David,
What about mine? It is a 1961 with the registration 904 UPL.
david_kelly(at)ici.com wrote:
>
> herbaem wrote>
>
> >The first letter of a british license plate signifies the year in which it
> >was issued, and rotates through a 23 letter alphabet.(No I,O,Q).
> >The following letters apply to our breed:
>
> >1964 E
> >1965 F
> >1966 G
> >1967 H
> >1968 J
>
> >ex: : 1973 = P (=23= 1996)
>
> >You all can figure the rest out.
>
> This is note quite true In Britain there is a 'Q' plate and there are no
> I,O,U or Z plates
>
> The Q plate is used for cars which have been written off by insurance
> companies (usually bad crashes, rolls etc.) and then repaired for road use
> or kit cars for which no year can be determined.
>
> The system only ran in calender years until D then moved to an August 1st
> to July 31st system so D was a short year Jan 1st to July 31st. This was
> beacuse the system could not cope around new year which is a bank holiday.
>
> The system started in 1963 with A so any Alpines registered before that
> didn't get a registration letter ie mine is 1962 and is ASL 234, no seventh
> digit.
>
> 1963 A
> 1964 B
> 1965 C
> 1966 D Jan - July
> Aug 1966 E
> Aug 1967 F
> Aug 1968 G
>
> The letter also used to be at the end of the plate i.e ABC 123 'B' and now
> as we have been through once it is now at the start. current plates start
> 'T' 123 ABC
>
> A lot of people here in Britian use privite plates i.e. buy ones with no
> registration letter from previously scrapped cars to match initials and
> hide the age of the car. I have a modern car with DJK 468 as the plate and
> this is from 1998.
>
> I must also stress that it was the period registered not manufactured and
> this can be vastly different.
>
> Hope this clears it up for any overseas Alpiners who wish to fit a british
> plate for shows
>
> Dave Kelly
> North Yorkshire, England
>
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-- Ian Spencer <www.sunbeamalpine.org> '61 Harrington Alpine B9104782 OD HRO '62 Harrington Le Mans BH9115930 OD LRX
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