dikkehemaworst
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Mar 25, 2020 16:57:25 GMT
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After contacting grizz if he wanted my numberplates wich i Had to take off our garagewall , i wondered what the stories were of the plates hanging in your garages and mancaves. My icelandic plate, my wife found for me in front of our house in the centre of Amsterdam. As everyone in Iceland gets only one set of plates for the rest of their life ( as i've been told) it's a great plate to find!! Very rare! My belgium plate was on my very first car when i lived in Belgium for a short while. An petrol peugeot J9 van ( with sliding doors) in hearing aid beige. Horrible car at a horrible time in my life. I always kept it as a memory of how far we came and how hard we worked to get there. The French numberplate was on the car of the local vicar of the small catholic church in the rural town of Asay Sur Thouet in France, were friends of ours own a small townhouse. The vicar drove a small peugeot with the big , automatic, sliding doors. Forgot how they call them. One evening there was an accident wich involved the vicar. Presumably he went to a local disco, drank to much pernod, and got in his car to pick up his boyfriend! together they crashed the car when they missed a corner and rammed a house. Nobody knew the vicar was gay, and the next day, they had left the village , and the people never heard of them again.. So, what's the story behind the numberplates on your garage wall? Love to find out. Oh, and grizz , the package is ready , but were in lockdown at the moment and the postoffices are closed.    |
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Mar 25, 2020 17:56:33 GMT
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Thank you dikkehemaworstThe Peugeot with sliding doors was a 1007 and my ex had one when we met. They were so good, I bought her a second, newer diesel one. Deceptively versatile cars. Love the fact the Icelandic plate is that rare too. |
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urbanaw
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Club RR Member Number: 17
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Mar 25, 2020 18:33:47 GMT
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All number plates I have came of cars and bikes that I used to drive and I have quite a few.
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Mar 25, 2020 20:51:33 GMT
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I noticed one today from a car I've owned for 26 years that finally I sold last week.  |
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These are some numberplates on my wall  LZ-89-VZ was the numberplate of our Nissan Sunny we bought brand new in 1985 NT-03-ZX was of our Eend / 2CV6. We cruised around Europe in it, I thought, 1995 14 MJB is my wife's personal plate. I bought it years ago when I bought her a Saab Convertible. The rest of the plates are just common Aussie plates. No real story behind it. This poster was given to me when I bought my first Eend / 2CV6  |
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dikkehemaworst
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 1,579
Club RR Member Number: 16
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Not able to read grizz. You need to log in |
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Mar 26, 2020 10:13:12 GMT
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Not able to read grizz. You need to log in AAAAAhhhhhrrghh. Sorry guys, you need to be subscribed/logged in, it is the 10/20/100 posts required to access “private” area. Anyway, it shows some interesting collections. Weirdly, to this day I still do not have a British Army plate in my collection. This was 2011 in my garage.  I tend to prefer slightly different stuff in my collection, so have US Marine, Disabled, Home Guard, plates from countries and states that no longer exist.  And one of my favourite ever plates from disasterbusAs supplied for his Mustang.  |
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Mar 26, 2020 11:44:19 GMT
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 Cant say where it came from ..other than , "it wasnt me officer!!" |
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Not on the garage wall, but tucked away in a box (because they'll be worth thousands one day. Yeah right)  I can see you all scratching your heads... In November last year Holden sold off some of the cars from their collection, and some of their number plates. I bought these because I have a 2002 VY SS ute. The number was originally used on a VY SS press car:  www.whichcar.com.au/reviews/2003-falcon-xr8-vs-commodore-ss-comparison-classic-motorI transferred the number to the ute, and 2 weeks later a set of brand new plates turned up thanks to Vic Roads. So, the original plates that I bought from Holden (that came off the press car) went back in the box. Bottom one (with stone chips) is the front, top one is the rear. |
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1982 Mercedes 280TE
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Mar 27, 2020 11:20:11 GMT
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Cant say where it came from ..other than , "it wasnt me officer!!" Is your garage bigger on the inside? |
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Mar 27, 2020 16:49:25 GMT
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I have a few in my garage, mainly from Minis I have owned in the past. The US plate was given to me by a friend at school after he went to the States for a holiday. It has a Dime glued to it - I have no idea why!!  |
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Mar 27, 2020 17:13:44 GMT
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Cant say where it came from ..other than , "it wasnt me officer!!" Is your garage bigger on the inside? Wish it was , i could get more than two feet in there in that case!! |
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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The Doctor
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Club RR Member Number: 48
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Mar 31, 2020 19:13:00 GMT
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 This is our wall of shame in the barn, from almost every car which drove in but never came back out, there's a plate on it. |
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Ive got a few. A mix of cars that dad raced, some that were scrapped and a couple we owned. There were more but they were in a bit of a state, bent, letters missing but I figured these were worth keeping. Theres a handful more but they don't really have the patina these do.  For the purpose of this thread I guess you could include the '103' as a number plate. |
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this one made it onto the house, need some 'old pub' atmosphere in m daily life  |
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I have a pair of trade plates, not on the garage wall but on my desk at work. I found them in a building we bought to refurbish and thought that they shouldn't be left lyeing about so I took them back with me. I rang the DVLA who said if I take them to any post office they would send them back to them.
Neadless to say that every post office I tried (including main branches) had no idea what I was talking about, I rang the DVLA and they said exactly the same thing, take them to any postoffice. I asked if they could give me an address to send them to but they wouldn't (I was happy to pay the postage).
They have sat there for 2 years ontop of my computer, I really ought to try and get rid of them again.
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Send them to me....ill "look after" them for you!😁👍
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Neadless to say that every post office I tried (including main branches) had no idea what I was talking about, I rang the DVLA and they said exactly the same thing, take them to any postoffice. I asked if they could give me an address to send them to but they wouldn't (I was happy to pay the postage). Seems a bit daft. There is an address on the registration paperwork for returning the plates if/when anyone want's to return them and cancel. I can get it for you if you really want to send them off. Huge black market potential though. |
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Apr 12, 2020 15:56:32 GMT
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I have a few in the garage   |
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Fraud owners club member
1999 Jaguar s type
1993 ford escort
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