What type of number plate is this?

Question

does this number plate mean the cat is a import or something like that. the plate format is ABC 1234

Answer 1

your a wind up merchant

Answer 2

If it's something like TAZ, GIJ, PBZ, followed by 4 numbers, it's an Irish plate. These are sold in the UK as cheap personal registrations, but if you're looking to buy a car with this type of plate, I'd advise caution, as they're often used by dodgy motor traders to hide the car's identity, if it's been a rebuilt write-off, stolen etc. Find out the original UK reg, and get an HPI check done on it.

Answer 3

Probably a Northern Ireland number - but these can be transferred to any UK address.
A Northern Ireland number has no year identifier, three letters followed by up to four numbers (most have four numbers), and the second-and-third letter geographic identifier (the "BC" in your "ABC 1234" example) will contain either an "I" or a "Z".

Alternatively, it could be an older GB number - the year identifier was first introduced in 1962, and not fully adopted throughout England, Scotland and Wales until 1965. In this case there will not be an "I" or "Z".

Answer 4

its not a real number plate you cant have abc 1234 most number plates start with two letters then your numbers then more letters if you really had sutch a plate it would be worth thousands of pounds

Answer 5

That's a Northern Ireland format. You can acquire them for use in GB, they're often used by coach operators to disguise the age of their vehicles. There's often an I (capital i) or Z in the letters, which is not the case in GB-issued registrations.

(Not Ireland, as in the Republic of, by the way, but Northern Ireland as in Ulster)

Answer 6

Think these are Northern Ireland plates of which a lot are used on UK mainland cars as cherished transfers, mostly to hide the true year of registration.

Answer 7

it could be an old one. before the current 07,57 they had letters at the beginning then before that they had letters at the end. prior to this (going long way back now) they had letters and numbers i remember when i was young my uncle had a morris minor with the number 499 FCD or could have been the other way round that would have been late sixties and my dad had TPX220 early sixties. hope this helps but dvla should be able to help u

Answer 8

The format you describe was issued on all British vehicle registration numbers between 1934 and the mid-1950's.

They are now quite rare and are often sold by specialists for several thousand pounds.

Answer 9

thats usually the irish format 3 letters followed by 4 numbers

Answer 10

Looks like a very expensive private plate