I saw a car with a very short number plate the other day and I wondered who has got the reg A1? I remember reading years ago that one of the big oil companies had got it on one of their cars. Anyway I put it into the MOT history website https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/ and of course you need to know the make of car. I tried the obvious upmarket brands like RollsRoyce, Bentley, Vandenplas, Mercedes, LandRover (?) etc but no luck. Anyone got any ideas? 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

I think it's still owned by SP tyres who got it when they bought out Dunlop.

It was owned in the late 60s by Iain Mills who was the chief engineer on the Denovo run flat tyre project, he later became the MP for Mediden.

I drove a Jaguar XJ-12 with the A1 plate during a 'burst run' demonstration at Goodwood in about '72.

Conflicting information between different sites online. In my vehicle checker, the last car it was on that was taxed was a 2007 Mini Cooper S Auto. That car is currently untaxed and the MOT expired on 13 May 2010. The insurance Database shows it as currently being attached to a Renault Clio Dynamic Billabong.

I thought it belonged to Lord Montagu who owned the Beaulieu Motor Museum. The fact that its not on a road going vehicle makes me think the Beaulieu museum still own it. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

It used to belong to a company called BTR back in the 1990's but they sold it to a private individual. BTR Dunlop was a subsidiary company of BTR

S0 used to belong to the Lord Provost of Glasgow. I remember reading that in Scotland for many years number plate issues would start with he number 0 not 1. Updated- Waiting for a Scotland v England 6 Nations home win. 24th Feb 2018
Gone-1972 88 SWB Soft top
Gone-1981 24v FFR Lightweight
Gone-2009 Freelander 2 TD4 GS manual
Gone before it bankrupted me- 2008 Discovery 3 TDV6 Auto
2013 Freelander 2 SD4 GS Auto

Locally to us there is a BMW with the number "01 10". Must be a computer programmer I guess!

Bob 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

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

I had a friend some 30/40 years ago who owned an Aston Martin DB4/5? with the Registration number TEN 10.
I must say that as a motorsport competitor I coveted that number.

Never found out what happened to it as he moved to Wales and last I heard he died of alcohol poisoning.
Not surprised at that though as his favourite tipple was Port and Brandy.


Bill. Life Honorary Member of Wallasey Motor Club.
Licenced MSA Radio Operator for 35+ years.
Rallying is the only sport.

Many years ago NSW car registration number '3' lived in our street. it parked in the street as garages around here are as rare as hens teeth! On what looked like from memory an old second hand Toyota Camry or similar, of all things! They could swap number '3' for half the houses in the street! Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18

The civic limo for the Lord Mayor of Leeds is on U1. Quite nice really they could flog it on to Elland Road.

Leeds U 1 ...Cardiff City..

F 1 , reputedly the most expensive plate in the UK is also in Leeds , owned by Khan Design, motor pimpers to the rich and famous  2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

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F 1 , reputedly the most expensive plate in the UK is also in Leeds , owned by Khan Design, motor pimpers to the farmers and and those without taste

corrected that for you  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Not quite as good as A1, but near to us I regularly see the plate ABC 123 which I reckon must be worth a few quid.

The car it's on? Ferrari, Aston? Nope it's on a 2002 Ford Fiesta! Used to be on a Metro van before that!

THE 1 on Barnsley Mayors car Silver 2009 HSE

A quick check on "TotalCarCheck" shows the registration A1 to be on a 2007 Mini Cooper S auto that's been on SORN since about 2010.

Clearly the reg number is worth considerably more than the car it's on.

A neighbour had B16 NOB with the "6" made to look a bit like "G" and I often see an old VW with 6666 or 66666 (can't remember if it is 4 or 5 sixes).

Off topic; a friend had some made to measure golf shoes with his initials in solid gold on them. He only wore them once. His initials are FU.


J

That's funny because when I was in Walsall today I saw a woman driving a car with the Reg number BI6 BUT
I was smiling all the way down the road wondering whether her husband had bought the number plate as a gift !!!
I was so taken back by the number plate I couldn't remember what the car was. 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 !