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[skippersworld]

I found a number plate down on our bit of land which is AU 150 B a old type number plate!! is there anyway i can claim this number plate if the car is not in use any more, unregistered or scrapped or something!!!??? Any info on this people?

Thanks!

[nicksuth]

If it's an old "B" reg (1963/64) it should have 3 x letters before the number followed by the B. letters 2 and 3 usually indicate where it was registered and the last letter is the year? i.e. it should be AU? 150B

Not sure if you'll be able to claim it though?

Just a thought, it could be a military one in which case it would be AU 15 OB

Edited by nicksuth, 23 September 2009 - 03:55 PM.

[skippersworld]

The reg. definitely says AU 150 B. Any idea what this could be then?

[skippersworld]

Or can you get a older style number plate made and put onto a car with the newer kind of number plate??

[Bungle]

have a look on the DVLA web site for whats available and how much it's going to cost you

[Lot]

I didn't think suffix year plates came in a format that only had 2 letters at the beginning.

Normally they would be 3 letters followed by 2 or 3 numbers then the year letter i.e. AAA XXY or AAA XXXY where A is a letter, X a number and Y a letter. I think a letter is missing at the beginning.

[mini-man-dan]

LINK
Click above and it confirms it is not a valid reg number. Could be foreign though...?

[Dan]

Looks like an old district registration from before the system was centralised and computerised. You can only buy a registration that's not on a car if it's on the list that are for sale at the DVLA or it's held on retention by someone. You can't just claim one. Registration numbers aren't property, they are just serial numbers. When a car is destroyed or exported or for any other reason de-registered the number goes back into the DVLA record. They 'own' all registrations, you simply have the right to use one on your car. They don't make all registrations transferable, some they don't want in circulation any more. These type of local registrations from before the whole system was re-organised are normally only valid for the vehicle they were originally given to because they don't comply with the proper system. If the car that this number refers to was never entered onto the DVLA system the number would not appear on any computerised lists but it would still be valid. It would not be transferrable though and would cause all kinds of problems with ANPR cameras and anything official. As such most registrations that were not transferred are on cars that haven't been used in a very long time.

[skippersworld]

Ah ok Dan, thanks for the info!!!