Personalized Plates

[jimrankin]

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[jimrankin]

But California won't let you use XXX in a plate anymore, XXX7FUN

[escondidoron]

Saw this plate last weekend in the U.K.:

 

Has to be one of the best, or at least most significant, ever.

[Alaskossie]

That looks like the plate on the late Graham Nearn's Super Seven SS Twin-Cam (the grille bars look like his SS, but the headlamp brackets should be curved, and a bit lower, I think). One of 13 or 14 Twin-Cam SS's, the rarest Seven variant.

[Alaskossie]

A friend in Colorado (BTW, he's the former owner of one of the two Lotus Seven SS Twin-Cams that made it to the USA), has a good plate on his daily driver:

 

CUL8RBY

[scannon]

 

My Caterham has the Colorado plate ONABLAT. I have to explain what it means to everyone except Se7en owners.

 

And yes, I know, the wheel is on the wrong side of the car. I had to move it to get the beater Miata in the shop and didn't pay attention to orientation since they were coming back off the car before it got driven.

[frizille]

I went with KAR120C since I've got a BRG w/ yellow 7. Nobody has asked about it yet; I think most just assume I can't spell.

[escondidoron]

That looks like the plate on the late Graham Nearn's Super Seven SS Twin-Cam (the grille bars look like his SS, but the headlamp brackets should be curved, and a bit lower, I think). One of 13 or 14 Twin-Cam SS's, the rarest Seven variant.

 

You are correct that it is Graham Nearn's SS Twin Cam. It is the former Earl's Court show car from '69. It is SS #1 of 13 total built.

 

It's very upscale for a Seven as far as creature comforts go:

[sevenup]

[sdaddy]

Just received the "new" plate...

[bigdog]

I went another way. Here in Washington state if you have a classic car and you can find a serviceable number plate of the year of manufacture. You can register it with that plate. I was able to find a pristine plate from 1983 on ebay for $30 and did a permanent reg for $55. And I'm done forever. No annual fees under a classic registration & out here in flyover country, The rozzers don't really care that I drive it all the time.