Who will tell me why this modern (1990s?) Leyland Tiger bears a 1964 registration? Thanks!
Personalised registrations can be bought from companies and even the government DVLA ( driver vehicle license authority) as long as vehicle registration is same year or older than when vehicle is licensed, so you cannot put say a 2025 registration on a 2020 produced vehicle.
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As @jshepguis says. It can often be a publicity or advertising type of thing, and âhidesâ the true age of the vehicle. âMy coach is newer than your coachâ!
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A lot of coach companies retain the original âcherishedâ number plates from their early fleet. This is to disguise the age of the new coaches, as some of the snottier passengers have been known to make disparaging remarks about their bus being âoldâ.
Occasionally, hauliers do the same for their lorries but only for sentimental reasons or because the letters spell out the companies initials. For eg I drove for an outfit called CSB and all the units had CSB in the plate, all of which of course were historic.
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Thanks to you three!
No problem at all Froggy as an example did some agency work some years ago for Lyons Tetley who made Tetleys tea , they had 3 brand new Mercedes Powerliners registrations were K11 TEA,K12 TEA and K13 TEA.
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This never was possible here in France!
Egalite!
I seem to remember that when the newer type regs, National as opposed to departmental, started the first vehicle was an ordinary, privately owned, city type compact? 01-AAA-01
I think that some Belgian and Austrian regs are âspecialsâ?
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I wonder if later on they had T3TLE, T3TLY 
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who had the balls to have B08BYS
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Not a possible combination unfortunately. BOA8Y maybe or BOO8Y. Thereâs a guy in Glasgow who has P155AFF, AFF being slang for off up here. Obviously DVLA never twigged to the significance.
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In fact, at least two cars had personnalised registration in France. General De Gaulleâs CitroĂ«n DS. PR of course stands for âPrĂ©sidence de la RĂ©publiqueâ.
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Ah 75 plates âŠeither beat up city cars or Ferraris, etc. In either case keep out their way.
Portsmouth Corporation?
That was indeed the idea!
No idea - sorry!
âRVâ would be a Pompey reg. number, so youâre onto something.