Late registration madness

[MantaGTE85]

That mk4 estate would have been heavily discounted when new, especially at the time when the mk6 Golf was introduced. But this is Volkswagen, so maybe not.

[High Jetter]

Watching B&C Restoring Classics on a Beetle I noticed a Maestro van with a T prefix plate.

[Richard_FM]

31 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Watching B&C Restoring Classics on a Beetle I noticed a Maestro van with a T prefix plate.

Maybe a Ledbury assembled one, I think some van kits were made.

[High Jetter]

15 minutes ago, Richard_FM said:

Maybe a Ledbury assembled one, I think some van kits were made.

I wondered about that, but had only heard of cars. I think the van continued after the hatch was stopped.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Sure there were some van kits too.

[Yoss]

On 08/04/2024 at 02:26, MiniMort said:

On the subject of classified ads...

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

I wonder what the many extras were. 

[High Jetter]

8 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Sure there were some van kits too.

Yup, I think you're right - Aronline says:

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According to the Maestro and Montego Owners Club, 621 left-hand-drive Maestro 1.3 cars and vans were purchased and subsequently converted to right-hand drive using factory parts.

 

[mk2_craig]

8 hours ago, Yoss said:

I wonder what the many extras were. 

You could try phoning Kintore 32511 and ask. They’ve probably still got it. 

[Yegoloda]

Very late Mk1 RX7

[MJK 24]

[Missy Charm]

On 29/04/2024 at 11:41, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Clone?

Yes, quite likely a hooky plate.  AE58CZD belongs to a Golf BlueMotion diesel.  According to this article: https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-reviews/volkswagen/vw-golf-bluemotion-19-tdi-5dr-2008-review/ the BlueMotion diesel debuted in 2008, thus was a variant peculiar only to Golfs of that year and later.  Such Golfs would be the incarnation after the blue estate.  Something's not right...  

[JJ0063]

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

 

[Drumtochty]

Nice Golf GTI.

[quicksilver]

Some late registration truck shite from a couple of recent shows. I think we've seen this Guy before but I asked the owner what its story is. It's one of the last Big Js built in 1978, by which time it was an elderly and outclassed design so Leyland were practically giving them away. The first owner's accountant convinced them it made financial sense to buy it and keep it in storage even though they had no immediate use for it, and it was still unregistered and unused when they ceased trading. The next owner finally put it on the road when it was seven years old and its contemporaries were coming out of service. I can't remember what he said it replaced but it was a more modern truck and the driver was surprisingly okay with this downgrade. Imagine getting this mid-1960s design as your new truck in 1985.

This International is another year-letter at the wrong end cock up as it's an import new in 1978. The owner said the plate was already on it when he bought it and didn't realise there was anything wrong with it.

 

 

[bunglebus]

[bunglebus]

[lesapandre]

25 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Production finished in April 1971 - the reg' is as late as 1976. But I suppose it could have sat around unregistered for those years.

Such a useful and nice little car.

[quicksilver]

3 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Production finished in April 1971 - the reg' is as late as 1976. But I suppose it could have sat around unregistered for those years.

Such a useful and nice little car.

The armed forces used Moggie Travellers so this is probably one of them. DVLA says it was built in 1969 and seven years of military service before entering civvy street seems about right.

[lesapandre]

Probably explains the colour. 

[TrabbieRonnie]

Can I put my new Rover in the mix...?  Built for export in 1959, it spent 19 years in Malaya before it's return (via Ireland), in 1978.

Hence the 'S' plate...

[lesapandre]

That looks just lovely - was the paint applied in Malaya? That number looks great - great plates too. That is probably the wackiest late registration there is @LightBulbFun?

Autoshite top prize with that car...the fogs, wing mirrors and black roof are 🥰 

[TrabbieRonnie]

29 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

That looks just lovely - was the paint applied in Malaya? That number looks great - great plates too. That is probably the wackiest late registration there is @LightBulbFun?

Autoshite top prize with that car...the fogs, wing mirror and black roof are 🥰 

I think so, but have no proof.  By the build sheet it left the factory (as an export model), in black.  My pal reckoned some government cars abroad were painted red in those days?  

Not sure, but it gives her a special something!

[High Jetter]

43 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

That looks just lovely - was the paint applied in Malaya? That number looks great - great plates too. That is probably the wackiest late registration there is @LightBulbFun?

Autoshite top prize with that car...the fogs, wing mirrors and black roof are 🥰 

Desmo mirrors, ?Lucas or Wipac aux lamps ( 1 fog 1 spot as was typical). Colour not standard tho!

[High Jetter]

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

[TrabbieRonnie]

Wipac...

And Raydyot...

 

[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.