150 MPH Number plate

[Jimmymoo]

First off i am not selling it but am curious as to what people would expect the value to be. With the history of the E type it is the perfect car for it to be on. Its currently on a S3 V12 and gets a lot of comments.

Reg transfers valuation came in at a comical amount of ?5k considering 240 MPH is offered at ?60k.

[Heuer]

That is because people with £60k to spend on a car probably own one capable of that (240mph) speed. Even many family saloons are limited to 155mph nowadays so a 150 MPH plate does not have many bragging rights in the pub. Perfect for an E-Type however.

[mystery type]

Reg transfers valuation came in at a comical amount of ?5k

That is because of the way they value plates, part of their pricing policy is based on the fact you have a 6 digit plate, and less is nearly always worth more in the plate world.

however, i think its a great plate for an e type, and would pay that price. but as its not for sale, the price quoted is irrelevant.

[paydase]

In Belgium, since they decided to implement a new policy on registration plates in April this year, it's on the basis of first come first serve, but you have to pay 1.000 EUR. You have to comply with the required format though, not the sexy one of that black sticker. And not all the registrations are available though, some being reserved for official uses. e.g.: 1 is for the King, E-1 or E-64 for Members of the Parliament, but 9600-HP is possible. Some people dare showing plates such as :


or:

[Mark Gordon]

That reminds me of some of the license plates that I saw when I was stationed in Germany in the '70's. The plates identify the city of registration by one or two letters (i.e. "N" for Nurnberg) followed by two more letters and a number. One of the suburbs of Nurnberg is Furth which is identified by "FU" and two more letters. I saw several over the years that were "FU*K" which always gave us GI's a chuckle. I even saw one which was "FU*K 69. Didn't have my camera with me.

[Durango2k]

... And there's Stuttgart, read S-EX.

They do not hand out Nazi combinations like SS or SA, but these guys go for 18 or 81 on the number part....

Carsten

[Jimmymoo]

saw a great one on a porsche 911 carrera 4 which was 1 EX WIFE

[Jimmymoo]

That is because of the way they value plates, part of their pricing policy is based on the fact you have a 6 digit plate, and less is nearly always worth more in the plate world.

The 5k or the 60k?

[johnben]

Mine cost ?3000 two years ago which according to the Heritage Certificate was the original number plate of the car but I am still doing battle with the DVLA over it's authenticity.

John

[David Oslo]

Interesting system here in Norway. If the car is older that 1974 then you can apply for an age-related combination, assuming of course it's not already in use. Especially usefull when importing from the US, without any real original plate.

Norway had single letter prefixes for the different regions back in the 60's. There are quite a few Triumph TRs, E-types and S-types (and so on) benifitting from the availabilty of T's E's and S's. In the early seventies they had moved onto double letters, my old TR had DB (my initials) which would also sit nicely on an Aston.

Think of these lovely combo's

E-3863
E-4267
E-42167

I had to add the 1 in the middle since the previous choice was taken. Denoting Series 1 of course. My third choice was to take the engine number, very subtle combo.

Oh, and all of this costs zilch extra. Costs just the same a brand new modern combination when registering for the first time. And if you have a pre-1974 that has ended up on modern plates you can apply to get old style back onto the car, for just an admin fee.

Nice to have one benefit in what is otherwise a very expensive car country.

[mystery type]

Not sure if you are aware of this jimmymoo, but in the july edition of classic and sports car
it states that the numberplate 150 MPH once belonged to Hugh Hunter.
Hugh had this numberplate on his jaguar e type. this should help improve the plates value


http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archi ... /hc-hunter

[Quattrofrank]

A lot of the e combinations are taken in Norway.
I ended up with e-878 on my car but I am happy with this as the prefix is E and only 3 digits giving me a small size plate.

[rolando38]

here in France, all plates have now a single format AA-111-AA, and every time a car changes owner it has to follow this template (whereas older format was 111 AA 99, the 2 latter figures being the number of the "departement" or county)

and there is no possibility to have a "personal plate" (probably a silly "republican rule" avoiding the richest to "stand from the crowd" and thus stupidly limiting the state income from additional revenue)

nevertheless, without requesting it, I was delighted to see the clerk handing over to me my title for my XKR with a large smile : DC -382 - XK

never knew if it was pure coincidence (probabilty very low) or a kind attention from her...

[PeterCrespin]

...my XKR with a large smile : DC -382 - XK

I saw a photo of that XKR with a large smile.

Une Jaguar fi?re et coquine!

[rolando38]

bien jou? Peter ! if you make it a blue 1999 model, then you'll get it right :D

[trondvo]

Just adding to the norwegian pre '71 license plate possibilities and don't forget the old Oslo license plates, 3 times double digits.

Lots of nice combos, eg 19-65-42 or just imagine, 96-00-xx and further..

If you want a small plate and perhaps a nice US license plate frame you can get by with one letter and 4 numbers.

Personally prefer to stick to my county (B) when registering a pre '71. You may need a "1" in the combo to fit in a US license plate.

Just found and restoring a classic Porsche frame and this one may be passed onto the OTS, authentic chrome frame from my first AH3000.

[Peter D]

Late in catching up here but shortly after the E type made it's astounding debut, I saw reg plate 150MPH on an E Type at a Steam rally held in the grounds of a stately pile in the vicinity of Dereham in Norfolk.
Can't remember where exactly or whether the car was a soft top or FHC, all a long time ago and would have been late 61 or early 62 and I was in the RAF at the time. There had been all the publicity of the E Type being capable of 150 MPH and there it was parked up in a public area. I remember being very impressed seeing the car and number combo.
Another plate that impressed me was seeing 1FEW near RAF Upwood. Never got to ask the driver if his dad had been a Battle of Britain pilot!

[chrisfell]

My favourite in this vein was a Jaguar modern S-Type I saw in Salisbury wearing a plate that read S7YPE.

[Mark Gordon]

I was stationed with the US Army in Nurnberg, Germany in the mid-70's. One of the suburbs (birthplace of Henry Kissinger and actual location of the courtroom for the Nurnberg war crime trials) was Furth. I guess that it's common knowledge on this forum that the German system of license plate numbering includes the city or I guess landkreis (Carston can correct me if I'm wrong) where the car is registered. Each jurisdiction has its letter or letters (e.g. Nurnberg=N, Munich=M, followed by a dash then two more letters and some numbers). Since Frankfurt was designated F, Furth was identified by "Fu-xx##). We Americans always got a chuckle out of seeing the occasional car with the plate, Fu-ck##.

Edit: I apologize for what is essentially a double posting. I just jumped ahead to "unread posts" without noticing or remembering (I know, I'm getting old) that I had already responded with essentially the same posting. I should at least get some points for consistency.

[chrisfell]

Anyone recall Paul Raymond's E-Type wearing FU2? Or Steve Parrish's car which carried PEN15? And let's not forget all those Pimlico Plumbers vans running around London sporting numbers like B1DET and F1USH.