Registration Plates

[abby]

Hallo everyone!

Firstly... Is there a search facility on this forum? Because i can't see one anywhere and i'm sure a lot of the things I want to ask may have been asked before!

SO, needing to buy new reg plates. Saw a post on where to get them (pl8s, ebay, classiccarplates etc) but here's the question.... Do certain plate styles/colours relate to certain years? My googling couldn't answer... we pick up our 1968 on Sunday and she currently has some rather fetching glowing yellow plates.. :|

 

[monkeyvanwestybike]

ooooooooooo No you dont want yellow ones :lol:

you can have nice black and silver ones of your choice its allowed! 8)

 

[ozziedog]

I think it`s 1971 and before you can use the old style black plates 8) 8) 8) And the search function if you look to the top right hand side of the screen just under the first advert there is FAQs and right next to it is the search .

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Black plates??? Yes you can :lol: :lol:

 

[abby]

Woohoo thanks Ozziedog!!

Is there any preference over black with white or black with silver? Nothing relates to certain vehicles/years etc? Not sure which I prefer... I'm swaying towards silver though!

 

[67westy]

I got mine from framptons (pl8s.co.uk) I went with the pressed aluminium as the background is painted black rather than being a plastic layer. The plastic layer seperated over time for me, no issues with painted so far!

http://www.framptonsplates.com/PressedAluminium.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[abby]

I got mine from framptons (pl8s.co.uk) I went with the pressed aluminium as the background is painted black rather than being a plastic layer. The plastic layer seperated over time for me, no issues with painted so far!

http://www.framptonsplates.com/PressedAluminium.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yes, those were the ones I was eyeing up! Thanks now do I go with full height font... borders... :lol:

 

[Dickie524]

I used Framptons too, have done for numerous classics of all makes, but I got the raised, rivetted white plastic 3d digits on a black background. According to Framptons these were more of a 1950's, early 60's thing, but I (personally) preferred them over the pressed silver aluminium ones...

But all black/ white or black/ silver combinations are fine up to 01/01/1973. In practice by the late 60's early 70's most were using white and yellow plates as they were coming in by then, but after 01/01/1973 then legaly have to be yellow plates.

Again these can be of any construction, but raised rivetted digits or pressed aluminium were the way it was done at the time, obviously perspex ones came in much later.

 

[abby]

I used Framptons too, have done for numerous classics of all makes, but I got the raised, rivetted white plastic 3d digits on a black background. According to Framptons these were more of a 1950's, early 60's thing, but I (personally) preferred them over the pressed silver aluminium ones...

But all black/ white or black/ silver combinations are fine up to 01/01/1973. In practice by the late 60's early 70's most were using white and yellow plates as they were coming in by then, but after 01/01/1973 then legaly have to be yellow plates.

Again these can be of any construction, but raised rivetted digits or pressed aluminium were the way it was done at the time, obviously perspex ones came in much later.

Excellent information!! Thank you