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 > > > > 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! 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