Morris Minor Owners Club

just picked up some of your plates (im in new zealand) that i think will suit my morrie quite nicely (obviously i cant legally use them)

from what i understand they should be around period correctness
also wikipedia tells me that the OJ codes for Oxford
and as a plus 51 is the year of my morrie

unsure what they are originally from, but i seem to recall being told they were from an imported vauxhall (maybe a triumph)

you should just register them as a personalised plate. it will cost you $500, technically you shouldnt use them but i dont think that any reasonable cop or wof inspector would care.

have just been informed that jo is oxford

perhaps some alteration is necessary
in anycase, they shall look good on my wall

i checked, for a 3 letter then 3 number its about $400
the combination hasnt been used either.
However i think i would rather keep my original black plates (and my $400)

i guess next is a set of pre silver on black nz plates
i have a black on yellow one, but would much prefer some white on brown ones

if you got the personalised ones, just wack those UK ones on, they have the same letters/numbers as what you would purchase so you dont need to put those ugly new ones on. i heard there was someone around who could still make the old black plates. i only have one plate for my ute and there aint a chance im putting new plates on it so im going to have to make up a black one somehow.

^ thats exactly what i would do

i know of a few cars that have their plates "detailed" to the black style.
Done quite well, i can ask how it was done if you want

tortron wrote:have just been informed that jo is oxford

perhaps some alteration is necessary
in anycase, they shall look good on my wall

OJ is Birmingham.
http://www.motorcycle.co.uk/registration_letter.html

Paul Humphries

but the thing is, if i get new plates, it will have a new number. a Exx number wouldnt suit a morry. i much prefer DXxxxx. i have a sheet of alloy the right size, i would just need to buy a sheet of thinner alloy to cut the letters out of. i havnt thought of a method of sticking them on yet though. if i had access to a tig(?) welder then i could drill holes in the back of the thick peice and fill them in with weld, which would fuse the letter to the backplate

1 - stick some steel letters to a big lump of steel.
2 - place lump on ally sheet
3 - drive over it a couple of times
4 - ????
5 - plates "pressed"
6 - profit

they dont issue a replacement plate do they, only new ones?

i just checked legislation.govt.nz and it says that a numberplate must be embossed, aluminium coloured lettering on a black background (or the new type) so that means that i can legally make my own, no issues there - which is good. another option is just painting it so that its black and use accurate masking to make the letters