Number plates

[Guest]

I've recently got a private plate for my SC and was wondering if anyone knows where i can get the black and silver plates made up for reasonable money. I know that since my car is an 83 it is 10 years too new for the plates but i'm prepared to take the risk. (Once at least)

 

[Guest]

Conor at www.fancyplates.com does them (presuming you want them in perspex) but if you get nicked you will get seriously nicked buddy, they really don't like this if your car is obviously later than the changeover date (in my experience), would look good on your car for sure though.

 

[Guest]

Does the ruling apply to the age of the car or the age related plate, for instance if you buy a private plate without a letter suffix can you have the black plates?

 

[Bazgillie]

Afraid not its the age of the car. Look on the DVLA site all of the rules are on there, take a bit of wading through though.
Baz

 

[Guest]

Black plates ended in '73 I believe. I had them on my 70 2.2S (pic below, I'm the saddo on the right!). Besides the perspex ones you can also get the lovely 'authentic' polished pressed alloy ones from suppliers in the classic car magazines. Not a cheap option though.

If you have a non-sport SC you'd stand a reasonable chance of being left alone, I'd have thought. No chance at MOT time though, so you'd have to have a 'swap' set of regular plates as well.

 

[RSGulp]

You could also try:
http://www.tippersvintageplates.co.uk/

 

[Guest]

Thanks guys.

Still in two minds wheather to risk it.

 

[Guest]

Decided on these. How long will it be before i get pulled/shot/hung, drawn and quartered?

Font not too bad but German style and D Banner may be a pullable offence.

 

[Guest]

I think you'd only get pulled if the traffic cop was bored, or hadn't hit his target for pulls that day. They don't look that obviously different from a distance - you see far worse on the average chavmobile!

I think they've given up having Traffic cars altogether round our way. Just the mobile camera vans to raise the revenue of course ...

BTW where did you get them made?

 

[Rotorhead]

I don't think the font is a serious issue. But if you do get stopped and the characters are deliberately misleading, ie it isn't possible to read the correct registration number, then you might find yourself in trouble.

Presumably the correct reg'n is BIG 5137?

 

[Guest]

Sneaky, I had them made up at Dubmeister, who are a Volkswagen specialist. quite steep though at £40 a set.

http://www.dubmeister.co.uk

Oliver, That is the correct plate.

Thanks chaps.