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Rob Everett
Australia
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 Posted - 16/02/2019 : 06:49:55
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L0533
Just an update on registration and the hope that someone can advise on “Q” registration.
Following advice from John (James) on contact details for Kent County Council concerning registration I have now received information from them that my car was registered as EKN817 on 4 Mar 1938 and I now have the name of another early owner. Along with that information was a note in the remarks column which said “Imported under QA 5665”. I am not quite sure what this means,however, I am of the opinion that the car had the QA rego prior to being issued with the EKN?
My car, along with L0532, L0534 & L0535 were all “issued” (I assume this to mean building finished and ready for sale) on 8/9/33.
There is a long gap between 1933 and 1938 for the car to be unregistered.
The original sales receipt that I received from Tim Edwards dated 11/12/1948 states that the car was first registered EKN817 on 5/5/37 which disagrees with Kent County Council, who I am inclined to think are correct.
If anyone has any information on “Q” registration or any thoughts on how these rego gaps may be explained I would be grateful.
Chris (Westbury) advised earlier that one his L types, he did not know which one, had reputedly been a Police car in Preston. That may or may not be be my car but I was wondering that if the Police took a vehicle from any manufacturer would they use their own Police registration numbers? I would see this as making a gap in the registration chain.
Regards..........Rob Everett |
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Brian Kelly
USA
526 Posts |
Posted - 16/02/2019 : 18:49:48
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Rob.
The two letter registration marks beginning with "Q" in Great Britain were used for
"Vehicles temporarily imported from abroad"
Quote from Philip Riden's book on registration numbers.
Brian. |
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Rob Everett
Australia
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Posted - 28/02/2019 : 06:22:45
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LO533
Thanks Brian that's a start. The next step will be to find where it was imported from and where is was to be returned to.
Regards.....Rob |
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tonym
United Kingdom
651 Posts |
Posted - 28/02/2019 : 15:01:14
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Q plates were also used for cars of unproven ancestry.
An example would be a "bitsa" made from assorted components, but not from a specific manufacturer - such as say a trials car that was used on the public highway. |
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tonym
United Kingdom
651 Posts |
Posted - 28/02/2019 : 15:45:18
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| What I should also have said was that Q plates were issued where the owner could not prove the age of the vehicle. |
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KevinA
New Zealand
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Posted - 28/02/2019 : 19:48:08
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| Tony, Q plates were a relatively modern thing. They came in around 70s/80s so wouldn't apply in this case. They also were just a single Q |
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Cooperman
United Kingdom
758 Posts |
Posted - 28/02/2019 : 22:09:39
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They were certainly in in the 60's I had a friend who imported a Triumph Herald, I think from the USA and that had a Q plate.
In fact it was Q as a suffix i.e. ??? ??? Q
John Cooper M 628 |
Edited by - Cooperman on 28/02/2019 22:11:19 |
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