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Registration Plates
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2001 9:43 pm
by Monoxidemanor@aol.com
Dear Kimberites:
We have what appears to be the very original registration plates for our 1937
TA. The plates are made of (what appears to be) thin pressed soft aluminum
with individual white (plastic?) letters that are held in place by pegs, top
and bottom, that go through holes in the plates. the registration number is
BGB 540. We are missing the first B on one of the plates.
Does anyone know if these are original how can we get them restored including
replacing the missing B.
Kindest regards,
Alan & Victoria Campbell
Re: Registration Plates
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2001 6:50 am
by Terry O'Brien
Alan; check out
www.completeautomobilist.co.uk They may have what you
want. Terry
Monoxidemanor@aol.com wrote:
>
> Dear Kimberites:
>
> We have what appears to be the very original registration plates for our 1937
> TA. The plates are made of (what appears to be) thin pressed soft aluminum
> with individual white (plastic?) letters that are held in place by pegs, top
> and bottom, that go through holes in the plates. the registration number is
> BGB 540. We are missing the first B on one of the plates.
>
> Does anyone know if these are original how can we get them restored including
> replacing the missing B.
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> Alan & Victoria Campbell
>
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: Registration Plates
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2001 9:44 am
by CFritz7001@aol.com
Alan & Victoria,
In the event you can't locate an "official" letter "B" for your plate,
you might try this:
Use the "B" you do have as a pattern to cut out a new letter, then simply
glue it in place (instead of trying to fabricate pins with which to fasten
it).
Regards,
Carl Fritz
Re: Registration Plates
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2001 12:35 pm
by C. Knight
>
Monoxidemanor@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Dear Kimberites:
> >
> > We have what appears to be the very original registration plates for our 1937
> > TA. The plates are made of (what appears to be) thin pressed soft aluminum
> > with individual white (plastic?) letters that are held in place by pegs, top
> > and bottom, that go through holes in the plates. the registration number is
> > BGB 540. We are missing the first B on one of the plates.
> >
> > Does anyone know if these are original how can we get them restored including
> > replacing the missing B.
> >
UK registrations plates were supplied by the local dealer who registered
the car not MG so strictly speaking there is no such thing as a standard
original style. They were required to conformed to the UK legal
requirement of character size and colour but materials varied. My 39 TA
was pictured at Lands End Trial in 39 with the plastic number/letter
type plate so I guess at least some dealers used that style. See the
picture on the members gallery. New period plates should be available
from Holden (
www.holden.co.uk)
Regards
Cliff
registration plates
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 12:24 pm
by Ray
Hello UK folks!
Where may I obtain the correct stamped plates for my car without registering
it in the UK? The car is here in the States, and I just want a set of the
original style plates pressed out.
Best,
Ray
Re: registration plates
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 12:50 pm
by Peter Cole
Ray,
The people who make the nicest plates (IMHO) are Tippers Vintage Plates.
See their web site at tippersvintageplates.co.uk
There are restrictions on buying plates now in the UK, which came in at the
beginning of this year. Basically you have to prove ownership of
registration number before you can have plates made. Contact them, the
rules may be different for offshore customers.
I'm not on the pay roll, but I do have their plates for my TC. They are
excellent.
Peter Cole.
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From: "Ray" Spook01@comcast.net>
To: "mgtabc" mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 8:24 PM
Subject: [mg-tabc] registration plates
> Hello UK folks!
>
> Where may I obtain the correct stamped plates for my car without
registering
> it in the UK? The car is here in the States, and I just want a set of the
> original style plates pressed out.
>
> Best,
> Ray
>
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
Re: registration plates
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 2:10 pm
by candahill@worldnet.att.net
Ray,
Try this link:
http://www.triple-c.com/Page.cfm?Category2=License%
20Plates&InfoID=2441&Search=
Regards,
Charles Hill
> Hello UK folks!
>
> Where may I obtain the correct stamped plates for my car without registering
> it in the UK? The car is here in the States, and I just want a set of the
> original style plates pressed out.
>
> Best,
> Ray
>
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
Re: Registration plates
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:56 am
by Alan Webster
Mike,
In UK the registration number always stays with the car (unless some
profiteering individual sells the number, a practice to be deplored)
The number JV 5049 should be in 3.5" hign letters and is almost
certainly the original UK registration number.
Alan Webster
Sutton Coldfield UK
TA 3239
--- In
mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com, Mike Duvall wrote:
>
> I gather that a plate number assigned to a British Car stays with
the
> car, is this correct?
>
> I was sent a picture of my TA with the plate number JV 5049 in big
> letters. It was imported into the US in the late seventies. Is
this
> likely an "original" number.
>
> Mike
>
Re: Registration plates
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:07 pm
by Alan Webster
Mike,
Further to my last reply, my information is that JV 8059 was issued
in Grimsby somewhere between November 1930 and December 1946
Alan Webster
Sutton Coldfield UK
TA 3239
--- In
mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com, Mike Duvall wrote:
>
> I gather that a plate number assigned to a British Car stays with
the
> car, is this correct?
>
> I was sent a picture of my TA with the plate number JV 5049 in big
> letters. It was imported into the US in the late seventies. Is
this
> likely an "original" number.
>
> Mike
>