Question About Personalised Registration Marks

[Guest paulh]

Just a quick qeustion, if i have an older vehicle, (for example, my VW is 7 years old), can i purchase a newer registration mark ie HO55 ACK (spells my surname), and put it on my car, or would i have to have a newer car to buy the registration (55 plate or older). Also, what are the rules for spacing between the '55' and the 'ACK'.

 

Maybe one for you enforcer??

[Guest rhetorical-oracle]

You'd need a car registered after September 2005 to put a 55 plate on. You can't use a number plate which misrepresents the age of the vehicle making it seem younger than it actually is.

[Guest Dredd]

Correct, also there are regulations governing the spacing of the letters, but you can't use the 55 plate anyway on a 7 year old VW.

[Les Welsher]

You don't need to have a car for it to go on, you could always buy it and keep it until you have a newer car for it to go on.

I notice it's listed on the DVLA site as being in an auction so could be quite expensive.

[enforcer]

Glad you guys knew the answer to that cos I didn't have a clue!

[Guest Bazwaz]

You can't use a number plate which misrepresents the age of the vehicle making it seem younger than it actually is.

 

But you can put a '69 plate on a new car to make it an old one

 

Barry

[Mitch]

oh you are naughty Barry

[Guest chris brown]

what are the rules for spacing between the '55' and the 'ACK'.

The first part of the registration weather it be LNNN (Letter Number Number Number) or NNLL must be equally spaced then there must then be a space of at least twice the spacing of previous letters and or numbers before the second group of letters or numbers.

If not then Enforcer is likely to feel your collar

BTW personalised plates that are altered to say something (i.e. a name or like a local one to me “MI OH MY”) can be withdrawn from persistent offenders.

[Guest rimexboy]

Hi

if you do change the spacing you will get a £30.00 fine just like i did

[Guest Nishka]

Also, what are the rules for spacing between the '55' and the 'ACK'.

 

Number Plates fitted after 01 Sept 2001, must display characters that meet dimensions shown below:

• Height ............................................................... 79mm
  
• Width (except letter I or Figure 1) .................... 50mm
  
• Stroke ............................................................... 14mm
  
• Space betwwen characters ............................... 11mm
  
• Space between groups ..................................... 33mm
  
• Top, bottom and side margins (minimum) ......... 11mm
  Space between vertical lines ............................ 19mm
  

Character width has been slightly reduced to allow for thew Euro style number plates.

 

Number plates fitted before 01 Sept 2001 must display characters that meet the dimensions shown in one of the two groups below:

• ________________________________________Group 1______Group 2
  
• Height ..................................................................... 89mm ............. 79mm
  
• Width (except letter I or Figure 1) .......................... 64mm ............. 57mm
  
• Stroke .................................................................... 16mm ............. 14mm
  
• Space betwwen characters .................................... 13mm ............. 11mm
  
• Space between groups .......................................... 38mm ............. 33mm
  
• Top, bottom and side margins (minimum) .............. 13mm ............. 11mm
  Space between vertical lines ................................. 19mm .............. 19mm
  

Traditional number plates (ie black and silver), motorcycle and imported vehicle number plate sizes can be found here: Number Plate Link

 

HTH

 

Just as a matter of interest what size would your number plates have to be if your vehicle was registrered ON 01 Sept 2001??

 

I'll get me coat!

 

Nishka

[Guest paulh]

Thans for all you help! I thought as much regarding age of car. (I'm actually trying to sell the VW at the moment to finance the hood). But don't have a 55 plate second car for it to go on. Just reading up on how i can get the hood registered as new instead of an age-related plate, then in theory i should be able to buy the plate and keep it until hood is on the road? Or could i have the plate applied to the hood from first registration?

 

Les, i noticed you mentioned that it was in auction already, have you got a link to the site? Does it tell me when & where i can bid on it?

 

Paul

[swan]

paul

link to your reg

 

 

http://www.dvla-som.co.uk/home/en/Search/p...p;x=48&y=12

 

 

swan

[Guest paulh]

Thanks swan, as an IT person i should perhaps not asked such a silly question and gone and gooled it myself!! I have now registered my interest.

 

Paul

[Guest crwoodford]

 

I could be in trouble then....

 

Good job it's only a mockup

 

Regards

Col (Taunton)