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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#003366'>Thanks Peter,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#003366'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#003366'>As you will have seen in my reply to Sarah,
we know the car and its owner. He was my late brother-in-law.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#003366'>What I want to establish with 100%
certainty is that the registration plates did come off that Jaguar.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#003366'>We have been trying to find family
correspondence to confirm the number, but so far have drawn a blank.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#003366'>We have a photos of it unloaded off the
ship in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Wellington</st1:place></st1:City>,
but they are side views and the plates cannot be seen.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#003366'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#003366'>I thought the car may have originally
been registered in <st1:City w:st="on">Cheshire</st1:City>, but south-west <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:City> makes more sense
as that is where he lived at the time.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#003366'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#003366'>Thanks for your constructive help.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#003366'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#003366'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#003366'>Mark<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Peter Dzwig [mailto:pdzwig@summaventures.com] <br>
Sent: Saturday, 25 June 2016 2:30 a.m.<br>
To: Healey<br>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] British registration number plate</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Mark,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I
don't really understand the question. Are you looking to identify the car? or<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>the
owner? or what? or perhaps, as Sarah has implied, the general area of issue.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>FWIW
in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>
the licence plate in effect uniquely identifies the vehicle in<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>the
records of the vehicle licencing authority at the time (presently DVLA). It<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>does
not carry ownership information which is kept private within DVLA records.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Of
course we know the identity of some owners of special cars (eg DD300) but<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>that
isn't unambiguous - see discussions on these pages over many years.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Therefore
there is only a slim chance that your plate's owner(s) can be identified.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The
London County Council was the umbrella council for the whole of the <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>metropolitan
area up to the mid '60s when it was replaced by the Grater London<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Council.
According to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_dependencies_and_overseas_territories#Older_plates">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_dependencies_and_overseas_territories#Older_plates</a></span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>GT
corresponds to a South West London issue (not necessarily where the owner
lived).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>My
guess is that the letters were issued as and when they were needed, not on<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>any
particular timescale, as they were from '63 on when the coding system<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>changed.
It is quite possible that they were issued either randomly or, more<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>probably,
on a first-come first-served basis.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Strictly
all that can be said is that the registration was issued between about<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>1953
and later '62. Since the Mk1 was produced between 1952 and 1959 we can<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>narrow
this down a bit, to 1953 - 1959, probably later in the run. Bear in mind<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>too
that cars weren't always registered as soon as they were built.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hope
that this helps,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Peter
Dzwig<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><o:p> </o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>On
23/06/2016 19:43, S. Carr wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
According to the list in my 1952 ed. of the _RAC Guide & Handbook_, marks
ending<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
in “GT” were issued by the London County Council – but
that’s all I can tell<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
you. (Apparently, when they ran out of numbers to use with the 2-letter
prefix,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
an initial letter was added; anybody know when they got to letter
“D”?)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
Sarah Carr<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
BN1 in PA (<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
*From:* Mark Donaldson <mailto:ardmorebusiness@xtra.co.nz><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
*Sent:* Wednesday, June 22, 2016 6:59 AM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
*To:* 'AH Mail List' <mailto:healeys@autox.team.net><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
*Subject:* [Healeys] British registration number plate<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
I have a set of plates that were on a Mk1 Jaguar imported to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">New Zealand</st1:country-region></st1:place> in the sixties.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
The number is 600 DGT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
I believe it may have been issued in the greater <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:City> area around 1958.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
Can any of you British listers help me identify it?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
Cheers <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>>
Mark Donaldson<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Ardmore</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dr
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