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Number Plates - a continuing saga
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PeterR



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:27 pm    Post subject: Number Plates - a continuing saga Reply with quote

This being my first post - I trust I'm getting it right and not getting up someones nose!!! Anyway, I've a 1934, 2 Seat Austin Seven Open Tourer - sometimes known as a pre-opal. The car has hand-painted number plates and both the plates and registration number look original. The plates have clearly been over painted many times and I'd like to get them back to something like the original but I'm struggling to establish the correct type-face (in mobern parlance!). Looking through the other correspondance, it's probably 3.5 inch lettering but does anyone know the style?

Any help appreciated - PeterR
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buzzy bee



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

There was a site link posted on here a while back, when I asked the question, that gave you age dates, and the type face etc.

Will try to find it.

Welcome along too, have you any pics/information on your Seven, have you done much to her, had her long etc?

Cheers

Dave
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welcome....

This might be the link

http://www.tippersvintageplates.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/tippers?opendocument&part=2
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welcome to the forum PeterR

Do you have any pics to hand of the A7?

Rick Smile
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Guys -

The car details as far as I've been able to establish:
Build May 1934, first registered 7th June 1934 in Chelmsford, Essex. The pre-DVLA log book I've got was issued 23rd January 1956 in Ferring, near Worthing, Sussex. Since then, she's pottered around the South Coast before settling on the Isle of Wight until I bought her in April this year and trailered her up to North Yorkshire. Once I've got the hang of this site I'll upload some photo's. Pete
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was flicking through a book earlier from 1929 that mentioned reg plate letters, I'll have a look and see it mentions any particular typeface. The no. plates on my A7 are painted on, but were probably just done one sunny afternoon using the nearest brush the previous owner had to hand. The front doesn't match the rear either Smile




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PostPosted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

peterwpg wrote:
Welcome....

This might be the link

http://www.tippersvintageplates.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/tippers?opendocument&part=2


Thats the one! Cheers!! Very Happy
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Roger-hatchy



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anyone any comment on these for 1959 reg.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360245933755&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

I posted it on my DLM thread but thought I'd put them here as well

Has anyone ever seen or used these people before, are they too cheap at £20
There's a lot of sales pitch, is it just pitch.

I'm thinking of the old saying ' you get what you pay for' might be relevent.

To us old pensioners £20 is a lot if their no good, but a saving if they are good.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Roger-hatchy wrote:
Anyone any comment on these for 1959 reg.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360245933755&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

I posted it on my DLM thread but thought I'd put them here as well

Has anyone ever seen or used these people before, are they too cheap at £20
There's a lot of sales pitch, is it just pitch.

I'm thinking of the old saying ' you get what you pay for' might be relevent.

To us old pensioners £20 is a lot if their no good, but a saving if they are good.


A look at their feedback suggests that they're ok. Maybe try contacting a few of the previous winning bidders to gauge opinion?

http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=funphotoart&&sspagename=VIP:feedback&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller

Although I'd still go for painted on numbers Wink

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Although I'd still go for painted on numbers Wink

RJ[/quote]

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 6:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The company that I worked for in 1957 were still having numberplate characters painted on as most cars at that time came with a stove enameled black numberplate on the car. It was cheaper than buying plates.

To answer a query in the first posting there was no standard font until the current numberplates introduced in 2001. You could use any style that you liked but the characters had to conform to the legal dimensions in the regulations in force at the time.
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