Correct number plates

froglemouse

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My car currently has black and silver plates - which are not the correct plates for its age.

I want to replace them with full plinth yellow and white plates as it would have had when it left the factory.

Framptons, I understand, can make the right size, but are the riveted letter or pressed plates a better choice for authenticity?

Though having parked at Sainsbury's for free today a bit of me will be sad to see the black and silver plates go.
 
Personally I prefer riveted letters on a Series 2 P6.

Sainsbury's is one of those shop things isn't it? And people are expected to pay to go there? How bizarre.
 
froglemouse said:
I want to replace them with full plinth yellow and white plates as it would have had when it left the factory.

They left the factory without any numberplates....

FYI in their day most of the ones sold where I was working either had pressed ally plates or perspex. I don't remember one Series 2 with riveted letters.
 
I know of a few 1 family owned early J and K reg S2's that have the raised plastic digits from new!
It would all depend on what the dealer had left in stock before the more modern type took over!
Your car being an L reg will more than likely get away with wearing black and silver plates even though it is a 1973 car!
My 1968 S1V8 had pressed ally white and yellow plates from new,as most dealers back then had a choice of styles if you didnt want the std type they had available.
In 1976 I worked the single old swing out fuel pump at a Volvo dealership,and one of the jobs allocated to me was to make the numberplates up in whatever style the customer needed from the various types in the stores.
 
Here in Australia, number plates were and continue to be issued by the state or territory Government authority in which the car is registered. The address of the owner will determine where that shall be.

Number plates cannot be obscured, painted or modified in any way, as to do so is illegal. An owner cannot make his or her own number plate even with the same alpha numeric code, as again such is an illegal act.

Number plates vary in colour and alpha numeric coding depending upon the state and territory in which the owner lives.

From what I can see, rules here in Australia are very much more strict than they are in the U.K.

Ron.
 
Similar rules on lettering and spacing apply here Ron, but it's fairly unusual for anyone to challenge someone about incorrect spacing or font unless some other traffic offence has been committed. In general the police have so much paperwork to fill out it's not worth the hassle.
 
full plinth yellow are now hard to come by, industry standard are about an inch short either side and ¼" short top and bottom

I went to an Auto Accessories shop with the exact dimensions of the full plinth yellow and it looked good to begin with until the bloke dealing was on the phone being told "we no longer cut to size, we can do one 1½" less in width and ½" less height" , not wanting to miss out on a chance to get a better rear number plate I just went along with it, several days later went back to the shop got the plate, it was exactly the same size as the one already on there :D cheesed off
 
I worked for Wadham Stringer back in 1977 and one of my jobs was to make number plates. The only ones we had were with riveted letters, so I assumed those were period for the late 70's. Sparky has the riveted ones.
 
I worked for Wadham Stringer back in 1977 and one of my jobs was to make number plates. The only ones we had were with riveted letters, so I assumed those were period for the late 70's. Sparky has the riveted ones.

This style?

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