Not seen that one but clearly remember seeing "PEN 15" many years ago. Would it be allowed now?COM1C used to be owned b Jimmy Tarbuck.
Not seen that one but clearly remember seeing "PEN 15" many years ago. Would it be allowed now?COM1C used to be owned b Jimmy Tarbuck.
He didI may be wrong, but I thought Paul Daniels had MAG 1 C on a Roller or a Bentley at the height of his fame.
U1 - Leeds mayor's limo (assuming it still is)
Eastern National had some Bristol MWs with “MOO” and “OO” plates delivered in 1962/3 - see http://www.bristolsu.co.uk/mw/fleetlist/fleetlisteasternnational.htmThe old Essex combinations such as BOO LOO and POO were removed long ago. Also the mark VD for Luton was withdrawn in 1974.
The Bournemouth mayoral car used to be (not sure if they still own the plate) EL1 whilst Reading’s was MRD1. The latter is now used on one of Reading Buses’ fleet - it’s one of only eight local authority owned bus operators left it the UK.Leeds mayor car is U1.
I also think Rotherham Mayor car is ET1!
Daughter's friend dad has a single letter two number reg on his Range Rover.
This site may be of interest for this thread.
Fairly sure (not certain) F 1 and 1 F used to be on Essex County Council cars.
I remember stories of them being sold for tidy sums but it's not something I have a great interest in.
Maybe they couldn't afford to run the Ferrari after being "F1RED"!I once saw F1 RED in West Bromwich of all places. On a red Ferrari (348) obviously.
It’s now on a 10 year old Beamer 1 series. Diesel. White FFS.
It should be "SPA 1N" in order to fit with one of the standard formats. "SPA IN" wouldn't work at all. Searching for the former doesn't work for me, either. I wonder if perhaps it has been recently transferred to a different vehicle and the site hasn't yet been updated.I saw SPA 1N today (or it might actually have been IN) in Oxford, on a black Audi being driven by an elderly-looking man. Curiously, neither of those registrations come up on the DVLA website: SPA IN is "invalid", and SPA 1N "details could not be found"...
I saw SPA 1N today (or it might actually have been IN) in Oxford, on a black Audi being driven by an elderly-looking man. Curiously, neither of those registrations come up on the DVLA website: SPA IN is "invalid", and SPA 1N "details could not be found"...
Saw U2 numberplate on Tuesday.The vehicle was a Mini,new model.Leeds mayor car is U1.
I also think Rotherham Mayor car is ET1!
Daughter's friend dad has a single letter two number reg on his Range Rover.
This site may be of interest for this thread.
Do these countries not use the usual Diplomatic ( xxx D xxx ) and Staff ( xxx X xxx ) series then? Or do they still use those for most of their cars?I suspect this is withheld on the DVLA website as it is very likely to be the ‘formal’ car of the Spanish Embassy in the UK. Most of the embassy cars have cherished plates, typically XXX 1 or 1 XXX, where XXX is a three letter contraction of the country. I have seen the Swedish Embassy car SWE 1 on a big black Volvo, but that doesn‘t show up on DVLAs search either. However giving Spain that plate would be the obvious thing to do.
Do these countries not use the usual Diplomatic ( xxx D xxx ) and Staff ( xxx X xxx ) series then? Or do they still use those for most of their cars?
Yes, thats for the usual diplomatic cars for diplomatic staff. But these cherised plates are on the ‘official’ car that would be used by an ambassador, for example if attending a reception to receive some fancy looking but rubbish chocloates that Jonathan Ross can’t pronounce.
S1 is registered to a 2006 Vauxhall CorsaX1 was issued in Northumberland and sold for over £500k about 10 years ago.
Somebody has S1 and it could be worth £1m today.
It's still going.
I think William Hill's tried buying this for £1M off Bolton council.
Going back to council number plates, the F1 plate was bought from a local council for around £400,000 about 5 years ago, think they are trying to flog it for £15m now.
SPA 1N is on a 2020 Audi A6SPA IN isn’t a UK plate in any circumstances- as there’s always numbers!
It can only have been SPA 1N.
I suspect this is witheld on the DVLA website as it is very likely to be the ‘formal’ car of the Spainish Embassy in the UK. Most of the embassy cars have cherished plates, typically XXX 1 or 1 XXX, where XXX is a three letter contraction of the country. I have seen the Swedish Embassy car SWE 1 on a big black Volvo, but that doesn‘t show up on DVLAs search either. However giving Spain that plate would be the obvious thing to do.
If you want to see these embassy cars, a quick walk round Westminster, Knightsbridge or Kensington will reveal a few. Almost always black, and usually Mercs & Beamers (occaisonally Audis) unless the country concerned manufactures decent big saloons.
2019 Volvo S90U1 - Leeds mayor's limo (assuming it still is)
As I said before, that used to belong to Barton Townley, who was a family friend of my parents previously. He owned a number of car dealerships (particulary Datsun) around Barrow in Furness and it was a common sight around South Cumbria for years.spotted “B1” recently
Today I was following a Bentley (Continental?) Northbound on the M11. It's registration (I kid you not) was FU 2!
Ok, close enough - I fhought it was a Bentley, but I must have been mistaken.FU 2 is assigned to a 1965 Rolls Royce