Car Registration Numbers

Facts and figures surrounding plates

By now, you may have read through quite a wealth of information on this website. However, there are some very interesting facts about car number plates of which you may be unaware...

• The earliest known celebrity car registration number was T 8, owned by Harry Tate, a music hall artist. The plate is currently owned by Johnny Tate of the Tate & Lyle sugar company.
• Cherie Blair is reported to have purchased LEO 10 for their son Leo, which is displayed on his Lamborghini-shaped bed.
• The plate J1 HAD was banned as soon as J registrations came out in 1991, as it spells Jihad, the Muslim name for a holy war.
• Robbie Williams purchased the car registration number S8 RRY for his new Ferrari, to say 'sorry' to his fans for spending so much money on a new car.
• B1 LKO was bought by a fan of the TV series at auction.
• The ban on transferring car registration numbers from motorbikes and mopeds to cars was only lifted as recently as October 2001.
• 1 A fetched £160,000 at auction in 1989. If it came up for auction again, it could well break the current world record of £331,500.

This is just a small selection of literally thousands of snippets of information that we have available. Many more are available in the book Fanatical About Number Plates, which is available at a greatly discounted price to Number Plates Club members.

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