No idea where the work was done. Only ones currently registered at the time were data input. I know that initially all number plates were issued from Brisbane for many years and posted to non-metropolitan clients. Then certain regional offices were able to issue plates. Numbers in Qld. were only used once and could not be transferred to another vehicle. Personalised plates when they appeared were and still are able to be transferred from vehicle to vehicle. Nowadays one can pay to get the original number for a restored vehicle or one returning to service after a period of de-registration. The onus of proof that it is the same vehicle is on you. Make/model now come off the computer listing so no confusion there even if the TMR have it wrong as they have done. Odd and rare makes cause problems if the computer says "no such". I know a couple of guys who ran up against this bureaucratic brick wall. One had restored a 1920's Hall & Scott he bought in the USA and the other was an obscure early veteran whose make I can't remember. Another had to produce all sorts of evidence to convince TMR that his 1949 Kurtis Sports Car existed when the computer said it did not. Understandable as only 14 were made and none came to Australia until he imported his about 2013. The Hall & Scott was a light truck chassis bodied as a large touring car. Monster engine. Only one in Australia.
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