13-09-2024, 01:22 PM
You're lucky that you have been able to identify your car's original registration. Unfortunately for me the original Reg No of my RP was lost well before I bought the car in the 1980s as a result of a three way cherished mark transfer between AN Austin Seven, a Land Rover and a Rolls-Royce. When I acquired the car it was carrying a replacement number that related to a 1930 Austin Seven but which bore no resemblance to my car's chassis or engine numbers. At that time noone really cared, but as I was going to take the car abroad for the D-Day landings 50th in 1994 I thought it would be best to get it sorted rather than have a problem at customs on the way back. The Local Sheffield LVO were consulted but having discovered a nightmare decided to void it due to irregularities in the paper trail. They gave me a replacement number and a new V5.
So my car has gone from 417 VWC to NFF 253 to its current French registration, which uncannily (and purely coincidentally) is the same as it's build date - 8th June 1933 - 8633 YH 30. I'm not complaining!
I have no provenance of my car prior to the early 1980s when it was believed to have belonged to someone in Buxton, or possibly Bakewell. These things happen.
So my car has gone from 417 VWC to NFF 253 to its current French registration, which uncannily (and purely coincidentally) is the same as it's build date - 8th June 1933 - 8633 YH 30. I'm not complaining!
I have no provenance of my car prior to the early 1980s when it was believed to have belonged to someone in Buxton, or possibly Bakewell. These things happen.