https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2055940817/signature-rules
Today I saw an abandoned classic and took a pic thread!
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Wishbone Ash wrote: »When registrations were introduced in December 1903, each county on the island of Ireland (pre-independence) was issued with a series which contained the letters 'I' or 'Z' to differentiate them from other UK plates where 'I' and 'Z' were not used. The counties were issued alphabetically - IA for Antrim, IB for Armagh, IC for Carlow, ID for Cavan and so on followed by up to four digits allowing for 9,999 individual plates.
I suppose the powers that be at the time didn't anticipate the popularity of the internal combustion engine and probably assumed that each series would last forever.
Dublin managed to get through the first series by 1927 so they had to bring in an alternative series. It had got to the stage where Dublin letters were changing several times per year resulting in more and more combinations of letters as a plate couldn't have more than 6 characters - 1 letter and up to 4 numbers, 2 letters/4 numbers or 3 letters/3 numbers.
Most counties managed to buy a lot of time by simply putting a prefix letter in front of the original series, followed by up to 3 letters. eg, AIB, BIB etc.
Leitrim and Longford on the other hand managed to make the first series last up until the 1970's..
And Leitrim Co Co were mighty relieved that they never got to T in the second series
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They would have simply skipped it and moved straight to UIT. Limerick issued HIV but I suppose it was just before it became topical.And Leitrim Co Co were mighty relieved that they never got to T in the second series
Kilkenny didn't issue KIP and RIP. It must have galled the Kilkenny hurling fans along the Tipperary border to drive around with TIP on their plates!0 -
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Wishbone Ash wrote: »They would have simply skipped it and moved straight to UIT. Limerick issued HIV but I suppose it was just before it became topical.
Kilkenny didn't issue KIP and RIP. It must have galled the Kilkenny hurling fans along the Tipperary border to drive around with TIP on their plates!
I have DIE257 on a Honda 250n! As bad as RIP IMO
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greendragon3 wrote: »sligo fire brigade used to have LEI 999 , A Dennis fire tender .
lying out going rotten up in riverstown now !!!
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greendragon3 wrote: »lying out going rotten up in riverstown now !!!
I used to own one like this with the fire bodywork removed, was planning to make a motorhome until it was stolen
. 1966, 18000 miles on a 5.7l AEC engine. Very heavy clutch! 0 -
Thats a Triumph TR7.kaizersoze wrote: »Outside a garage in Co. Galway. Been there a while.
Lotus? Ferrari?
Where in Galway? City ? County?
Would make a great TR8.....Ode To The Motorist
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