I was cleaning up the GB plate over the weekend. Now I'm not sure. It
looks like it might be J 01585. The spacing is between the J and the 0
or O. The next character could be an I or a 1; there is no seriph on
it, just a vertical line. Is it a GB plate? It measures 5 1/8" x 17
1/4". The outer frame is1/4" and the lettering is 5/8" wide. The
background is painted black with clear metal lettering. It has two
mounting holes at top that fit American plates and two other holes
centered 11" apart.
Thanks.
Carl
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jonmac [SMTP:jonmac@ndirect.co.uk]
> Sent: Monday, May 04, 1998 3:11 AM
> To: Andrew Mace
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: GB License plate
>
>
>
>
> > > Don't have my book of UK index marks to hand but it looks like
> this one
> > > [JOI 585] comes from Northern Ireland.
> > > If I remember correctly any combo of the second two letters which
> features
> > > and I - not a 1 - is reserved
> > > for that part of the UK.
>
> On Sun. 3rd May, Andy Mace wrote
>
> > According to one of my all-time favorite car books -- The Observer's
> Book
>
> > of Automobiles (1963 eition), edited by L.A. Manwaring -- this would
> be a
>
> > Belfast [County Borough issued] registration. But no guesses as to
> what
> > vintage the "J" might suggest.
>
> Ah, the definitive compendium. Either the Observer's Book or the AA
> (Automobile Association) Handbook! The J would be the series rotation
> letter
> and if its Belfast, it COULD be the issue was 'fifties/'sixties. By
> now, I
> would
> imagine Belfast is issuing three letters and four numbers.
> Northern Ireland does not use a year identification letter in line
> with
> the UK mainland. How the plate got to North America is anyone's guess.
> Maybe
> the car was close to the location of a bomb outrage and the plate got
> blown
> across
> the Atlantic. Maybe the car to which the plate was fixed was the bomb
> itself - this should not be ruled out!
>
> John Mac
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