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 > > DOC UK Website: www.delorean.co.uk > Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed > public and may be printed in the club magazine ** > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > DOC UK Website: www.delorean.co.uk > Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine ** > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ DOC UK Website: www.delorean.co.uk Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine ** Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/