Reg Number

TRNIALL

123 UZA.Think its a 76 Dublin Reg Number,can anyone tell me what Month it would of been issued and is it a Dublin Registration.

245

Definitely Dublin and its 1977. Don't know what month though. Cartell sees it as a Lotus (but you knew that, I'm guessing)

Edit: I'll guess July as the ...ZA sequence ended in August 1977

TRNIALL

Just used the 123 as a reference.Thanks for the Info

500man

June 1977

PanhardPL

TRNIALL wrote: »

Just used the 123 as a reference.Thanks for the Info

___ SZA, TZA,UZA and VZA would have been issued during June 1977

TRNIALL

Thats all good info Lads,Thanks.

Neilw

What about XXX WZU, Dublin reg too but what year?

PanhardPL

Neilw wrote: »

What about XXX WZU, Dublin reg too but what year?

XXX WZU - July 1982

TRNIALL

406 UZA,went to look at this Car Today for a Chap that had paid a Deposit on it Yesterday,its supposed to be a 76 Triumph Spitfire:eek:or maybe a Rover SDI:eek:.This Car is Advertised on Carzone,will someone please put up a Link or the Ad just to warn others.
Sorry dont know how to do Links or Photos,still Learning:).

carchaeologist

Comes up as a '76 Spitfire? What's the problem with the actual car?

unkel

PanhardPL wrote: »

XXX WZU - July 1982

Lads, could one of you reg specialists do up a guide in how to find out what month / county a registration is from? By all means start a new thread, and I will reference it in the forum charter!

TRNIALL

carchaeologist wrote: »

Comes up as a '76 Spitfire? What's the problem with the actual car?

Is UZA not a 77 Reg.

PanhardPL

TRNIALL wrote: »

Is UZA not a 77 Reg.

You have already been told that ___ UZA was issued in June 1977.

TRNIALL

PanhardPL wrote: »

You have already been told that ___ UZA was issued in June 1977.

Yes i do understand that........ but the car is advertised as 76 and the logbook states it is also 76,when i questioned the seller about this he stated that the Reg was off a SDI Rover that he once had.

rugbyman

Not too sure about what the vendor is at, but he is at least honest( in that respect)

Rugbyman

245

I think that there may be a misunderstanding between yourself and the seller. If the car is a Spitfire (as it appears to be in the ad) and its showing in both the logbook and Cartell as a Spitfire, then all would appear to be in order. The registration is definitely 1977 but it is possible although unlikely, given import duties at that time, that the car was privately imported into Ireland in 1977 when it was one year old. I don't see how its a ringer in this particular case.

TRNIALL

When i Asked Him how its a 77 reg on a 76 Car he told me that the previous owner had lost the paper work and he had reapplied with a book that he had from a Rover SDI,this was done in 2004 although he owned the car for the last 25yr.He also had 2 registration Docs for same Car the old buff logbook although a reissiue and the new type that is now being issued,when i started to ask more questions he got a bit Narked and said he would not speak with me anymore,i called the potential buyer to one side and told him to get his deposit back and forget about the Car as something was not right,yes he gave back the deposit and we left.

carchaeologist

Sounds very odd. A real mess if you ask me, why the multiple logbooks?!
A new type buff book will be issued if you lose the docs, I don't get the rover SD1 bit though?

hi5

Sounds like the Rover was scrapped and the reg was reissued to the Spitfire which may have been an import.
I believe this was allowed in certain counties before 1987.

TRNIALL

carchaeologist wrote: »

Sounds very odd. A real mess if you ask me, why the multiple logbooks?!
A new type buff book will be issued if you lose the docs, I don't get the rover SD1 bit though?

Thats why we left it there,very,very odd.

TRNIALL

hi5 wrote: »

Sounds like the Rover was scrapped and the reg was reissued to the Spitfire which may have been an import.
I believe this was allowed in certain counties before 1987.

Maybe it was but he had done this in 2004after telling me he owned the Car for the last 25yr or more,as i said above something not right and very,very odd.
Would of liked to ask him a lot more Questions but he became a bit Hostile so kept me Mouth shut and left;)with the Deposit that was paid the Day before:).

ikb

unkel wrote: »

Lads, could one of you reg specialists do up a guide in how to find out what month / county a registration is from? By all means start a new thread, and I will reference it in the forum charter!

Isn't there something on IVVCC website ?

bijapos

unkel wrote: »

Lads, could one of you reg specialists do up a guide in how to find out what month / county a registration is from? By all means start a new thread, and I will reference it in the forum charter!

I tend to use this Wiki page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Ireland

If you go about half way down, it gives a pretty good guide to each county. Its fine for larger counties such as Dublin or Cork but a bit of guesswork is involved for counties with a smaller population.

Like this: these are a couple of Dublins many reg numbers, its easy to work out which year or month the car is registered.

1 AZC to 999 YZC (Aug 1977 - Mar 1978);
1 AZD to 999 YZD (Mar - Sep 1978);

But somewhere like Sligo is a lot more difficult.

Sligo CC: EI
EI 1 to EI 9999 (Dec 1903 - Nov 1959).
AEI 1 to ZEI 999 (Nov 1959 - Feb 1980).
1 EI to 9999 EI (Feb 1980 - Apr 1986).
1 AEI to 835 AEI (Apr - Dec 1986).

So it can be a bit hit and miss. I know theres a more comprehensive guide somewhere but the above tends to do it for me.