What Year/reg Is Allowed Black/silver Plates?

[Guest rhetorical-oracle]

Just to get back to original digression, isn't W reg pre 1973, so legally allowed the black and silver plates?

 

W reg is only just older than you Tim . 1980-81 I think, so no where near before 1973. My first car was a 1979 T-Reg Fiesta.

[Guest Paul Kirby]

From memory, anything post 1971 (K reg') has to have white/yellow reflective plates

Edited April 11, 2008 by axle man

[Guest carl leonard]

It's the date you register the car and not the number plate. Your wonderful Labour Govern

ment put paid to that when they came to power, to ensure you paid for road tax - grabbing........! If DVLA mess up and resister your car as 1973 you may get Free Road Tax and B\W plates - its happened before!

 

 

Just to get back to original digression, isn't W reg pre 1973, so legally allowed the black and silver plates?

[Guest Bazwaz]

......! If DVLA mess up

 

DVLA mess up? Never! :D

 

Barry.

[Guest chris brown]

Just to get back to original digression, isn't W reg pre 1973, so legally allowed the black and silver plates?

Date about right Tim but it was Aug 71 or 72 with "J" being black/white (optional reflective) and "K being reflective IIRC (may be wrong again)

[Guest salty_monk]

My Dad had a K plate transit van Mk1 when I was a kid... I clearly remember it had yellow & white plates on it.

 

Dan

[ibrooks]

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/media/pdf/leaflets/v796.pdf

 

If it was "constructed" before 1 Jan 1973 it is allowed to have black and silver plates however.......

 

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/media/pdf/leaflets/inf104.pdf

 

"A new number plate format was introduced on 1 September 2001.

At the same time new regulations took effect governing design, manufacture and display of number plates. The regulations introduce a standard typeface, making it easier

for number plates to be read. The change applies to the plates

of vehicles registered from 1 September 2001 and to all replacement plates issued from that date."

 

Note "all replacement plates issued from that date"

 

So if it was built pre 1973 then it can show black and silver plates if it already has them but if you have to get a replacement then it must be to the new standard.

This also covers the different scripts and whatnot. The first link shows the rules pre Sept 2001. So long as a plate complies with those and was on the car before Sept 2001 it's legal. It's only if it has to be replaced that it must be the new typeface, colour, spacing etc. There was no mandatory typeface.

 

Iain

[Guest RH CAT 7]

legal on q plates

[Guest crwoodford]

Thanks to all for a splendid debate...

 

The V5 says Date of first Registration 01/05/1981

 

I believe the car has been driven with old Black/Silver Reg Plate since then?

 

Ho Hum.....