I received a parcel today from my friend in the USA, amongst the stuff he sent was a old American license plate.

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I'm sure you'll find they are illegal unless you have a vehicle of the "right" age when UK had such things. I have a similar souvenir pressed plate from when my godparents who went to the Klondike - it even has a gold nugget in the corner (paint!)

You can have what you like for a show plate of course and for other occasions when Mr Plod or Mr MOT is not looking  Gone... 2013 XS TD4 Manual Firenze Red
Gone... 2008 (09MY) XS Td4 Manual Stornaway Grey
Prior... 2003 G4 Discovery 2, 1998 Disco 1 and 1997 Disco 1 Company car before that
Also gone in Nov'13, after 7.5 yrs, to new owners with time for more TLC - 1980 Series III 88
Current 2015 Discovery Sport HSE 2.0

I believe, in America you can have what you like on your plate. It's a shame we can't.

I don't have metal plates but the ones I have on are show plates, no problems with local PCs as of yet.


 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

You can have pressed metal plates in the UK and they are perfectly legal as they use the right shape and font.

http://www.myshowplates.com/ Freelander 2 HSE Lux 2013MY - Barolo Black with Ivory Leather. Alpine DVD - Privacy -Evoque 20" Dynamic Wheels and more to come.........

The only pressed metal plates that are restricted are the black and silver ones ! I think vehicles registered after 1971cannot display black and silver / black and white plates . Don't know whether this is still applicable ? Jaguar x-type sport gone
Jaguar x-type 2.2d sport one of my best cars ever sadly gone
Freelander 2 GS auto 2008 most unreliable ever ! gladly gone
Freelander 2 GS manual 2013 only time will tell !

Used to be 1st Jan 1971 for black/silver but has recently been changed to 1st Jan 1973. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

I have pressed metal plates 'cos I like them. Er..and they are legal in the UK.. NB Those termed "showplates" are not. They must have the correct font and size and with a reflective background.

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I like the look of your plate Dunk, has it got a backing surround on it and how is it fixed to the car? I've read some conflicting things about the metal plates, some say they are legal and some say they are not, it's all down to the reflective qualities of the plate. There is a very long thread on detailing world about it.

I must admit having seen a pic of a FL2 with one I think they look smart. Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
Gone MY2010 Freelander 2 Manual TD4.e S, Alaska White.

Pretty sure they don't need the postcode and name of maker anymore for them to be mot legal.  Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

A document available from .gov.uk giving the requirements for registration plates.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/gr...067666.pdf

Stevie5tapes, they are continental style pressed plates fitted in a continental moulded clip-in plate holder. I first got pressed plates on my previous car, a VW Passat. They "looked right" on a German car. With the Landy, I did not want "Dubmeister" on the makers name however, so I got these from an outfit (on ebay) based in Dublin. It just has their name plus "Dublin 1" on them. Makes them legal. They did not want my reg docs/utility bill/shoe size/etc either! You can easily find them on the 'bay if you do a search. The plate holders were also sourced from the 'bay. I selected plain ones - ie. not advertising "Wolfsburg" or whatever.  10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

BossBob wrote:

A document available from .gov.uk giving the requirements for registration plates.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/gr...067666.pdf

Steve D - I have the same size as the front. The what you call "full size" plate seems to be a bastardised size that LR have used to fill the space. I seem to remember some of the old Rovers used to have similar. My car had standard plate size from new apparently anyway.
Bob 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

It does look like they have relaxed the rules slightly. They just call for correct font & size on a reflective plate now. No mention of BS AU145 and name/post code as previous. See: https://www.gov.uk/displaying-number-plates/overview. Maybe it was more trouble than it was worth!

Re security - my plates just clip in to the plastic holder. Simples. But I don't live in a "dodgy" area. You can get "German Security" holders with a special security key if you want to @ £13.99 / pr on a well known auction site. I like to use holders as no screws are visible - much neater. 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

j77 wrote:

I believe, in America you can have what you like on your plate. It's a shame we can't.

I don't have metal plates but the ones I have on are show plates, no problems with local PCs as of yet.

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You are not allowed to display any other flag or symbol and this only applies to vehicles registered in England, Scotland and Wales.