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Aug 18, 2010 21:09:11 GMT
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what style of plate should I go for? I currently have the regular UK acrylic rectangle. Its a bit minging and Halfords branded so its coming off. So do I replace it like for like with a similar but nicer one?
Or perhaps a fake yank plate to match the one on the rear?
Maybe a square British plate?
Other (legal) suggestions welcome or thoughts on my current options...
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Aug 18, 2010 21:16:24 GMT
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don't do the whole square plate thing... they look bloody awefull... Id say fake yank plates.. they look so much better and the car is sorta designed for them, Either that or some pressed uk plates?
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ThePollitt
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Aug 18, 2010 21:21:06 GMT
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don't do the whole square plate thing... they look bloody awefull... Id say fake yank plates.. they look so much better and the car is sorta designed for them, Either that or some pressed uk plates? But, it's a Yank. I would assume it's already ergonomically suited to a square plate. Correct me if I'm wrong AK. Chris
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Aug 18, 2010 21:22:21 GMT
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Fake yank plate for me.
Presumably the legality is questionable though?
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lizardking
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Aug 18, 2010 21:23:23 GMT
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I may be wrong but as its an imported vehicle a fake pressed steel yank plate would be perfectly legal and as said would suit it
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Last Edit: Aug 18, 2010 21:24:01 GMT by lizardking
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Aug 18, 2010 21:25:43 GMT
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Another vote for the Yank plate. Can you get one with a Confederate Flag background?!
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Aug 18, 2010 21:27:04 GMT
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don't do the whole square plate thing... they look bloody awefull... Id say fake yank plates.. they look so much better and the car is sorta designed for them, Either that or some pressed uk plates? But, it's a Yank. I would assume it's already ergonomically suited to a square plate. Correct me if I'm wrong AK. Chris yank plates arnt sqare tho... square is square... it looks awefull. Like it should be on the front and to the side on a orion in the mid 90's.... square: Yank the square ones make the car look a bit like mater off cars...
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Last Edit: Aug 18, 2010 21:29:19 GMT by retrowagen1234
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Aug 18, 2010 21:47:41 GMT
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I'm conflicted on this, but I'd probably go with a faux yank plate and run it til you get grief. They aren't at all legal but it's not the crime of the century and to be fair, it's on an actual proper import, not like the german plates running around on mk4 golfs or comic sans on a mondeo.
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Aug 18, 2010 21:49:09 GMT
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has it got yank plate shape cutouts? some yank cars do don't they? Just say nothing else would fit in the slot?
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Aug 18, 2010 21:51:40 GMT
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Oh, and I got my last hilariously illegal plate off platemyride.com. They come from germany to get round the DVLA "show plates" rule, took about a week to turn up. Mine was in US font but normal UK plate height, and I ran it for about a week before deciding I was pushing my luck too much on the lupo.
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Raoul Duke
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Aug 18, 2010 21:56:25 GMT
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I'm conflicted on this, but I'd probably go with a faux yank plate and run it til you get grief. They aren't at all legal... I'm 95% sure that 'yank' style plates on an imported US car are totally legal, and have been for several years? I distinctly remember the law changing to allow them, and as virtually all LHD yanks will be imports, there shouldn't be a problem.
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Aug 18, 2010 22:02:08 GMT
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I'm conflicted on this, but I'd probably go with a faux yank plate and run it til you get grief. They aren't at all legal... I'm 95% sure that 'yank' style plates on an imported US car are totally legal, and have been for several years? I distinctly remember the law changing to allow them, and as virtually all LHD yanks will be imports, there shouldn't be a problem. I remember when my dad was running his 7 litre Cadillac and had two run two rear plates, as nothing over here would fit in the space in the boot, so there was another UK one on brackets underneath the rear valance - necessary to keep it legal.
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stealthstylz
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Aug 18, 2010 22:07:16 GMT
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What about a small import size plate but with UK font.
Matt
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Aug 18, 2010 22:09:46 GMT
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Fraid not - some imports can have a "slightly" smaller plate (I forget the size) but the font is about 20% smaller. I think these are just allowed for J imports, but I might be wrong. It's still the new charles wright font, with orange rear and white front.
What I am sure of is that a proper US plate (white both ends, state written above it etc) is definitely not legal. On older cars you can argue around the fact that the font is miles off, but the colour is definitely wrong, along with the general dimensions. Whether you get any grief for it is another issue - Every car I've driven for the last 5 years has had an illegal number plate (german font, or recently the plain "helvetica" french font) but since they were all perfectly legible, I've never had a problem. Been pulled about 8 or 9 times and they've never been mentioned.
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tomti
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Aug 18, 2010 23:27:46 GMT
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i'd go fake yank if it was me but i do like the square plates. i think they can look pretty cool
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Raoul Duke
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Fraid not - some imports can have a "slightly" smaller plate (I forget the size) but the font is about 20% smaller. I think these are just allowed for J imports, but I might be wrong. It's still the new charles wright font, with orange rear and white front. What I am sure of is that a proper US plate (white both ends, state written above it etc) is definitely not legal. On older cars you can argue around the fact that the font is miles off, but the colour is definitely wrong, along with the general dimensions. Sorry, my mistake - the law change was to allow for the dimensions only - the plates still had to be reflective plastic, stock UK colours, with only the reg number itself printed on the plate. The fonts were different for sure, as they mimicked the US-style fonts (narrow & tall characters), but the plates were nothing like the square UK plates at all.
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...a redder shade of neck on a whiter shade of trash...
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My understanding of the law is that new plates made and fitted now on "non-typed approved imports fromn outside the EU" can deviate from the sizes required for new plates for all other cars. However, to be properly legal they must be reflective plastic and conform to some general spacing and letter requirements which is pretty much the same as the law on bike plates.
Most of the American stuff I have owned have had a square-ish UK plate, its a square-ish plate and fits OK inthe recess. UK bike digits are used to allow a full reg "index" on the smaller plate slit over 2 lines
These are OK but a bit dull.
I currently have these on my Buick.
A number of places sell a US style UK legal plate. They are plastic, they have the correct shape and they use a UK legal font which fits all the digits on one line. These look awful IMO, and I have a set on my Fury, which I need to change for something non-minging.
The Trans Am has no provision for a front plate, the current plate is just screwed to the spoiler under the bumper. In the US where these cars have a front plate there is a "plynth" on which they sit which puts the plate up on the bumper. If I had the plynth I would definitly use a US style plate as it would look 100 times better than anything else would on there.
I'll stick some photos up when I'm not posting from a mobile.
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Aug 19, 2010 11:52:29 GMT
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Another vote for the Yank plate. Can you get one with a Confederate Flag background?! I've never quite understood the reasoning to portray a Confederate flag, given one of the reasons for secession - although granted, you could probably say that for any flag anyway, thats clearly not about cars. Plate to match the cutout/shape of the car. Plain with standard UK text. Understated and subtle, but still different Show-off plates always seem to be just that :-) If you havn't got a cut out of any sort for a plate, its always gonna look a bit tacked on (like Alfa's). Don't think there is an obvious option for placement without it looking a bit odd /thinks
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Last Edit: Aug 19, 2010 13:44:01 GMT by Tim
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Aug 19, 2010 14:09:42 GMT
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plate to match the cut out and on the front the same
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Aug 19, 2010 17:08:30 GMT
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There isn't a cut out on the front. Hense having so many options.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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