Identifying a non-original registration number plate

[stevemac]

Hello,
Members might be interested in this useful link, which goes a long way to identifying if a car has lost its original registration number http://www.series2club.co.uk/forum/foru ... 137.0;wap2
Many thanks to the Landrover Series 2 Club for the info, no copyright infringement intended.

Regards,

Stephen

I have edited my original post, in the interests of harmony.

[rayofleamington]

If someone 'with money to burn' wants a private plate, they are allowed to buy one - DVLA set these rules, not the classic car clubs.
However thanks to classic car clubs, cars now get re-allocated an age related plate (I'm old enough to remember when they would get an a-reg plate instead!)
I've yet to see anyone lobby for number plate authenticity - and until that happens, it's a free country. in fact it's not long since the government would happily give you an incentive to scrap a classic (well ok, anything pre 2000) if you wanted to buy a new Korean/Japanese/German/French car.

Rather like with historic buildings, it wasn't until people got pro-active about not letting them be "sold off as scrap stone" that they became protected, and with that a whole heap of painful red tape and cost too.

My own interest is in the lovely pieces of transport design and manufacture that bring pleasure.
Morris didn't issue registrations or make number plates... they made motoring miracles.
I agree that a fully original car with all its paperwork has some value, but mine are 'merely' used, abused, repaired, welded, loved, used and repaired again. I'd value original paintwork more than a plate, but fortunately people don't want to ban re-sprays (although the health and safety brigade has banned a lot of paint, that's a different issue)