Re: [doc] Reg plates and model years

[Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx>]

And I bought IIL 1611 for Lex because I did my maths on the size of the letters and realised it fits the 'ole :-)

http://www.delorean.co.uk/pictures/DSCN0527_640.jpg

And my parents' house is across the road from the cop shop so didn't want to tempt fate.
(in fact I have been pulled over in Lex, stopped the engine and opened the door to heas a cheery "Hello Martin!" - it was a
friend of a friend who's now a rozzer, apparently I went through town a bit fast.)

M

Chris Parnham wrote:

> I agree Martin,
>
> The Northern Irish plates are ageless, cheap and quite appropriate for a
> DeLorean. That's why I bought AXI 79 for Dusty and kept AXI 1698 on
> Delores. I Also bought CAZ 72 for my daughter, Caroline..yes borne in
> 1972.
>
> We have got a couple of "flyers" in our DeLorean's, one RHD in Norfolk
> belonging to David P, with a C reg on and another issued with a D , so he
> bought D12 DMC for that!
>
> One of Northern Ireland owners has just changed his Delorean from EAD 1 to
> EAD 1L, as he really uses the car and the number was a bit "wasted" on it.
>
> 83 DMC is currently for sale at about 5K GBP. contact through me, or
> newreg site/
>
> Chrispy...... BTW CHR 15P recently sold for about 7K!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Gutkowski [mailto:webmaster@xxxx]
> Sent: 23 December 2002 21:59
> To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [doc] Reg plates and model years
>
> Couple of points there Chris:
>
> You can't make a car NEWER than it is. Nothing to stop you putting an older
> plate on a newer car - eg Mark Bourne's DMC 1J
>
> All the DeLoreans I've seen get W, X or Y reg
>
> KUC 596W - James Russel-Grant '81
> OUH 670X - Formerly Gavin Dunt's red car '82
> UOA 596Y - Ian Titley '83
>
> This only tells you the year the car was registered, NOT when it was
> manufactured, unless the car's registered more than 2
> years after the end of manufacture, in which case it'll get a plate for its
> VIN year.
>
> The spanner in the works comes from the northern irish plates which are 100%
> legal in GB, and are ageless. they take 3-4
> numbers and 3 letters (in standard form), and will ALL have either I or Z in
> them
>
> IIL 1611 - Me
> BKZ 9095 - Paul Salsbury
>
> Martin
>
> Chris Parnham wrote:
>
> > Well James,
> > That's a big subject!
> >
> > Up till 1963 there were mixtures of letters and numbers, up to a maximum
> of
> > 6 in total, starting with A1, up to say A 999, then AB 1.....AB9999, then
> > ABC 1.....999, 999ABC etc etc. I bought CP 6115 first issued in 1928.
> >
> > Just to make it interesting, some were never issued at all, some would be
> > issued one way around, and not the other, e.g. A1 but not 1A.
> >
> > After 1963 we got up to 3 letters and up to 3 numbers followed by "A" so
> it
> > could be AAA 111 A,
> > or AAA 1A etc.
> > In 1964 it was a "B" , AAA 123B, etc...for the next 20 years.
> >
> > Then in 1983 they started the other way around, A123 ABC etc . right the
> > way up to Y.
> > Z is only issued in Ireland!
> >
> > A couple of years ago they started changing them every 6 months, this time
> > with two letters, two year numbers, 3 random letters, for example....AA 01
> > AAA, then 6 months later AA 02AAA.
> >
> > And just to complicate things further, you cannot transfer a number on to
> > car to make it look younger than it is. In other words you could not put
> > A123 ABC on anything older than a 83 car!
> >
> > AND the government , for years has been selling off any "unissued"
> > registration numbers. Some by simple price, many by auction. I have bought
> > loads over the years, some have been a great investment. For example 2CP
> > bought 10 years ago for 3.5K is now worth over ?20K!
> >
> > You can keep transferring them from car to car, for about ?80, lots of
> > little rules are involved, but its harmless fun.
> >
> > You regularly see numbers for sale over ?100,000. Generally speaking,
> the
> > shorter the better, but then you get say, K 1 NGS , KINGS, which I think
> > sold at auction for a record sum.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Chris P..... G7OLF, 2CP, 49CP, BAK 5T, AXI 1698, etc.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James Espey [mailto:james@xxxx]
> > Sent: 22 December 2002 23:25
> > To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [doc] Reg plates and model years
> >
> > Would someone explain to me the meaning/significance of the lettering
> system
> > of the registration plates used in the UK? Sometimes I see cars advertised
> > with no model year, but with an "R" or other letter registration. How does
> > this correlate with model years?
> >
> > James
> >
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