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Good work, Mo :D
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Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:11 am

red rose motors chester road huntington in chester 0244 311404 still have plates with dealerships cards and keyring sorry no pics
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One thats on my e28

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I have cooper park lane ones - not sure if they're original or not -will post pics if i get chance
'88 325i Auto Chromie Cabriolet in Alpine White
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ed325i wrote:One thats on my e28

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Oh wicked. My convertible came from that dealer. Dont happen to still have the plates?
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My effort:
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'88 325i Auto Chromie Cabriolet in Alpine White
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Blitz wrote:
ed325i wrote:One thats on my e28

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Oh wicked. My convertible came from that dealer. Dont happen to still have the plates?
No sorry I dont
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Sun Nov 13, 2011 2:06 pm

I don't suppose anyone has anything from Royal Ascot Garage? That seems to be where mine came from once upon a time....
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On my old chromie..

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There appears to be some sort of signature under the N but cant zoom in any more....
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Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:28 pm

Fantastic thread. On my '88 316.

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Something else I found.

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crazy1 wrote:Fantastic thread. On my '88 316.

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Interesting sticker. My '86 2 door came from this dealership, and iirc there was a picture of a porsche on one side of the sticker. Long gone now, sadly.
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anyone got any pics of cheyne bmw, london sw6 4th? no longer in existance though.
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Sat Dec 10, 2011 5:51 pm

Just wanted to say thanks for this post. Used the photos of hexagon dealer plates to get a set of retro bmw number plates made up by dealerplates.co.uk now on th car and they look great.
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have you got any pics of your new plates voodooX
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danryan wrote:anyone got any pics of cheyne bmw, london sw6 4th? no longer in existance though.
yes my car has them will get some pics for you.
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danryan wrote:anyone got any pics of cheyne bmw, london sw6 4th? no longer in existance though.
Here we go, these are all off my 1994 touring.


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Ive had some plates made up as originals are frilly, however the font and logo are smaller

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Thanks, Alex :D

Keep 'em coming lads and lassies :wink:
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cheers alex. where did you get your number plates done? if its ok with you im going to ask pukar on here if he can do me any copies of the stickers etc from your car :D dan
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yer thats fine when he has done them let me know i may aswell purchase a set :D

are you getting a tax disc made up too ?

got plates from dealerplates.co.uk
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if thats something he would be willing to do then yes. have you one? i think he needs to do them in batches of 50, so we need to find another 48 cheyne oem homo's :)
i will ask him.
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ah, i dont but i'am sure he could you another one from the thread but change the text ?

my car did have a square bmw one as you can see the outline on the windscreen, my guess it was removed with the tax disc when the coffin dodger crashed it :D
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what info does dealerplates need to do me some plates like yours alex. my registration obviously :)
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send him that picture and your reg simple as :D
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cheers. i will need to invest in a camera then. been avoiding buying one since i joined the zone :)
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danryan wrote:have you got any pics of your new plates voodooX
Yep ill post a couple of pics tomorrow. Perfect replication of the originals
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Here's some of mine :

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Blue Bell ( Wilmslow ) circa probably '89 / '90

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Modern version

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Circa '85

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Cicra '87

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Circa '98

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Sytner Nottingham Circa '88

Just had these made up as replicas of what BMW put in the brochures :

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e30topless said : Proper BMW's have 4 headlights, last of the run was the E30 and E34/E32 anything after that is just complete shite
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sunnyr83 wrote:On my old chromie..

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There appears to be some sort of signature under the N but cant zoom in any more....
that is the company taht made the plates back in the day ,our dealership had a similar thing
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Sun Dec 25, 2011 10:01 am

If any one needs dealer plates tax disk and window sticker pictures for LJK garages LTD in ilford essex. i will get some pics up soon as my father owned this franchise, so i have lots of bits and bobs
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Has anybody got anything on First Front Wimbledon?
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gooner1 wrote:Just the rear plate from me Fi, not even sure if they are original but the front
certainly ain't.


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Is this any help.
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My Dads Cabby.

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