Registration plates - Black/silver or reflective?

[mjheathcote]

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I've had Black and silver number plates on my 74 N reg for the last 23 years, never failed an MOT or stopped by the police for having them.

I know they are strictly illegal, but being on a 35 year old classic car, as opposed to a pimped Saxo, you can get away with it, especially as the rear plate blends in nicely with the black rear....if mine was body colour I would not have them.

[Gresley]

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My PI Estate is L reg on black & whites - Dec '72.

[STAG1973]

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I went to http://www.chestnut-registrations.co.ukand had the original white and yellow with raised digits made they look part of the car..

Adrian

[Arbman Al]

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Marco Polo wrote:

Andy Rundell wrote:

The practical reality is that you'd be very unlucky to be pulled/fined for it by the police

.....Andy

I got stopped for it twice! in the mid 80's when I lived in the UK.



regards,

Raoul 

Must have been your dodgy and suspicious appearance

[DJT]

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Marco Polo wrote:

I got stopped for it twice! in themid 80'swhen I lived in the UK.

Blimey! I thought deportation was abolished long before that :P

Dave

[Ian F]

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Martin - there are plenty of jobsworth policemen about, last time I met one was driving my other car (Non -Stag) with J14NLF plate on it - suitablyclosed upto spell "JI4NLF" and on a "show" plate so not technically BS approved.

Fair cop and I knew what I was doing - but what annoyed me was he had already done a PNC check and knew the driver/owners name - so the plate was entirely legible and not un-decipherable like some. So what's the issue? Got rid of it now - not worth the hassle.

What made it even more "fun" was I had a German visitor in the car and he could not work out what I had done to be stopped!

Beware the jobsworths!!

Anyhow - I prefer the reflective plates - and they're safer!:P

Ian L F

[claral]

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I have black and silver plates on my 76 metalic black stag, they look much better as they match the car colour and chrome.

I have never been pulled over, and the car passed an MOT with them on. I do keep the old ones next to the spare wheel just in case though!

My old peugeot passed its MOT with a broken number plate, part of the letter is missing, i guess some MOT stations dont look as hard as others!