1910 vs 2010 plate?

mustang68

Someone asked me this the other day

"If you import a car and it was registered/built in 1910 and you wanted a county reg, would you just end up with 10 D xxxxx, like a modern car?"

he had a point and I said I'd ask here!

S Line

I.M.O.
I don’t think the authorities are going to try to invest in making the system differentiate between 1910 and 2010 – there can hardly be many 1910 cars due to be imported here in the future.
I would assume they would insist on a ZV and refuse the option of a 10-XX-XXX reg.
Although you might get some civil servant robot who just goes through the motions and might not cop it and issue it with a 10 plate – I would imagine that car would have to be up to the standard of any other ‘10’ reg car – 2013 NCT time would be some crack. No catalytic convertor, no ABS, no 3rd brake light, no airbags and I would imagine the emissions would be pretty bad also!!!!!!

macplaxton

They'll dish out a new format 10 plate, unless a ZV is requested.

As they are dealt with sequentially, a ZV would be preferable... now.

corktina

the opportunity to reserve 11c1 is tempting...must buy a Model T first though

Max_Damage

Eight years time this will be a brand new car again! :

Rockery Woman

There isnt much chance of anyone mistaking a 1910 car for a 2010 car anyway.

Unless people saw the 10 reg and thought it was a kit-type replica car.

And what about 2013.... will the superstitious amongst us buy a 13 WX?. 13 WW etc????

Thinking about ordering special Number Plates for a new 13 WX car.....

13 WX 666 - that would be funny!!!!! A big evil looking black jeep or something (a dodge.... or some other demonic looking thing)

macplaxton

Max_Damage wrote: »

Eight years time this will be a brand new car again! :

I was just looking for my pic of that car:

Rockery Woman

Max_Damage wrote: »

Eight years time this will be a brand new car again! :

It will be due for its NCT in 2022!!!!

macplaxton

03-C-20 1903 De Dion Bouton Single

(It's a London - Brighton 2010 entrant)
04-C-6 1904 Clement Bayard
09-KE-20 1909 Hupmobile 20HP
09-W-20 1909 Star 2 Seater

2cv

macplaxton wrote: »

03-C-20 1903 De Dion Bouton Single

(It's a London - Brighton 2010 entrant)
04-C-6 1904 Clement Bayard
09-KE-20 1909 Hupmobile 20HP
09-W-20 1909 Star 2 Seater

03-C-20... love it... i'm sure it's worth a hell of a lot more than your average 03 car (Punto, Micra, Fiesta,....)

Redrocket

will be interesting how the number plate readers in cop cars handle this

dutchcat

10 D 20

Bigus

Database will just skip the already issued numbers.

carchaeologist

Bigus wrote: »

Database will just skip the already issued numbers.

Perhaps so,but its still sort of half arsed isnt it. What will happen in years to come when theres more registrations of each new year around.

I guess it will just be reversed, like 1234D10

carchaeologist

corktina wrote: »

the opportunity to reserve 11c1 is tempting...must buy a Model T first though

You cant even if you wanted to,your esteemed Lord Mayor automatically gets it.
You cant order registrations untill the November of the preceding year also. Only a week or so to go Corky,for 11C2!

Silvera

carchaeologist wrote: »

Perhaps so,but its still sort of half arsed isnt it. What will happen in years to come when theres more registrations of each new year around.

I guess it will just be reversed, like 1234D10

They didnt put any thought into the system in the first place...i.e. they never seemed to consider duplication of numbers.

The reversed system is already in use for trade plates - i.e. I recently spotted the trade plate '198-D-10'

corktina

dead right they put no thought into it!
It would take a seperate thread altogether to list all the stupidity in that system (but heres one...why SO for Sligo when theres no S but C for Cork when you have CE for Clare?)

carchaeologist

corktina wrote: »

dead right they put no thought into it!
It would take a seperate thread altogether to list all the stupidity in that system (but heres one...why SO for Sligo when theres no S but C for Cork when you have CE for Clare?)

Because C(Cork), D(Dublin), L(Limerick city), G(Galway), W(Waterford) were the County Borough Councils,basically the Cities/bigger towns. All the others were the County Councils. Cork used to have both County and Borough Councils but they became combined in 1985.

why SO for Sligo when theres no S

There is an S in Sligo?

Tigger

carchaeologist wrote: »

Because C(Cork), D(Dublin), L(Limerick city), G(Galway), W(Waterford) were the County Borough Councils,basically the Cities/bigger towns. All the others were the County Councils. Cork used to have both County and Borough Councils but they became combined in 1985.

There is an S in Sligo?

lol

her means no other s county