08-09-2022, 11:39 AM
To be strictly legal number plates should, I believe, be flat, mounted vertically and face directly to the front or rear of the vehicle so it seems especially odd that a police car would be fitted with the front one sloping !
The police these days have, I suspect, little interest in the legality of old cars on the road. Nevertheless I am surprised by the number of owners of various makes who ‘bend the rules’ regarding number plates. Common examples to be seen are :
Painting the number plate on the sides of the tail of Ulsters, Bugattis etc. even directly on to the body colour is quite common whilst Alfa Romeo owners often use tiny, curved, number plates on the front of their cars whilst E type and Mini owners stick the front number plate on the bonnet.
Although flat and vertical I’m not sure that the arc shape of rear number plate used on the Speedy is strictly within the law but that is how they originally were.
The police these days have, I suspect, little interest in the legality of old cars on the road. Nevertheless I am surprised by the number of owners of various makes who ‘bend the rules’ regarding number plates. Common examples to be seen are :
Painting the number plate on the sides of the tail of Ulsters, Bugattis etc. even directly on to the body colour is quite common whilst Alfa Romeo owners often use tiny, curved, number plates on the front of their cars whilst E type and Mini owners stick the front number plate on the bonnet.
Although flat and vertical I’m not sure that the arc shape of rear number plate used on the Speedy is strictly within the law but that is how they originally were.