Reg Nos (OT)

Roger Chapman waffled on in a quite bewildering manner to produce...

Guernsey I think.

Purely numeric series' have been issued in the UK in the past and I see them fairly regularly transferred to modern vehicles, often (irritatingly) with silver on black plates. Sorry I don't know when or where they would have been issued - presumably the Newreg "was it issued?" link might throw some light on a specifc sequence:

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PO Box 1232 Calne Wiltshire SN11 8WA United Kingdom

Guernsey, I think..Jersey ones have a J suffix.

Guernsey, I think..Jersey ones have a J suffix.

There should be what looks like a "GB" on the number plate which will be "GBG"

Guernsey, I think..Jersey ones have a J suffix.

There should be what looks like a "GB" on the number plate which will be "GBG"

No, they are only available on Gurnsea vehicles... and in Guernsea, you can still legally use black/white plates on modern cars.

The message from "Phil Howard" contains these words:

Thanks to various folks including Phil.

Having watched a few instalments of Bergercoat I was aware that Jersey numbers (or at least some of them) had a J in them. I have no idea what the other channel islands or the Isle of Man do.

This particular numberplate was blank apart from the 5 digit number. ISTR that the yellow wasn't quite standard but it didn't have a border or anything else that might suggest a potential export.

Roger

The message from "William Davies" contains these words:

Thanks. Tried that but it came back that it wasn't a valid reference number. I couldn't however be certain I had remembered the number correctly but it certainly started with 74.

Roger

It's becuase it's from Guernsea (see my last post). They just use 5 numbers on the plate, no letters. And they can use the older colours on modern vehicle... Usually loads where I live (Poole), becuase it's where the Ferry comes in :-)

Hi Howard, I'll stop being irritated by them :-) My mistake, I'd never realised these were Guernsey numbers - it does of course explain why they are so common on Black plates...... Cheers, Bill.

Snap!

Same here today. A goldish Fiesta with black reg plates which only had