Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Elton Johns Ferrari (for you Clyde)

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

What makes a plate cherished?  such that I want to nail to the nose of my 61 
E Jag?
DOUG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Francis Newman" <francis [at] fntn.co.uk>
To: "Doug and Terri Anderson" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Elton Johns Ferrari (for you Clyde)


> Doug
>
> Yes - "cherished" numbers sell at a big premium here. You can't just 
> choose what you have. Once they are issued that's it. And you can buy  and 
> sell them. In fact the licensing authority auction new  "cherished" 
> registraions.
>
> Francis
>
> On 10 Nov 2006, at 01:03, Doug and Terri Anderson wrote:
>
> > Francis - Burt spent some time on lay over in Heathrow and being a 
> > car-guy with time to kill purchased a newspaper sorta thing with  tons of 
> > cars for sale and what not.  Also for sale, in numerous  ads, were 
> > license plates (?). Tons of them.  Rows and rows.  What  is the deal with 
> > that? or didn't I read far enough in the last post?
> > Thanks
> > DOUG
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francis Newman"  <francis [at] 
> > fntn.co.uk>
> > To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
> > Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 3:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Elton Johns Ferrari (for you Clyde)
> >
> >
> > > Here you go Ed
> > >
> > > UK registrations in all their glory.
> > >
> > > http://www.wolfbane.com/vreg.htm
> > >
> > > enjoy :-)
> > >
> > > Francis
> > >
> > > On 9 Nov 2006, at 23:26, E M wrote:
> > >
> > > > I never understood the whole "letter" thing on Brit plates, could
> > > > you please
> > > > explain??  I've even asked a couple of Brit friends and they dont'
> > > > seem to
> > > > know either.
> > > >
> > > > I think EJ also owned a standard Testarossa that was a gift from his
> > > > manager, but I guess he had a number of Ferraris in his garage at
> > > > one time.
> > > >
> > > > Ed
> > > >
> > > > On 09/11/06, Britt2Asa [at] aol.com <Britt2Asa [at] aol.com> wrote:
> > > > > In a message dated 09/11/06 12:20:17 GMT Standard Time,
> > > > > clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net writes:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Well if it was a 1995 be careful I think that they stopped making
> > > > > > them
> > > > > in
> > > > > > 94
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Clyde Romero Jr.
> > > > > > Cell 678 641 9932
> > > > >
> > > > > I believe they were made for 3 years before the "M" came out but
> > > > > regardless
> > > > > cars here are judged by the year of their first registration and
> > > > > not the
> > > > > year
> > > > > of manufacturer so a '95 can could actually be a '94 model year
> > > > > but first
> > > > > registured in '95. Thus the dealer was telling me it was a "K"
> > > > > plate car.
> > > > >
> > > > > BR in the UK
> > > > > 1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK
> > > > > 1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles)
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