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plates have changed many times over the
years since the UK vehicle registration system
began in 1903 and it was not until the late 50's and early 60's that the idea of having a transferrable personal registration plate on your car, was born.
The first sequence of registration plates began
with one letter and one number eg A1 closely followed
by numbers up to 999. Then these were reversed
and more letters were added up to a maximum of
three letters and three numbers eg ABC 123 or
123 ABC. These cherished personal reg plates are dateless
as they were not intended to have any relation
to the age of the vehicle they were assigned to.
There are many of these still in existence and
for sale today but they are not the most popular
choice of our customers as they command prices
well into many thousands of pounds.
The less expensive alternatives can be searched
using the search systems on the FIND NUMBER PLATES link above.
These include DVLA Prefix number plates, DVLA Current style number plates and dvlni Irish registrations starting
from as little as £99 plus vat and transfer
fees. Whilst the Irish plates are all dateless
(as they also have no age identifier in the plate
sequence) they can be transferred to any age of
UK registered motor vehicle, not just those registered
in Northern Ireland. The only drawback with personal Irish
plates may be that they always have an I or a
Z in the letter combinations but you’ll
find this isn’t the case for the other British
plates.
It’s possible to choose your initials
or a three letter word of name to search and it’s
even possible to get some really good matches
to longer names, words and phrases. If you’re
looking for a private plate for someone else,
as a gift perhaps, then you might like to visit
our Ideas
and Suggestions pages by clicking here . These
have been designed with the personal number plate novice
in mind to help them understand how people choose
certain letter and numbering combinations to represent
names, words and phrases.
There are many rules and regulations relating to
the display of your personal registration plates and you may
like to see these by clicking here
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