Thanks for correcting the valuable information Paul.... I got this
information from an English gentleman in Ga years ago.....pretty close but
now we know exactly.
----- Original Message -----
From: Douglas, Paul <Paul.Douglas@gbr.Xerox.Com>
To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 06, 1999 12:45 AM
Subject: RE: English License Plates and Ebay
> You've got the general idea of our license plates but the detail isn't
quite
> right.
>
> A single letter suffix was introduced in 1963 with "A", 1964 was "B" etc.
A
> license plate (or "number plate" in British English) would be something
like
> KLM123B. In 1967 they decided to change the time of year that the letter
> changed to August, not January, because there was such a peak in car sales
> in January.
> So the relevent years for Tigers are:
> 1963 - A
> 1964 - B
> 1965 - C
> 1966 - D
> January - July 1967 - E
> August 1967 - July 1968 - F etc.
>
> This carried on until the end of the alphabet (missing out I, O, Q, U and
> Z). Then there was a switch to a single letter prefix, starting at A,
still
> changing in August (eg A123KLM). The problem for the motor industry was
that
> this change in August caused a huge increase in sales in August. So this
> year it's been altered again so the change is now in both March and
> September. So
> August 1996 - July 1997 - P
> August 1997 - July 1998 - R
> August 1998 - February 1999 - S
> March 1999 - August 1999 - T
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: herbeam [mailto:herbeam@cari.net]
> Sent: 06 August 1999 06:45
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: English License Plates and Ebay
>
>
> The first letter of a british license plate signifies the year in which it
> was issued, and rotates through a 23 letter alphabet.(No I,O,Q).
> The following letters apply to our breed:
>
> 1964 E
> 1965 F
> 1966 G
> 1967 H
> 1968 J
>
> ex: : 1973 = P (=23= 1996)
>
> You all can figure the rest out.
>
>
> Just listed on EBAY:
>
> Classic Early Sunbeam Valve Cover
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=142615752
>
> This is the nice one with the big S and SUNBEAM across the front, complete
> with Chrome Shell Oil Cap!
>
> ROOTES CLASSIC SUNBEAM HEADLIGHT RIM
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=142624304
>
> If you need a perfect headlight rim or spare Please check it out and bid.
>
>
>
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