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Replacement Number Plates
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2023 1:35 pm
by Mr Teddy Bear
Looking to replace mine before the front one fails it's MOT.
Yellow rear & white front with raised black letters= £110.00 + fittings
Font is 1970 to 2001 is this right and is that a fair price?
Thanks for any advice.

Re: Replacement Number Plates
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:31 pm
by 220 GSi turbo
At that price, I would be expecting gold plating at the rear and silver at the front!
Are these plates going to be the Perspex type, or pressed aluminium? The pre 2001 font is definitely the one to go for
It may not be easy to get hold of plates with the old font and the 'BS' mark, but I have never known an MoT tester be that picky, unless the plates have other issues (e.g. honeycomb background, italic font etc)
Here's an example of what can be obtained via eBay:
https://https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3545 ... R_j7rqq_Yg
I have heard that there is somebody who does replica main dealer plates on Facebook too.
Re: Replacement Number Plates
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:47 am
by Paul_1978_yorks
That’s very expensive Tim.
There’s a guy on Instagram called Retro Plates who will a lot cheaper than that.
There is a website
www.retroplates.Co.uk but I am not sure if it’s the same chap. I’ll see if I can determine the correct site and email address and will let you know.
Re: Replacement Number Plates
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2023 7:25 pm
by Paul_1978_yorks
Tim, the email address is
retroplatesuk@gmail.com
Re: Replacement Number Plates
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2023 7:49 pm
by Mr Teddy Bear
Thanks for the replies guys, I' looking else where plastic with raised Alpha numerics in the correct font look to be around 40 so may well go with those although I will look at that website too Paul thanks!
