elan23 · Sep 16, 2015

Always thought that B\W number plates were only legal pre Jan 1973. Found out today that it's rolling, so pre 1975 this year. We live and learn!

norseman · Sep 17, 2015

elan23 said:
Always thought that B\W number plates were only legal pre Jan 1973. Found out today that it's rolling, so pre 1975 this year. We live and learn!

We do indeed - thanks for that info.
Not applicable for me now, but could be in the near future.

wammers · Sep 17, 2015

elan23 said:
Always thought that B\W number plates were only legal pre Jan 1973. Found out today that it's rolling, so pre 1975 this year. We live and learn!

Where did you get this information. Do you have a link?

timtheenchanteruk · Sep 17, 2015

Can I ask where you have seen this, dvla website still says 73...

wammers · Sep 17, 2015

timtheenchanteruk said:
Can I ask where you have seen this, dvla website still says 73...

The VED cut off date has been extended to 1974. But NOT the number plate requirements as far as i can see. Number plate rules remain the same.

blue beasty · Sep 17, 2015

wammers said:
The VED cut off date has been extended to 1974. But NOT the number plate requirements as far as i can see. Number plate rules remain the same.

I agree, number plate regs are set by the year of manufacture and unrelated to VED exemption

FlyingPete · Sep 17, 2015

Basically, the general rule is that the vehicle has to comply with regulations in force at the time it was built. This allows old vehicles to stay on the road without having to retroactively make changes. Number plate rules changed in '73, so any vehicle after that needs yellow/white. Any pre-73 vehicle on black plates can continue to have them. Any vehicle registered after 2001 also needs to meet specific requirements for font, size etc, and the same applies to new yellow/white plates put on any '74-'00 vehicle too. Nothing to do with the (now rolling) car tax exemption.

elan23 · Sep 17, 2015

blue beasty · Sep 17, 2015

elan23 said:

Interesting, can't find any mention of this anywhere else.

Anyone with a little spare time and something more substantial than a phone want to do some digging?

wammers · Sep 17, 2015

blue beasty said:
Interesting, can't find any mention of this anywhere else.

Anyone with a little spare time and something more substantial than a phone want to do some digging?

Think i would wait to see it in black and white from DVLA rather than risk a £1000.00 fine to be honest. At this time they say 1973. Although i have seen a fairly new Fiesta with black background pressed ally plates on. Wonder how long he lasted?

RobertP · Sep 17, 2015

wammers said:
Think i would wait to see it in black and white from DVLA rather than risk a £1000.00 fine to be honest. At this time they say 1973. Although i have seen a fairly new Fiesta with black background pressed ally plates on. Wonder how long he lasted?

He probably will last for ever, like all the illegally spaced plates that sort of nearly pretend to be your name. Who cares? Clearly not the police.

Yoyodyne · Sep 17, 2015

A very nice Merc (newish) parks outside a local curry house with a B&W plate front and rear and he's never had to change it. Could be because it spells some Asian name ...

norseman · Sep 18, 2015

RobertP said:
He probably will last for ever, like all the illegally spaced plates that sort of nearly pretend to be your name. Who cares? Clearly not the police.

These are the one's that amuse me the most. The owner's think that others will be impressed by the so-called private plate whereas in fact the poseurs are actually saying 'I'd like a personal plate, but can't afford a real one' I confess to liking the idea of my initials & birth-year on my car, but not at £20K + so I'm happy to stick with the the original.

Yoyodyne · Sep 18, 2015

norseman said:
These are the one's that amuse me the most. The owner's think that others will be impressed by the so-called private plate whereas in fact the poseurs are actually saying 'I'd like a personal plate, but can't afford a real one' I confess to liking the idea of my initials & birth-year on my car, but not at £20K + so I'm happy to stick with the the original.

I'm changing my name by deed poll. From now on I wish to be called Mr BLZ8666

Brown · Sep 18, 2015

There's a 2002 Jaguar near me whose owner keeps it looking very spruce. It recently was given some black and silver plates and I wondered whether he'd get any trouble. So far not, it seems.

FlyingPete · Sep 19, 2015

I did hear of one guy who had a very ordinary numberplate on a car that was much newer than the plate. Turned out he owned numerous trailers, and it was cheaper to transfer the old car's number to the new one than to get new plates made up for all the trailers!

tacr2man · Sep 20, 2015

as of 0ct 2014 DVLA still states 1973 as b/w cut off date as in INF 04 from DFT
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vehicle-registration-numbers-and-number-plates

sound s like someone got confused
send 3/ 4d we are going to a dance

elan23 · Nov 5, 2015

Well it would appear that I was correct in what I posted.
The reference is: the Classic Land Rover, page 20, bottom right. (Dec2015)

tacr2man · Nov 5, 2015

What government reference? as a couple of lines by some hack in a car mag doesn't count for much in court

ajb403 · Nov 5, 2015

Linked to historic tax class according to discussion on the Series 2 forum:

http://www.series2club.co.uk/forum/forum/index.php/topic,81176.0.html

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