Cars with the model number in the registration plate

[Shep Shepherd]

I remember seeing a Morris Isis in an early 1980s copy of Practical Motorist with the registration 'MY 1515'

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

911 HUL rings a bell. Its still on a 911 turbo.

 

 

It's owned by Porsche GB - they've had it on press cars since around 1976/7.

 

The also had THE928S and . I think, 94FOR.

 

On a far less grand scale, I had an old red 520i with K520PAG.

[nigel bickle]

BNP 204M

 

On my Peugeot 204 - deliberately added from new. Pity about the current political connotations.

[seth]

Don't all UK NSXs have a plate ending in NSX?

 

No, that particular affliction is most frequently seen on Subaru SVXs.

[messerschmitt owner]

years ago I saw THE 911 on a 911 in Edinburgh

 

I see S16NUM or similar on a signum in Gloucester

[mk2_craig]

One of my old ones:

 

 

10/10 Probably rare to see pre-2001 stuff with matching numbers that aren't DVLA select marks. But back in the 1980s DVLA didn't sell off the marks so there would have been the odd BMW for example (coincidentally or otherwise) gaining a 325, 535 etc number. Any advance?

[Gompo]

'A3' on an Audi A3

 

Work colleague spotted 'JAG220' on an XJ220 over the weeked.

 

911HUL is/was one of the Porsche press plates.

[Pillock]

There are a few here on Polos as well, PO10 FSM being one I can think of which belongs to a local driving school.

 

There was a local dealer to me offering a "free" PO10 -plate with your initials as the letters with every new Polo last year. Assuming they were available, so Normal Oliver Bryan and Frank Ulrick Kane are shit out of luck according to DVLA guidelines.

[wuvvum]

My second Alfa 166 was T166*** - don't know if deliberate or not.

[r.welfare]

I used to work with a chap who had "A19 TSE" on a Renault 19 TSE (funny that...) he'd owned from new.

[55bloke]

It'll come as no surprise that I dream of owning REN 025 if I ever win the pools!! Many years ago, I had a friend who had a Relent Scimitar GTE, and the reg number it had from new ended GTE, which I thought was pretty cool. At about the same time, I used to see a Ferrari 308 GTB in York, with the reg number 308 GTB.

[Justin Case]

The ultimate

 

[Formula Autos]

WRX plates on Imprezas are fairly common. Though that's the model, not the model number.

[hairnet]

lots of volvos with v70 s40 s80 etc

 

THE 911 is owned by the porsche dealer in edinburgh i think (when they lend cars to programmes on tv)

[Pete-M]

Ian Skelly's when I worked there had a few very good plates.

 

AUD1, VW1 and GT1. They were after "S8" for a while.

 

Mercedes-Benz in London used to try and get the buyers initials on the plate back in the '60s if they could manage it. I think this practise stopped after Max Bygraves bought a new Merc and drove out with "MB 1". That must have been probably the biggest facepalm moment of the '60s for Mercedes.

[Shep Shepherd]

Almost bought this 940 Wentworth in October 2008 as a foil for The Volvo:

 

 

Looks good in the photo, but it was quite scruffy in real life and would have needed a full set of tyres immediately. It went well, though.

 

Surprisingly, it's still taxed, but is most likely being used as a builder's hack or towing barge

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

Ian Skelly's when I worked there had a few very good plates.

 

AUD1, VW1 and GT1. They were after "S8" for a while.

 

Mercedes-Benz in London used to try and get the buyers initials on the plate back in the '60s if they could manage it. I think this practise stopped after Max Bygraves bought a new Merc and drove out with "MB 1". That must have been probably the biggest facepalm moment of the '60s for Mercedes.

 

 

Particularly when you see what he then put it on!

 

My mother bought a blue VW Golf 1.3 CL (ELV234Y) from the Ian Skelly Centre in Liverpool in 1982. With great ceremony, the salesman offered my brother and I (we were tiny kids) a book signed by Kenny Dalglish when we all went to pick the car up. We didn't follow football so neither of us had heard of him. The salesman gave us an Easter egg each instead; my father was appalled.

[Rusty Pelican]

Theres 1XM on a Citroen XM around here , seen it a few times but never with a camera

[nigel bickle]

30 or so years ago I bought a Peugeot 504 estate -purely because of the registration -1 BAR. I quickly sold the plate (for around 50 times the cars value ) to a High Court Judge, -& made the downpayment on my first house.

 

My father- beyond dubious when I initially laid out the plan (needed part of the purchase finance) was totally pole-axed. He never doubted me again -even some of my daftest decisions.

[Andrew353w]

A great number for a Daf; unfortunately the "33" number has been issued to a 44! Daf motors also had DAF 55 & 66 K, which were used on demonstration cars!

 

[Pillock]

Is that petrol 1.35 a gallon??

 

Oh yeah, nice DAF.

[scaryoldcortina]

30 or so years ago I bought a Peugeot 504 estate -purely because of the registration -1 BAR. I quickly sold the plate (for around 50 times the cars value ) to a High Court Judge, -& made the downpayment on my first house.

Nice number, has a real atmospheric feeling to it

[Andrew353w]

Not QUITE on the theme, but the owner of the 1st garage I worked in (Bideford motors, who were Audi/VW dealers) had HUN 1 N as the number on his Audi 100. The "UN" suffix was issued to cars registered in north Devon, so it would have been issued to a garage somewhere in the area anyway. That said, a good one for the owner of a German car dealership!

[Albert Ross]

There's a Peugeot 106 aroung here somewhere with P106 EUG or something like..... I can't quite recall it.. perhaps I'm dreaming or it was close-ish to that ..

[tonedepear]

IIRC North Herts Citroen stuck "P###SAX" plates on all their P-registered saxos. Good effort.

[pogweasel]

North Herts Citroen

USELESS SHITPIECES in my experience though.

[Daniel R25]

This is my 25 Turbo with its RENO 25oo numberplate as found on http://www.renault20.de

 

 

Not sure if that numberplate was a good idea... seems a bit idiotic in hindsight.

 

Daniel

[Guest]

Nice car choice. I hope I can reach my target this year and buy a new car

[Father Ted]

Nice car choice. I hope I can reach my target this year and buy a new car

[55bloke]

This is my 25 Turbo with its RENO 25oo numberplate as found on http://www.renault20.de

 

 

Not sure if that numberplate was a good idea... seems a bit idiotic in hindsight.

 

Daniel

 

Envious of your car and your number plate!