what year did the rear number plate change sides?

Landrover77 · Jan 5, 2015

Hi All, what year did the rear number plate change sides on a land rover 88 SWB?
mine is on the right but other land rovers of similar age seem to be on the left?
any thoughts.

tottot · Jan 5, 2015

My 63 on right my 69 on left.

Land Raver · Jan 5, 2015

Thought it was 1980 to comply with European model requirements. Might be wrong.

chris7 · Jan 6, 2015

My 74 swb 88 is on the right! Whereas Tottots 69 is on the left and his 63 on the right! So there doesn't seem to have been any hard and fast rule at that time?? Kind regards. Chris

divie · Jan 6, 2015

The position changed to the left when rear fog warning lights became mandatory. The law only required the light on the offside. I can not remember the exact year though.

Ian46 · Jan 6, 2015

Fog light rules was 1981

TooMany2cvs · Jan 6, 2015

divie said:
The position changed to the left when rear fog warning lights became mandatory. The law only required the light on the offside. I can not remember the exact year though.

Foglight is required on everything registered after 1/4/80.

Our late '80 (V-reg) 88 has the plate on the left and fog light on the right.

Landrover77 · Jan 6, 2015

really interesting thanks... my back tub i believe is from a late series three, but my landy is a swb 1977.
what about black and white number plates?

TooMany2cvs · Jan 6, 2015

Landrover77 said:
what about black and white number plates?

Anything first reg after 1/1/73 has to have reflective, but B'n'W would have been the exception, rather than the rule, for quite a while before then. Reflectives were introduced in the late '60s.

Land Raver · Jan 6, 2015

Landrover77 said:
Hi All, what year did the rear number plate change sides on a land rover 88 SWB?
mine is on the right but other land rovers of similar age seem to be on the left?
any thoughts.

Just looking through the James May Specification Guide Book for the Series 3 it states:

"The rear number plate was originally fitted to the tail panel on the drivers side, which meant that LHD models differed. To simplify production all number plates were fitted to the left-hand tail panel, regardless of steering position, from late 1978".

I'll take me anorak off now

honolulujoe · Jan 7, 2015

TooMany2cvs said:
Anything first reg after 1/1/73 has to have reflective, but B'n'W would have been the exception, rather than the rule, for quite a while before then. Reflectives were introduced in the late '60s.

my s3 is probably one of the last to have the black pressed metal plates with silver lettering then, it was a late 72, always assuming the plates are original and not put on by a po.

they are both riveted on

Webley1991 · Jan 7, 2015

What registration date can you have the white/yellow plates with raised black plastic letters up until?

TooMany2cvs · Jan 7, 2015

Webley1991 said:
What registration date date can you have the white/yellow plates with raised black plastic letters up until?

So long as you can find 'em in the post-01 font, there's nothing to stop you putting them on brand new cars now.

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