 

 

 

 

The latest I've seen before was a K. How did they get round the catalytic converter requirement in 1993 I wonder?

[Richard]

I saw a Volvo 740, or possibly 940, hearse on a 56 plate this afternoon.