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tome30 Posted a lot Posts: 1,001	Sad git taking interest in the tiniest of things.tome30 @tome30
	Oct 13, 2009 14:47:56 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I saw an old corolla the other day and the number plate font was diferent , they were original dealer plates, so legit. They looked nortmal but I can't explain it.......the number '4' was open at the top, like a digital watch more sort of roundy. An idea's, as I need new plates and hate the new ones, to sharp edges. OR should I get a life ?
	Last Edit: Oct 13, 2009 14:48:38 GMT by tome30

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akku Probably posted too much Posts: 15,911	Sad git taking interest in the tiniest of things.akku @alistairk
	Oct 13, 2009 14:50:39 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Sounds like Serck plates. The holy grail.
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tome30 Posted a lot Posts: 1,001	Sad git taking interest in the tiniest of things.tome30 @tome30
	Oct 13, 2009 14:55:17 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Oct 13, 2009 14:50:39 GMT akku said: Sounds like Serck plates. The holy grail. Wa?


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trigger Posted a lot Posts: 3,388	Sad git taking interest in the tiniest of things.trigger @trigger
	Oct 13, 2009 15:15:09 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Serck plates where like this Slaters 505 had them on, There's a lot of guys on here that know more about them than I do and that will educate you on them.
	Last Edit: Oct 13, 2009 15:16:11 GMT by trigger My car blog East Coast Retros

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Carter Posted a lot Posts: 1,535	Sad git taking interest in the tiniest of things.Carter @aux
	Oct 13, 2009 15:19:54 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	So these are a legal font?.. from a certain period or what?
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BenzBoy Probably posted too much Posts: 17,940 Club RR Member Number: 7	Sad git taking interest in the tiniest of things.BenzBoy @benzboy Club Retro Rides Member 7
	Oct 13, 2009 16:12:12 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Serck plates came out in the early 80's as far as I know. I suppose the law was a bit looser as to what fonts were allowed (No ANPR back then ) My old Mk3 Escort had Serck plates, original dealer jobs.
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dbizzle Posted hell of a lot Posts: 9,334	Sad git taking interest in the tiniest of things.dbizzle @dbizzle
	Oct 13, 2009 16:56:57 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Yes, several of the cars my parents had through my yoof had dealer Serck plates. Very cool.


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Carter Posted a lot Posts: 1,535	Sad git taking interest in the tiniest of things.Carter @aux
	Oct 13, 2009 19:02:30 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I see, its a nice font.... well, as brit plate fonts go. Seen some aweful ones recently on moderns.
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tome30 Posted a lot Posts: 1,001	Sad git taking interest in the tiniest of things.tome30 @tome30
	Oct 13, 2009 21:12:13 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Brilliant ! Thanks for the responces.....I'm not a sad git......so IF you managed to get the font COULD you use it legally? Ive got a cutter/plotter at work !


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VW Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,000	Sad git taking interest in the tiniest of things.VW @vw
	Oct 13, 2009 21:18:34 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	No, all plates fitted now have to be new font. If they had been fitted years ago they would still be legal, but to fit them today wouldnt be.


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Raoul Duke Part of things Posts: 990 Club RR Member Number: 117	Sad git taking interest in the tiniest of things.Raoul Duke @raoulduke Club Retro Rides Member 117
	Oct 13, 2009 21:25:06 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Of course, the fact that a set of period-correct plates could've been fitted at any time at all in the car's history is no excuse for breaking the law... ;D
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highboycoupe Part of things Posts: 436	Sad git taking interest in the tiniest of things.highboycoupe @highboycoupe
	Oct 13, 2009 21:25:46 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Sorry for the thread hijack, but I have been wanting to vent about THESE: I was driving behind one of these the other day and found myself simply drinving straight into the back of it when it stopped, in attempt to break the number plate into more easily managable pieces. So yeah, those serck ones are much easier to drive behind.....
	Last Edit: Oct 13, 2009 21:26:01 GMT by highboycoupe

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tome30 Posted a lot Posts: 1,001	Sad git taking interest in the tiniest of things.tome30 @tome30
	Oct 13, 2009 21:33:03 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Oct 13, 2009 21:25:46 GMT highboycoupe said: Sorry for the thread hijack, but I have been wanting to vent about THESE: I was driving behind one of these the other day and found myself simply drinving straight into the back of it when it stopped, in attempt to break the number plate into more easily managable pieces. So yeah, those serck ones are much easier to drive behind..... They are hideous aren't they. Back to serck....I know the whole legallity side of plates and the like, but I agree that there isn't really a way of finding out when they were put on, apart from carbon dating. However I think I'll give it a miss, shame.


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tri Posted a lot Posts: 2,572	Sad git taking interest in the tiniest of things.tri @tri
	Oct 13, 2009 22:19:16 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Oct 13, 2009 21:33:03 GMT tome30 said: However I think I'll give it a miss, shame. Yeah, cause we all know if you have an illegal font all the domesticated bunnies on the planet will turn on their owners and rape and kill them.
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BenzBoy Probably posted too much Posts: 17,940 Club RR Member Number: 7	Sad git taking interest in the tiniest of things.BenzBoy @benzboy Club Retro Rides Member 7
	Oct 13, 2009 22:29:27 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I might be wrong, but I thought Serck plates were pretty much unobtainable now.
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fredtransit Posted a lot Posts: 1,804	Sad git taking interest in the tiniest of things.fredtransit @fredtransit
	Oct 13, 2009 22:33:41 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	;D Still have them on one of ours..... And (oh joy!) it has a 4 in it, so it's really obvious. They are neat indestructible stamped ally plates, so not going anywhere soon (passed the test last week).
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Team Blitz Posted hell of a lot Curator of 1972 Tour de France Grp2 winner! Works RS2600, Weslake 2.9L, Kugelfischer, ZF. Posts: 6,163	Sad git taking interest in the tiniest of things.Team Blitz @teamblitz
	Oct 13, 2009 22:38:04 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Holy God, are you lot actually discussing the font used on a license plate? Who gives a rat fark? It's right there with whether my toothbrush has a purple handle or a blue one.... Does anyone know if air used in 1985 is better air than current 2009 air for filling tyres?
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IDY Part of things Posts: 893	Sad git taking interest in the tiniest of things.IDY @idy
	Oct 13, 2009 22:44:44 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Oct 13, 2009 22:38:04 GMT Team Blitz said: Holy God, are you lot actually discussing the font used on a license plate? Who gives a rat fark? It's right there with whether my toothbrush has a purple handle or a blue one.... It is the old story - the goverment banned it therefore it must be interesting ;D ............. so is it purple or blue then?
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Rich G Posted a lot Keyboard Worrier Posts: 1,059	Sad git taking interest in the tiniest of things.Rich G @fatrichie
	Oct 13, 2009 23:06:27 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Oct 13, 2009 22:38:04 GMT Team Blitz said: Holy God, are you lot actually discussing the font used on a license plate? Who gives a rat fark? Err, we do - cos unlike your plates that move with the owner, our plates stay with the car and so form part of it, kinda like part of the patina of an old car. Anal, maybe but then when you have a gubberment like ours that has three primary aims - tax, snoop, control - you have to hit back in as many little ways as you can find... On a positive note, have a couple of pics of plates... ;D


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devilishdesigner Australia Gleaner of possibilities Posts: 2,979	Sad git taking interest in the tiniest of things.devilishdesigner @devilishdesigner
	Oct 14, 2009 2:32:32 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Oct 13, 2009 21:25:46 GMT highboycoupe said: Sorry for the thread hijack, but I have been wanting to vent about THESE: I was driving behind one of these the other day and found myself simply drinving straight into the back of it when it stopped, in attempt to break the number plate into more easily managable pieces. We've got those up in QLD, only the damn things are colour coded! So yeah, those serck ones are much easier to drive behind.....
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