25-09-2023, 09:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 25-09-2023, 09:25 PM by Tony Griffiths.)
I've posted this before - so you might want to take a very close look at your plates to see if they have any maker's stampings.
"Our 1934 Ruby has its original aluminium number plates by a company called "Homo Ltd." At a glance, they appear to be a thin casting but, looking at contemporary advertisements, they're described as being, "die pressed from pure sheet aluminium the letters and figures being semi-sheared from this sheet" and "....made in one piece from pure aluminium 1/8" thick..."
The black paint remaining appears to be very hard, probably a stove enamel.
The first advertisement is from 1927, when just one type of plate was offered, the other two, from 1935 and 1935, show options available of letters and figures riveted onto a steel backing plate.
What does "semi-sheared" mean - and does anyone else have these plates or ones of a similar type?"
"Our 1934 Ruby has its original aluminium number plates by a company called "Homo Ltd." At a glance, they appear to be a thin casting but, looking at contemporary advertisements, they're described as being, "die pressed from pure sheet aluminium the letters and figures being semi-sheared from this sheet" and "....made in one piece from pure aluminium 1/8" thick..."
The black paint remaining appears to be very hard, probably a stove enamel.
The first advertisement is from 1927, when just one type of plate was offered, the other two, from 1935 and 1935, show options available of letters and figures riveted onto a steel backing plate.
What does "semi-sheared" mean - and does anyone else have these plates or ones of a similar type?"