Replacement Number Plates

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Mr Teddy Bear
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Replacement Number Plates

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Looking to replace mine before the front one fails it's MOT.

Yellow rear & white front with raised black letters= £110.00 + fittings

Font is 1970 to 2001 is this right and is that a fair price?

Thanks for any advice. :D
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Re: Replacement Number Plates

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At that price, I would be expecting gold plating at the rear and silver at the front! :o

Are these plates going to be the Perspex type, or pressed aluminium? The pre 2001 font is definitely the one to go for :cool
It may not be easy to get hold of plates with the old font and the 'BS' mark, but I have never known an MoT tester be that picky, unless the plates have other issues (e.g. honeycomb background, italic font etc)

Here's an example of what can be obtained via eBay: https://https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3545 ... R_j7rqq_Yg

I have heard that there is somebody who does replica main dealer plates on Facebook too.
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Re: Replacement Number Plates

Post by Paul_1978_yorks »

That’s very expensive Tim.

There’s a guy on Instagram called Retro Plates who will a lot cheaper than that.

There is a website www.retroplates.Co.uk but I am not sure if it’s the same chap. I’ll see if I can determine the correct site and email address and will let you know.
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Re: Replacement Number Plates

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Tim, the email address is retroplatesuk@gmail.com
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Re: Replacement Number Plates

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Thanks for the replies guys, I' looking else where plastic with raised Alpha numerics in the correct font look to be around 40 so may well go with those although I will look at that website too Paul thanks! :D
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