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#1 THE ANORAK

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Posted 11 February 2007 - 02:41 PM

first things first, Why am i interested in this ??

well, our Cooper spent the first part of it's life in Jersey and was imported back into England after doing about 1500 miles on the island (think it might have been a hire car as they did use coopers and mokes on Jersey) so i'm always interested in tracking the full details of it's history.

Now, do you realise that part of your cars registration number is a code that tells you where it was first registered on the road.

an example: the three letters of our reg are FOT. the last two letters "OT" are a code for the area that is was licenced in.

OT is one of the codes for Portsmouth, which tells me that Dominic came over on a boat from Jersey and landed in Portsmouth, cool or what :(

two more examples: first mini = 621 AOK, last mini = X411 JOP.

OK and OP are both codes for Birmingham, which is where they were registered as they were registered by the people at Longbridge.

The codes work for all cars from 1903 to 2001, and remember you want the LAST TWO LETTERS.

IF YOUR CAR WAS REGISTERED AFTER 1974, LOOK IN THE SECOND COLUMN.

if anyone has any problems reading the images (you may need to enlarge them) just let me know.

so, where is you car from ???

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#2 blacktulip

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Posted 11 February 2007 - 02:44 PM

west ham then. damn it i think i might sell lol

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Posted 11 February 2007 - 02:47 PM

Already knew mine was from Coventry .. :(

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Posted 11 February 2007 - 02:47 PM

Thats cool. My cars are from Northhampton, and Edinburgh! But I bought both of them in Orkney! :(

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Posted 11 February 2007 - 02:51 PM

mines from japan

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Posted 11 February 2007 - 02:51 PM

my mini HRB so thats nottingham
the civ YHN so that would be middlesbrough
my clubby is THP and thats coventry

Edited by mini93, 11 February 2007 - 02:53 PM.


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Posted 11 February 2007 - 02:55 PM

Fiiiiiinally someone who knows what I'm on about!!

I've been saying this for ages and no one seems to get it!

Thank you Anorak!! :(!

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Posted 11 February 2007 - 02:57 PM

oh good you can see them, i thought the images had come out too small for a moment (minor panic over) :(

i had a small problem with my bucket for a moment :xxx:

if you have any problems try holding down Ctrl and clicking refresh !!!

Edited by THE ANORAK, 11 February 2007 - 03:09 PM.


#9 THE ANORAK

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Posted 11 February 2007 - 02:58 PM

Fiiiiiinally someone who knows what I'm on about!!

I've been saying this for ages and no one seems to get it!

Thank you Anorak!! :(!



What :xxx: what did i do ??? :xxx:

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Posted 11 February 2007 - 03:04 PM

preston!! :xxx:


now its in darlington scattered around my garage :(

Edited by Richard, 11 February 2007 - 03:18 PM.


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Posted 11 February 2007 - 03:12 PM

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Posted 11 February 2007 - 03:15 PM

mmm, might be an idea to say where it was from and then where it is now, just so it actually means something to people :(

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Posted 11 February 2007 - 03:15 PM

...And what about my German mini?? where the reg changes everytime its sold on....

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Posted 11 February 2007 - 03:18 PM

...And what about my German mini?? where the reg changes everytime its sold on....



sorry mate, it only covers the British isles :(

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Posted 11 February 2007 - 03:36 PM

RR Nottinghamshire, its now in Derbyshire, not too far, 1992-2007




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