Dear All,

I want to buy a new pair of number plates for my Herald (in the pious
hope that after 8 years it will encourage me to get her on the
road ...). All (!) want is a pair of plates which are ...

a) black acrylic

b) with the letters/numbers engraved with lines following the
character shapes

c) in the old (ie right for 1969) font

The only supplier I can find on-line seems to want sixty quid a pair -
and even then I am not sure if it's the right font. Can anyone suggest
a maker for these things? I realise, by the way, that they'l probably
be called "show plates" or some such nonsense.

Ian

The date being 21 May 2007, Ian decided to
write:

Dear All,

I want to buy a new pair of number plates for my Herald (in the pious
hope that after 8 years it will encourage me to get her on the
road ...). All (!) want is a pair of plates which are ...

a) black acrylic

b) with the letters/numbers engraved with lines following the
character shapes

c) in the old (ie right for 1969) font

The only supplier I can find on-line seems to want sixty quid a pair -
and even then I am not sure if it's the right font. Can anyone suggest
a maker for these things? I realise, by the way, that they'l probably
be called "show plates" or some such nonsense.

Try Tippers Vintage Plates http://www.tippersvintageplates.co.uk/

If they were legal at the time of registration you'll be able to use
them now, but you may need to provide a copy of the V5C or some ID.

--
Richard Porter
Mail to username ricp at domain minijem.plus.com
"You can't have Windows without pains."

On 21 May, 22:48, Richard Porter
wrote:
The date being 21 May 2007, Ian decided to
write:

Dear All,
I want to buy a new pair of number plates for my Herald (in the pious
hope that after 8 years it will encourage me to get her on the
road ...). All (!) want is a pair of plates which are ...
a) black acrylic
b) with the letters/numbers engraved with lines following the
character shapes
c) in the old (ie right for 1969) font
The only supplier I can find on-line seems to want sixty quid a pair -
and even then I am not sure if it's the right font. Can anyone suggest
a maker for these things? I realise, by the way, that they'l probably
be called "show plates" or some such nonsense.

Try Tippers Vintage Plateshttp://www.tippersvintageplates.co.uk/

If they were legal at the time of registration you'll be able to use
them now, but you may need to provide a copy of the V5C or some ID.

That's the sixty quid a pair lot, alas. As I understand it, it's legal
to use old ones, but not newly made ones in the old style. I therefore
plan, of course, to buy a pair of modern ones and swap them on every
time I use the car on the road. Ho yes, of course I do.

Ian

The date being 21 May 2007, Ian decided to
write:

As I understand it, it's legal
to use old ones, but not newly made ones in the old style. I therefore
plan, of course, to buy a pair of modern ones and swap them on every
time I use the car on the road. Ho yes, of course I do.

If they are the same how is anyone going to know? A lot of plates are
still made on the original equipment - particularly the embossed
aluminium plates and those made with plastic letters and numbers.

--
Richard Porter
Mail to username ricp at domain minijem.plus.com
"You can't have Windows without pains."

On 21 May, 23:53, Richard Porter
wrote:
The date being 21 May 2007, Ian decided to
write:

As I understand it, it's legal
to use old ones, but not newly made ones in the old style. I therefore
plan, of course, to buy a pair of modern ones and swap them on every
time I use the car on the road. Ho yes, of course I do.

If they are the same how is anyone going to know? A lot of plates are
still made on the original equipment - particularly the embossed
aluminium plates and those made with plastic letters and numbers.

Good heavens. I had, erm, never, um, thought of that, or imagined that
anyone could be so dastardly.

Ian

In article . com,
Ian wrote:
As I understand it, it's legal
to use old ones, but not newly made ones in the old style.

Where did this information come from? As I understand it, it's down to the
age of the vehicle which plates are allowable. And surely a new old style
replacement one would be clearer to read than a perhaps 50 year old one?

--
*Why do the two "sanction"s (noun and verb) mean opposites?*

Dave Plowman London SW
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