Number Plate ID

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Originally Posted by vnx205

Isn't it possible to keep the same plates from your previous vehicle when you register a new one?

So I could fit the same plates on my 2002 car that used to be on my 1952 car.

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Yes, you could have a yellow plate issued in the early 1950s and still have it today as you bought new vehicles. When the yellow plates were issued they put the frighteners on owners with the superseded B&W plates. My father had AL ... and it was replaced with ADL... There was a huge outcry and the Department of Motor Transport were smashed into submission, supported by a fantastic gentleman and former politician Sir Frederick Stewart who had B&W number plate NSW 1. Even this no plate gets a mention here:
Biography - Sir Frederick Harold Stewart - Australian Dictionary of Biography
Stewart House the children's respite care hospital was funded by him.

In 1969 I had AWT... issued for a Land Rover, but it was a re-issue. Sometime in the late 1970s a friend drove his Series 3 SWB into Dad's factory and Dad said "that is the b. no plate I handed in AL..." That was my friend's initials. Dad told us the story and thought it good that Tony got the number when they started letting people have available "personalised" number plates. It really meant nothing to Dad - I think it came with his Mercury Ute.

Originally BZZ would have been issued in late 1959.

Bob

Hi there
My first Car was a "Datsun 1000 coupe bought FEB 1970 rego AXA978
Wrecked August 1970 too much bridge not enough Datsun ooops.
cheers Paul;):D

Ahh the Crown.

But even the deluxe model pales by comparison to the unit sitting in storage. Ex Malaysian ambassador's car, '68 Crown Super Deluxe with power everything, fridge, dual zone A/c, AM/FM/SW/8 Track, Triple SU's on 4M engine, Auto Headlight dimming, Power windows, central locking, velour cloth inserts with embroidered crown logo, all with genuine 60,000miles. Found in the paper for the princely sum of $1000- from the original owner who brought it out here when retired and loved it.

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Originally Posted by Grumbles

Thanks heaps for the info guys. :D
Looks like I have more questions for the car yard.

The NSW plate identification system is way more complicted than what I could ever have thought of. I'll ascribe my ignorance to being a Victorian.

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I am not sure what you are concerned about - if it properly registered then there will not be an issue.

Garry

We had a 63 EJ Holden Wagon on original plates and they were CWL-263 rego was Feb from memory,just a little close to the start of the school year and books/uniform expenses, and our 65 Toyota Crown deluxe (Qld. NYG-889) that replaced the EJ wagon after tin worm got at the roof line,(EH's had a changed roof line as the porous hood lining caused sweating and moisture into the unpainted inner roof face) the Toyota was the first all coil sprung model with the 1900cc 4 cylinder Mercedes 170 copy,3 speed with electric O/drive on 3rd & Top,full light green tinted laminated glass including W/screen,light & power point in glove box,under bonnet,carpeted boot w/light,reverse lights dual head lights 2 speed wipers,armrests in the centre of both brocade cloth bench seats (6 sweater)s/belts front outer only,curtesy lights in 4 doors (red, rear facing)self-seek press button radio with controls both front and rear, but let down by unboosted drum brakes!!! All this as standard when a radio and heater were costly extras in Holdens & Falcons,that was we retired it and bought a VC Commodore "Vacationer" wagon with boosted discs up front and drum rear.

I had at that stage restored my ex-army 2a G.S. and had it on the road as well (OLR-068) on re-issued personalised plates White on Black.

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Originally Posted by clubagreenie

Ahh the Crown.

But even the deluxe model pales by comparison to the unit sitting in storage. Ex Malaysian ambassador's car, '68 Crown Super Deluxe with power everything, fridge, dual zone A/c, AM/FM/SW/8 Track, Triple SU's on 4M engine, Auto Headlight dimming, Power windows, central locking, velour cloth inserts with embroidered crown logo, all with genuine 60,000miles. Found in the paper for the princely sum of $1000- from the original owner who brought it out here when retired and loved it.

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Sounds like a rare and interesting vehicle.

My father had a '68 Crown wagon for years - the electric tailgate window in them was a rare feature at least in Australia. It replaced an Austin Freeway wagon that he had for quite a long time, and that we used to travel all around what is now Kakadu in (the "roads" up there were pretty "ordinary" back then).

I had a '69 sedan with overdrive when I first moved across to WA, and later an imported '75 Super Saloon.

They were streets ahead of the equivalent Australian offerings of the day.

Did the wagon have the side facing rear seat though?

A friend has a wagon with a measly 600HP 7MGTE