Shooter
Long storey short,
I want to get a pre 66 plate to put on my kit car, at the moment it has a non q plate number ( I think it's a 79 year plate) am I doing anything
Wrong in wanting to do this from a legal point of view?
Shooter
When you say 66 plate I assume you mean a no plate from 1966 then that's ok if you want a no plate after your no plate date you can't do that
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Originally posted by ian locostzx9rc2
When you say 66 plate I assume you mean a no plate from 1966 then that's ok if you want a no plate after your no plate date you can't do that
Unless by bad luck your car has been allocated a non-transferrable plate. If perhaps its original was already sold. unlikely but possible.
you cannot put a plate in a car to make it look younger, older is generally fine
edit, but the original age/ reg date is what matters for tax
[Edited on 6/9/16 by gremlin1234]
I'm pretty sure the number on the car at the moment is from the doner ie a mk2 escort, so hopefully all should be OK. The idea is to sneak the
car into the pre 66 car park at the goodwood revival meeting, i think the car park deserves one
Shooter
Just one comment to add, I don't know whether it applies. I am aware of people going for really old registration numbers in order to be able to
have grey lettering on a black background. Unfortunately the old colouring is only legal on cars that are registered before a certain date
(sometime in the 70's I think). If you choose a 1966 number plate and add it to your current car I believe you'll have to go for the normal
yellow and white backgrounds with black lettering.
Unfortunately that might then scupper your chances of sneaking it in with the others. 
(Please double check this though, as with most legal stuff this is purely my interpretation of the rules.)
[Edited on 7/9/16 by Slimy38]
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Originally posted by Slimy38
Just one comment to add, I don't know whether it applies. I am aware of people going for really old registration numbers in order to be able to have grey lettering on a black background. Unfortunately the old colouring is only legal on cars that are registered before a certain date (sometime in the 70's I think). If you choose a 1966 number plate and add it to your current car I believe you'll have to go for the normal yellow and white backgrounds with black lettering.
Unfortunately that might then scupper your chances of sneaking it in with the others.
(Please double check this though, as with most legal stuff this is purely my interpretation of the rules.)
[Edited on 7/9/16 by Slimy38]
If my previous experiences at goodwood revival are anything to go by, they will be some k**b jockey do-gooder going round with an HPI app and a loud bell!