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Penguin45



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:16 pm    Post subject: Odd number plate. Reply with quote

This is the front plate from my 1800.

VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr

It's a style I've not seen before. Pressed ali plate, with a die-cut ali mask for the black around the letters.

Can somebody tell me what this style of plate is called and perhaps who might have made it? I suspect it's the original fitment from 1970.

Chris.
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47Jag



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 11:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chris,

It looks to me to be the later version of the Bluemells/Ace translucent number plate. On the version fitted to my car the digits were separate units built up to form the complete reg. number whereas this has had the mask cut from one plate.

Art
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been trying to do something similar to refurbish my original reflective pressed-alloy plates, where the paint and reflective surface has degraded. I bought some self-adhesive reflective material, now it's "just" a case of cutting the letters out in the right place and spraying the plate black. One for when I have nothing else to do.
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Ray White



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 10:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

47Jag wrote:
Chris,

It looks to me to be the later version of the Bluemells/Ace translucent number plate. On the version fitted to my car the digits were separate units built up to form the complete reg. number whereas this has had the mask cut from one plate.

Art


That sounds similar to my '73 GT6. Individual plastic digits were fastened by a kind of shake proof washer. When the front plate became too shoddy ( it's position low down made it vulnerable) I removed it from the car and carefully detached the individual numbers and letters. I then attached them to a new backing plate. I seem to remember it was a tricky and lengthy process getting all the holes and pegs in the right place !.

I was however pleased with the result but then I caught my sleeve on the exposed corner of the new plastic plate and it snapped off.

I had to go through the whole process again... but this time I went for the correct metal plate.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 4:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dealers etc that made number plates must have had some sort of template & hole punch system, along with a supply of plastic letters & numbers.
Has anyone seen such a set-up?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 4:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

MVPeters wrote:
Dealers etc that made number plates must have had some sort of template & hole punch system, along with a supply of plastic letters & numbers.
Has anyone seen such a set-up?


I do remember seeing a set somewhere once for sale, perhaps on ebay, it made the job of lining up letters and mounting pins a whole lot easier!

RJ
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks; interesting comments.

Been cleaning and picking the remains of the glue off (2½ hours.....), which revealed this:

VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr

Still not a name I recognise, but every day's a school day.

VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr

VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr

VOF707J by Penguin 45, on Flickr

Should finish up looking smart.

Chris.
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MVPeters



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Presumably one could paint the backing plate black & polish the letters?

Bestplate: https://www.bestplate.com/
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 8:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bit late to the party here, but these are 1980s/90s Bestplate replacements..
Not the best quality, which is why they’ve delaminated. I’m not sure what the manufacturing process was to make them go like that, but I’ve seen others do the same thing. I replaced a pair a few years ago because I didn’t like the font on them, Tippers font is more authentic and the quality is better.
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