<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
..shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style>
<![endif]--><o:SmartTagType
namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="country-region"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="place"/>
<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
</style>
<![endif]-->
<style>
<!--
st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:Calibri;
color:windowtext;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;
text-decoration:none none;}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:Calibri;
color:navy;}
@page Section1
{size:595.3pt 841.9pt;
margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#003366'>Thank you, Sarah,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#003366'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#003366'>I am trying to build
the provenance of the plates.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#003366'>We know the owner - my
wife's late brother.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#003366'>We have a photo of
the car but only a side view - which does not show the registration plates.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#003366'>Ideally we want to
link the plates to the car and/or owner.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#003366'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#003366'>A friend coined a
word for this detective work: "carcheology".<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#003366'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#003366'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#003366" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#003366'>Mark Donaldson<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<div>
<div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>
<hr size=3 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1>
</span></font></div>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
S. Carr [mailto:britfan1@epix.net] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, 24 June 2016 6:43
a.m.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'AH Mail List'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Healeys] British
registration number plate</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>According to the list
in my 1952 ed. of the <u>RAC Guide & Handbook</u>, marks ending in
“GT” were issued by the London County Council – but
that’s all I can tell you. (Apparently, when they ran out of
numbers to use with the 2-letter prefix, an initial letter was added; anybody
know when they got to letter “D”?)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Sarah Carr<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>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>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<div style='font-color:black'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> <a
href="mailto:ardmorebusiness@xtra.co.nz" title="ardmorebusiness@xtra.co.nz">Mark
Donaldson</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> Wednesday, June 22,
2016 6:59 AM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> <a
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" title="healeys@autox.team.net">'AH Mail
List'</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>
[Healeys] British registration number plate<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>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=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>The number is 600 DGT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>I believe it may have
been issued in the greater <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">London</st1:city></st1:place></st1:City> area around 1958.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font size=3
color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Can any of you British
listers help me identify it?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font size=3
color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Mark Donaldson<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:black'>Ardmore</span></font></st1:place></st1:City></st1:city><font
size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>NZ<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>