Steve,
It's not quite true that you get a modern number when registering a
classic car in the UK. I just imported a Texas registered BN2 to the UK. I got
what Swansea call an "age related number". What this is, is a number with a
format from around the time that the car was built, but that had not been
previously issued. Two bonuses I discovered - the first was that I am allowed
a classic style number plate, not one of the hideous white (front) or yellow
(rear) reflective ones - the second was free road tax because the car is
pre-1973. You are correct that it's not possible to resurrect a defunct number
whithout lots of proof that the car originally carried that number.
Mike
Brooks
'56 BN2
Scotland
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 03:06:23 -0700
From: "BJ8
Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Looking for photo of a 3000
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It gets a bit more difficult than that, Alan.B UK listers
can explain it
better than I, but several years ago the UK vehicle
registration folks at
Swansea made a change in the registration system and
announced that anyone
who wanted to maintain their old plates had to do A.,
B., and C.B Those who
had cars that were unregistered/taxed at the time and
who did not do A., B.,
and C. lost the right to the plates.B Those cars would
have to be registered
today with modern reg numbers, not the historical
ones.B The only way
Swansea will allow this person to use the plate that is
original to his car
would be to prove that the car had been registered with
the old number.
Apparently, the old registration records are either not
available, or the
authorities are not willing to search for it.
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