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Location: The village of Evenley
Car type: 1934 Austin Seven RP Deluxe
I know I go on and on about this, but once again, this shows the vital importance of historic vehicles retaining their original registration numbers!
I’ll get off my soap box…
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30-05-2024, 08:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 30-05-2024, 08:18 PM by Peter Naulls.)
I wholeheartedly agree with Ivor. Threads like this one would be completely futile if the government acted on their possible plans to re-register all classics with a new series of numbers. I fail to see any benefit for owners, enthusiasts or the DVLA (who already seem over-worked). Apologies for the taking the discussion further off topic Jon!
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what is the putative plan for re-numbering classics anyway? That is bound to start a rash of people selling off plates now, or to transfer them onto moderns, if they are all about to become ceremonial anyway...
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we've got a few more numbers in, which show that the AE Tourer numbered about 1800 minimum just with the MID-upper date range of cars where transmission tunnel numbers have actually been found. Source book has "around 500".
The only other possibility is whether anyone has found a 5xxxx or 6xxxx transmission tunnel stamp on another form of floorpan in 29/30?
Would be good to find a few more AD model stamps too - very few recorded.
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Location: East Riding of Yorkshire
Car type: 1930 AE Tourer
I’m the bloke in Yorkshire and DR7354 belongs to me and is in regular use. Not a louvered bonnet.
Frequently entered in VSCC Trials and for conveyance to the pub.
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excellent thanks - another one corrected!