Registration plates

[slurpysi]

Hello all,

I have just got my series 2 back from the paint shop and it looks so much better without a front number plate - it previously had a stick-on one on the bonnet.

What are the options - I have seen the small number plates attached on the lower body below the bumper, but are these illegal ? Or are they legal but will attract the 'wrong' attention ?

Also, I have a 1978 Fiat, can I use old style black and white plates on this, or do I need moden ones ?

Any help appreciated.

Regards

[mystery type]

Also, I have a 1978 Fiat, can I use old style black and white plates on this, or do I need moden ones ?

Only cars up to 1973 can have the old style plates.

As far as your e type goes, i would just use the correct stick-on plate, its not worth attracting any unwanted attention, and i kind of like the stick on number plate, as very few other cars are allowed to use them anyway.

[larryward]

Yes Mystery Type is right that only cars up to 1973 can have the old style plates.

[Simon P]

I have a '75 Fulvia wearing old style plates. I do have a pair of correct plates, which I used to religiously swap over come MOT time, but these days I don't bother and no one to date has pulled me up on it.

Paradoxically my father ran his '69 E-type around for many years on incorrect post-'73 plates following a prang and repair in 1975, and no one ever pulled him up for that either....

8)

[christopher storey]

There is no requirement to use old style plates on pre 1973 cars so your father's e was perfectly legal throughout

[Simon P]

your father's e was perfectly legal throughout

I would have expected nothing less of the Old Boy!

:D

[Hazy]

I have had the front plate taken off my E-type, as you say, they look so much better.

Ive run various cars without a front plate for years without a problem, if its a nice car the coppers are usually too busy checking the car itself out to notice. One the one occasion I did get a pull I explained politely that the car had just been painted and I had the new number plate ready to go on but not got the sticky pads yet (have a new front plate in your boot of course)

Having a small plate is a DEFINATE fine as you are knowingly breaking construction and use laws

[38E]

I've never installed a front plate on mine in the 15 years since I restored it, even though one is legally required here in Ontario (and there's no provision for a self adhesive version here either).

I was asked about it only once in all that time by a policeman. I pointed out that there was nowhere to fix a plate and I couldn't bring myself to drill mounting holes in that beautiful bonnet. The copper had to agree with that and nothing more was said.