Morris Minor Owners Club

Perhaps that does explain why it had false plates, but still a big coincidence that it is exactly the number of the (still registered) Midsomer Moggy.

486 UXR Strange. There is a car driven by James Corden featuring in an advert for confused.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxIK2-99LFM> frequently on the TV at this time (July-Aug 2016), which bears exactly that registration mark and it is a Merc, definitely is NOT a Moggy Minor of any descript...