Number Plates & Family Background

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In the mid 60’s our family car was a 1961 Hillman Minx in two tone, green and white. 

Of all our family cars over the years, I think that was just about my favourite amongst

a Ford Escort ( box van style), a  Minor 1000, a Simca 1100, then it was into the 70’.

 

Registration of the Minx was 810 SP.     I was doing some DVLA vehicle enquiries this morning,

and see that 810 SP is now on a 1 year old black Range Rover.

 

Disappointed to see the reg has come down in the world. A Chelsea Tractor… …sake. 

 

Must say, I do feel this whole individual number plate thing is rather pathetic. ( Says he who had 919 FFU 

on his red Porsche 911 30 years ago )

 

 

 

 

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My daughter, son-in-law and eldest granddaughter all have personalised plates. Doesn’t interest me though. I find the registrations ending in POO amusing!

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What’s so pathetic about it? You just sound annoyed that your old number plate is on a modern car (presumably the Minx has long since gone to the scrapyard in the sky). Horses for courses. I have a personal plate on my daily driver. However, it’s personal to me ie. it’s not one of those that spells out a name or a silly word. I like to think mine has a bit of hidden meaning behind it.

 

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A local contractor drain cleaner/septic tank emptier has two amusing trucks:-

PO2 YOU  PO2 EWE

These registrations would be even more appropriate on tractors spreading farm effluent

on fields!! 

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Course it has…  

 

 

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A few years back while driving in London I spotted two vehicles parked up on a drive in Chelsea.

Just checked and still in use on a 2013 Aston Martin and a 2015 Range Rover.

2BE and NOT2B

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I believe a company with the motorway breakdown contract in the area had M4 TOW and M5 TOW.

A jobbing builder had YE5 1 CAN.

Followed a decorator’s van once with GLO55 1T.

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My daily driver, non-MX-5, has a perno.  Three numbers followed by three letters. First two numbers are our wedding day-of-the month with the third being ‘0’ (the first year of our sublime life together).  It was the only way I could, er, negotiate the three letters that were my initials. Obtained over 30 years ago, and the root cause  of much subsequent bribery, it has been transferred on each of my subsequent cars.         

(First lesson in basic management: discover Achilles’ heel.)  

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Back in 1972 our local council got hold of the number DEV 1L with the intention of putting it on the Mayor’s new limo. 

Political pressure vetoed this and it went onto the big waste-compactor truck instead, which also had another numberplate type sign above the cab that said VULTURE.  The VULTURE plate moved from truck to truck over the years, but I’ve not seen it recently.

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Many years ago when our son went to primary school, there was a posh house next to the school. In the large driveway were parked a Range Rover and a Smart Car. Both had identical number plates.

Not revealing the actual plates here, but both were old four-character plates. One was in the format digit, digit, letter, letter while the other was in the format digit, letter, letter, letter. The second character in each case being O