On Sun, 3 May 1998, jonmac wrote:
> Don't have my book of UK index marks to hand but it looks like this one
> [JOI 585] comes from Northern Ireland.
> If I remember correctly any combo of the second two letters which features
> and I - not a 1 - is reserved
> for that part of the UK.
According to one of my all-time favorite car books -- The Observer's Book
of Automobiles (1963 eition), edited by L.A. Manwaring -- this would be a
Belfast [County Borough issued] registration. But no guesses as to what
vintage the "J" might suggest.
--Andy
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