plates

[Ray]

This is more of a question for our UK friends:

I am ordering the plates with which the TB was registered. I know they were 3 1/2" pressed aluminum letters, but I wonder if they did or did not have a border? Was the border a vanity accouterment added after the war? Was it available and commonly used in 1939?

Best Regards, Ray

[Ray]

And for those of you who want the correct plates for your MG- https://secure.magic-moments.com/mgmspa/main_form.htm Best Regards, Ray

[somexuk]

--- In mg-tabc@y..., "Ray" wrote: Ray the answer to your question is yes and no. Most pressed plates are seen with a border. As the fitting of plates was up to the supplying dealer (not the manufacture) several sorts of plates are to be found. I have fitted signwritten plates not pressed aluminium, as seen in many of the factory photographs of TA, TB and TC (see TC's forever for examples. I have available copies of the sales brochure for one of the largest UK suppliers of number plates. the brochure describes the various plates that have been fitted to cars from 1900,s to date if you want a copy off list, let me know Alan Webster TA3239 > This is more of a question for our UK friends: > > I am ordering the plates with which the TB was registered. I know they were 3 1/2" pressed aluminum letters, but I wonder if they did or did not have a border? Was the border a vanity accouterment added after the war? Was it available and commonly used in 1939? > > Best Regards, > Ray

[C Sherriff]

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I am ordering the plates with which the TB was registered. I know they were 3 1/2" pressed aluminum letters, but I wonder if they did or did not have a border? Was the border a vanity accouterment added after the war? Was it available and commonly used in 1939? Best Regards, Ray

[C Sherriff]

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>And for those of you who want the correct plates for your MG-

https://secure.magic-moments.com/mgmspa/main_form.htm Best Regards, Ray

[capaciousmg@aol.com]

http://www.triple-c.com/ does them and they are good quality. Joe In a message dated 12/22/2001 8:10:51 AM Pacific Standard Time, 100070.740@compuserve.com writes:

Unfortunately the correct black rounded edged plates are not available form this supplier it seems Clive

[C Sherriff]

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>> Unfortunately the correct black rounded edged plates are not > available form this supplier it seems >

============================================== Hi All Ive sent Ray a couple works photos of the TA TB TC original plates - these are cars at the works or on road test with trade plates. Anyone with a real need contact me off list for the JPGs Merry Xmas Clive In Oxford UK

[Viv James TraX Interconnect (Pty.) Ltd]

Cameron, Why not just get them replated with nickel by your local plating specialist - I've done both my TCs this way after careful cleaning and preparation and they look great without lacquers and other concoctions. Viv

[Mike Duvall]

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

[Steve S]

Soaked in penetrating oil, heated up, more oil, repeat many times, then managed to get a small puller on them and pulled the plates off the pivots. I'm replacing the pivots anyway. Nothing else worked including a very large slide hammer. I'm surprised the plates survived that little endeavor. As a side note, I was pleasantly surprised that the Moss replacement pivots were not only the exact dimensions of the originals, but were supplied with the correct threads and whitworth size nuts. - Steve Simmons - TC8975, LA, CA - http://www.mgnuts.com

----- Original Message ----- From: From The Frame Up To: 'Steve S.' Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 6:28 AM Subject: plates Forgot to ask, how did you finally get the shackle plates off? Doug Pelton 3754 E Nance Circle Mesa, AZ 85215 602-690-4927 TC7670 EXU TC7410 EXU www.FromTheFrameUp.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]