Private Number Plate

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2 hours ago, sedith said:

My reg plate is WK65 xxx.  Registered in Truro, but i live in Somerset. Where the car orginated is not necessarily where is at present.

I don't remember KW on the pre 2000 plates being Sheffield, I thought it was Hull?

YL to YU is Sheffield

SA to SY is Scotland

https://www.newreg.co.uk/dvla-number-plate-identifiers/

Hello Sedith

The original post was regarding a vehicle with 2 Letters and then Numbers.

The 2 letters represented the Area the vehicle was first registered.

That configuration lasted till 1963 (BUT some County's still had surplus numbers available in that format and continued issuing them until 65)

There is a lot of confusion especially on some of the Reg for sale sites because they start to delve into how to decipher the later 3 digit (modern No plates)

Basically pre 63 a vehicle would have 2 numbers (area) then a series of Numbers.

or Numbers and then 2 area Letters - ie; 944 DA (Birmingham)

After 63/65 vehicles would have a series of letters, 2 numbers and a single letter ie; HWX 31J (1971) 

This format lasted till it reached the letter Y (1982/3)

then the year identification Letter was transferred to the front ie: A 609 HLD. (1983)

Modern vehicles are not my thing but yes the configuration of newer numbers issued do have the information of where they were first registered much the same as the very first did. 

 

BUT things could get confusing as somethings imported would recieve the registration of the year they came into the country.

I had a K reg Mk111 Zephyr (1972) & a M registered Mk111 Zephyr (1974) which wasn't bad because they stopped making that model

of Zephyr in 1966.

Happy Daze.

Keep safe.