Selling my 1971 Scimitar's Classic Car plates - what can they be replaced with?

I am looking to sell my Reliant Scimitar SE5 GTE and have considered selling its plates separately as they are quite unique and could fetch a good deal. However, I don't want to ruin the classic car...

Do personalised number plate companies have a special arrangement with the DVLA to reserve number plates?

On 7 December, DVLA launched its series 11 plates. Two days previously I received an unsolicited text from Regtransfers offering to sell me a personalised number plate using the new 11 series. For interest...

What can I do to protect my number plate from cloning?

I have just received a letter from a car parking enforcement company, telling me that a car with my plate had overstayed at a Sainsbury's car park (no fine this time). This was in Stoke-on-Trent on 19...

Getting a good jag

As a result of ill health, my good friend is considering selling his Jaguar XK120, which he has owned for 56 years. It is in superb roadworthy condition with some racing history and is used on a fairly...

Can I use a stick-on number plate on my Vauxhall Corsa's tow bar?

I have had a tow bar fitted to my Corsa, and when I attach the cycle carrier base to the tow bar it partially obscures the bottom of the year of registration mark. When I am carrying my bicycle I have...

How can I remove my association from another vehicle which has cloned my number plate?

The police inform me that my number plate has been cloned and on two separate occasions this vehicle and its owners have been thieving in my name. Obviously the police come to me each time as I am the...

Why am I being prosecuted over the font on my number plate?

I was taken to court 18 months ago for having an illegal plate (they said because it was metal it was illegal). The case was dropped because my plate is EU standard, equivalent to BS standard. A year later...

One cloner car

Both number plates have been stolen from my car. I have reported the crime to the police. I am concerned that these plates may be attached to another car that is involved in a crime, incurs parking charges,...

No plate like owned

I own a Morris 1000 1959-60, which my father bought me for £25 as my first car when I was 17. It was found in a barn with hens nesting in it. We brought it home, my father breathed life into it and I had...

United state?

A short time ago I read a piece in the Telegraph regarding number plates. Could you confirm one or two points for me? The number plate can only carry the registration number, the name of the garage (or...