Good evening all,

Any ideas where I may be able to get some French letter style number plates made up? Ideally but not essentially black and white ones as I have a "historic vehicle"

Thanks in advance

In France But seriously there's a few companies on ebay that specialise in reg plates,you could email and ask.
http://www.a1showplates.com/creator.htm ... tAodajQABQ

This is one that offers show plates and/or your design, the other option is to get them made up in France and brought/sent over,if you know someone there.

I can have them made in my local town if you wish and sent them over to you. They are around 15 euros (if my old brain is correct) each.

Boots or Super Drug?

Its amazing what people say when they see number plates on my cars .
"Oh,its a French car,where did you get it,France?" and"How do you manage to keep the original French number plates on your car?" and"Do the police stop you?".
Well,no,in 2 years I have never been stopped,and they are British number plates that have French stylee

Thanks dyane61976, do you rekon you could get them made on a black plate with white or bare Ali pressed lettering ?

Strictly speaking, non conforming plates, whether spacing, font or colour, should be failed on an MOT test regardless of the constant risk of being pulled over by a pedantic plod - its surely not worth the risk or the inconvenience just to look "cool"?

You are quite correct, funny reg plates were one of my bones of contention as a 'pedantic plod'. However I suspect that the majority of police officers aren't interested or have no idea of the legal requirements.I have noticed even some officers private vehicles don't comply,but that's another story It's a matter for the individual, whilst I spend approx half the year in France and half in UK.I had thought about the French plates but then decided what's the point?

I was once told by an Officer of the Law, many years ago, that 'private plates' of any sort were actually quite liked because the great unwashed public tended to notice/remember them more easily than 'normal' ones...

Not just an MOT fail, as during a recent visit to the local MOT testing station, there was a car in the servicing area to have replacement number plates fitted.
The owner had been fined £60? as her vanity plates did not impress the local constabulary.

Pressed number plates may also cause problems, depending on the original date of registration of the car.
http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/general- ... lates.html

All to do with whether or not ANPR equipment can read the plate, which seems fair enough to me.

ken