Pic request: Original Dealer Plates

Thu Oct 01, 2009 9:23 pm

Just emailed them asking for capri robs, but saying:

Williams Motor Co. (Liverpool) LTD

With a small think border going around the plate

Hope you dont mind me using your picture Rob?

Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:33 pm

Ive got sytner sheffield later type plates on my 325 £16 the pair.

Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:40 pm

Mine are pretty cool - Coopers of Park Lane (don't you know!)

Of topic - Just clay barred the car using Megs stuff and followed it up with AutoGlym HD Wax - Overjoyed by the way the paintwork looks now - I was utterly amazed by the amount of sh*t that came off whilst claying - If you have never done this before I'd thoroughly recommend it. Very hard work but definitely worth it.

Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:41 pm

Of topic - Just clay barred the car using Megs stuff and followed it up with AutoGlym HD Wax - Overjoyed by the way the paintwork looks now - I was utterly amazed by the amount of sh*t that came off whilst claying - If you have never done this before I'd thoroughly recommend it. Very hard work but definitely worth it.

good stuff isnt it

Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:21 am

josh-hocking wrote:hope the new owner dont mind me using this....

zoom in alex... 1988 original plates

I don't mind at all Josh.

As it happens I am currently getting these remade by Dealerplates.

Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:54 pm

bump

anyone got any scott hall bmw leeds ? 1991 era

Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:25 pm

Anybody had any plates back from these yet? I emailed them a couple of times but they havnt sorted me a plate yet

Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:33 pm

I think I'll see if they can do the original dealer for my plates. I much prefer the pre-'01 font but had to have the later one.

Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:41 pm

DanThe wrote:Anybody had any plates back from these yet? I emailed them a couple of times but they havnt sorted me a plate yet

are they slow then ?

anyone know anywhere else ? must be other people surely

Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:39 pm

StuBeeDoo wrote:I think I'll see if they can do the original dealer for my plates.

Could be a problem. David Richards BMW Evesham appear to have gone out of business an awful long time ago.

Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:15 am

Thread revival !

I have a dilemma - first owners of my turd were BMW Bracknell HQ who had it for about a Year before it went to its first private owner who bought it from Williams BMW in Manchester.

It was later sold by Blue Bell BMW in Wilmslow ( Still wears the rear plate and tax disc holder ) - I'm quite tempted to get some of these made up as well as my first E30 came from there.

So Does anyone have any pics of "dealer" plates that would have been fitted to BMW "Fleet" cars circa early 1988 ? - if not Williams Manchester plates circa mid '89 would be good.
I have some earlier Blue Bell plates ( '85 ) from my first turd and can use the rear as a template for those I guess.

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Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:41 am

Would be good if there was a plate with 'BMW HQ' for yours Rob

I didnt get anywhere with the above company, the mock up plate they emailed me was a poor replica and when I asked them to make it better before buying they never got back to me....

Maybe im being fussy but its just not 80's enough to go on the car IMO, I really need some new plates!

Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:21 am

Damn, I thought I had original plates but they have www.sytner.com at the bottom!

Tue Mar 22, 2011 3:58 pm

Still looking for some Vines plates. Anyone????

Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:51 pm

B7 wrote:Still looking for some Vines plates. Anyone????

Trev, wouldn't it be CRONK plates? that's what it was before it became VINES

Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:55 pm

anyone have any pictures of milcars plates, in particular milcars stanmore circa 1991?

Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:59 pm

We should collect photos of any original dealer plates and get them on the WIKI. Mine has a Wakefield dealer plate front and back which I assume is original

Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:34 pm

GC318 wrote:
B7 wrote:Still looking for some Vines plates. Anyone????
Trev, wouldn't it be CRONK plates? that's what it was before it became VINES

No. Actually the car came from Quadrofoglio's.

But I want the OEM look. I'm never going to get a Cronks tax disc holder or keyring. Also Cronks were never in Crawley / Guildford. That was always Vines group. Cronks were Coulsdon and Redhill until Mr Cronk sold out.

Vines plates etc is an easy win.

Wed Mar 23, 2011 12:56 am

B7 wrote:Still looking for some Vines plates. Anyone????

I will try and get some pics of some Vines plates I have in the garage up tomorrow.

Wed Mar 23, 2011 6:27 am

Simon wrote:
B7 wrote:Still looking for some Vines plates. Anyone????
I will try and get some pics of some Vines plates I have in the garage up tomorrow.

Excellent. Thanks

Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:28 am

Not quite as original as I'd first thought sorry Trev, they have an 01 number which was introduced in 1995 iirc. Still fitted by Vines back in the day though..

Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:52 pm

Excellent Simon. I think they are slightly later than I would like but they are close enough.

I'll request them like that but with 0293 611117 (i.e. dropping the 1 from the dialing code.

Thanks mate, Appreciate it.

Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:58 pm

I have seen some old vines ones and the lettering is thicker.

Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:04 pm

I need some dealer plates from Chandlers in Worthing

Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:12 pm

I had these made up....

...from these.

by this person.

http://www.dealerplates.co.uk/

Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:35 pm

I've emailed them tonight. See what they come up with.

Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:40 pm

Mine was a Bracknell car too apparently - so these probably date from 1992?

In all her gaffa taped glory..

Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:45 pm

beemerbird wrote:We should collect photos of any original dealer plates and get them on the WIKI. Mine has a Wakefield dealer plate front and back which I assume is original

good idea , a database of dealer plates, rear stickers, and tax holders , would be fantastic

Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:59 pm

mine has specialist cars in stevenage on them...

checked and they still exist, anyone know how i can get a tax disc holder or any other bits to put on the car, oh and do i have to go there in order to get fresh plates made from them..

Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:41 am

MLG chiswick anyone ? and any more of cooper park lane ?

Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:46 am

Hexagon BMW anyone?

Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:06 pm

I've started a thread for people to add any original dealer signage (plates / tax disc holders / rear screen stickers) photos to.

Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:34 pm

mine has Highfield of cockfosters on both plates ive googled it and it came up with http://www.stephenjames.co.uk/bmw/about ... 4QodKzD-aw

Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:59 pm

Who would be the dealer in essex in 1987?

Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:30 am

Right. Here's what Dealer plates has come back with off the back of the what Simon supplied for me.

Originals:

The mock up with modded phone number (I believe the "1" in the dialling code was introduced in '95):

Barry has also sourced what we believe to be a late 80's Vines plate in this

But I actually prefer the first one with the roundell offset to the right. And considering that original is on a H '90 plate says to me that style was available when these were still in the dealer networks. So the orders going in today!