[Jacked up]

GUYS AND GALS

i know there is a wealth of knowledge on this site so here goes a question to test you?

i have a a personnel plate and am thinking of have it made up in black and white, but am unsure of the legal implications.

so what i am asking is this possible and what is involved.

MANY THANKS IN ADVANCE

JU.

[Paul]

If your car was built before 1st Jan 1973 (it is built, not registered), then you can have black and white plates legally. Otherwise, no.

[Jacked up]

Quote: Originally Posted by Paul Mullett (original)

If your car was built before 1st Jan 1973 (it is built, not registered), then you can have black and white plates legally. Otherwise, no.

thanks for your comments but i have recently seen a ford focus rs with this done so have the rules change?

many thanks

[Scrogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jacked up (original)

thanks for your comments but i have recently seen a ford focus rs with this done so have the rules change?

No, they haven't, the owner of the Focus is driving illegally.

[Jacked up]

ok thanks very much this has answered my question

[Paul]

^^^ What he said.

[SiBradbury]

To be honest, you're probably not missing out because every modern car i've seen fitted with black and silver plates looks flippin awful!

[South Shore Lad]

When was K reg (as a suffix ) then - circa '72?

I'm sure the K reg Cortina in Life on Mars (set in '73) has non reflective plates.

Probably got the historical accuracy right, but wouldn't it have been odd for a mainstream car to be sold 'back then' with the old style plates? All the new cars I recall from that period had white/black and yellow/black.

Reflective plates came in during the mid/late 60s didn't they? If so, there was a few years when you could either have reflective or black/white then if '73 is the legal cut off point.

And I'm of the opinion too that there's something not right about modern cars with old fashioned plates!

SSL

[KillerByte]

I've seen a black MINI ONE driving around with black plates too.

I couldn't see the point to be honest.

[Restyle]

Quote: Originally Posted by South Shore Lad

All the new cars I recall from that period had white/black and yellow/black...

Some modern vehicles today are still fitted with Silver on black plates quite legally

[Haggi]

move to jersey they have black and white plates as far as i know well its one of the 2 channel islands that dose and i cant rember which for sure

[adrian.farmer]

I might be wrong on this, but i was on the understanding that its the year the plate was issued ie, pre 1973, so as an example you could put a private plate pre 1973 B&W on a modern car,

[Scrogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by adrian.farmer (original)

I might be wrong on this, but i was on the understanding that its the year the plate was issued ie, pre 1973, so as an example you could put a private plate pre 1973 B&W on a modern car,

This is actually a fairly common misconception.

True, you can put any plate on any car (as long as it doesn't make the car appear younger than it actually is) but the style of plate to be used is dictated by the age of the car, not the age of the plate.

[Black&Blue]

ive seen many cars going round with these plates on, theres a loophole somewhere in the law.
Im interested in these plates aswell and i know there not completly illegal il try and get some info unless someone else has any
thanks mark

[Scrogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by lookalikeJCW (original)

ive seen many cars going round with these plates on, theres a loophole somewhere in the law.

There is, it's the virtual non-existence of Police on the roads today.

And the ones that there are have got to be in a really foul mood to stop what appears to be an otherwise perfectly legal and roadworthy car.

[|MD|Cooper|]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scrogg (original)

There is, it's the virtual non-existence of Police on the roads today.

And the ones that there are have got to be in a really foul mood to stop what appears to be an otherwise perfectly legal and roadworthy car.

Yep thats the case.
If your still not sure, contact your local RPG (road policing group) and they'll tell you its illegal.

[Paul]

See here if you're not, for some reason, convinced:

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/media/pdf/lea...mberplates.pdf

The caveat is BUILT before 1st Jan 1973, which is why sometimes L (73) and even M (74) cars can legally have black/white plates on them. I had an L reg once, registered Jan 1973, which was allowed black/white as the assumption was that a VW Beetle wouldn't have been built, and then registered in the first few days of 1973.

[alski]

not the answer you want to hear, but how about keeping dvla approved plates
but adding a vinyl "plate" to your bonnet, might be over kill, but could look good?

[South Shore Lad]

Quote: Originally Posted by lookalikeJCW (original)

ive seen many cars going round with these plates on, theres a loophole somewhere in the law.
Im interested in these plates aswell and i know there not completly illegal il try and get some info unless someone else has any
thanks mark

It's a bit the same as illegally spaced personal plates.

Someone at work ran round for months with some dodgy spacing on her Tigra.
When she was finally pulled over the cops said they'd spotted her a few times, but hadn't been in a position to nab her. As a warning they give her a week or so to have fresh plates made (which she did of course!)

SSL.

[popey]

I had my reg with no space, had two warning (pushing luck), and the 3rd time they got a digital camera out to take a pic and send it to DVLA to ask for the reg to removed .

Managed to get out of that, and it was changed within an hour. My advice would be stay legal.