Number Plates - which type?

When the pressed type first arrived, they were the expensive option. If you think about it they require specialist equipment to make up unlike the riveted on type. So to me they still look more classy. Of course the equipment prices probably came down and labour rates went up so it's possible the pressed type became cheaper eventually.

The Mk 2 I had about that time had pressed aluminium. The screw-on white numbers always seemed to distort and crack after a year or so.

Geoff MacK

My 1961 A40 Farina was still wearing its original plates with white plastic letters (and dealer tag!) when I sold it three years ago. Aside from some discolouration, the letters were in perfect condition. At the time, the dealer was still in business too, though they have since closed down.

No wonder they closed down if you hang on to your cars that long.

Now that's just a stupid response - I'm the same age as that car.

I bought my Austin as a barn find, restored it to show condition and in the process realised who the main dealer was. Until then I had no idea that they were ever an Austin dealer, as I'd known them first as Toyota agents, then Subaru/Proton/Isuzu. I'm pretty sure it was a retirement shutdown (family firm) rather than going bust.

I'll get my coat...

My '62 Rover has the original black plates with grey rivetted letters, but I'm getting black pressed ones for my '61 as I think they look better.

Personally, I think nothing looks worse than an obviously pre-70 car on white and yellow plates. Even in the clips you posted a few of the cars look awful on them, the VdP especially. Then again, I've never been a fan of the white/yellow reflective plate, I remember in the mid '70s thinking they looked worse than the black and white / silver ones.

I've just had a googlefest and can't find when white / yellow plates were first introduced - as opposed to being made compulsory, but I'd always go for black and silver.

1966/67 or thereabouts, I remember having a set made for my Austin Champ and being asked if I wanted the new plates or not.

Peter

-- Peter A Forbes Prepair Ltd, Rushden, UK snipped-for-privacy@prepair.co.uk

Declaration "V796" from the DVLA states that "All vehicles registered after

In the context of this thread - which is: What type of construction of numberplate (riveted or pressed, silver or white letters) should a 1965 Jaguar have or when were yellow/white plates first available - WTF has declaration V796 got to do with anything?

Read his post again. It was answering a question - so helpful, unlike yours.

Ok - where was the question he answered?

Perhaps you need to learn to read?

Still at a loss to see the relevance of V796 in this context.

I was actually answering 'another' query:

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >I've just had a googlefest and can't find when white / yellow plates 1966/67 or thereabouts, I remember having a set made for my Austin Champ and being asked if I wanted the new plates or not. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Peter Peter

-- Peter A Forbes Prepair Ltd, Rushden, UK snipped-for-privacy@prepair.co.uk

Um, I actually wondered about when they first appeared, rather than when they were made compulsory ;-).