Looking for UK classic car collectors advice.

Posted 3rd Mar 2023

I need to know the year this licence plate is please: it's either BPM 218 or BPM 210, it's from an old photo and slightly illegible. I'm guessing 1940-50s? Thank you.

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Mclwrth
3rd Mar
In 1951 they changed from letters first to numbers first, so that would make it some time between '33 and '50.
VeganPolice
3rd Mar
Not quite true, the individual authorities only did that when they exhausted the existing supply, it wasn't a big bang & therefore authorities with less vehicles would have done it later than busy ones - eg E. Sussex (quiet) & London (busy).
VeganPolice
3rd Mar
You can't without consulting the records of the issuing local authority - if they exist, as it's post 1932 (given that it starts with 3 letters - which were assigned to individual authorities, in this case East Sussex) & pre-1963, they just issued the next one in sequence. (edited)
VeganPolice
3rd Mar
Looks like a Morris 8 ~ 1936 to 48.

en.wikipedia.org/wik…ght
pcs7038
3rd Mar
Agree. I lean towards the photo being pre-war
pcs7038
3rd Mar
If you post the photo, we may be able narrow it down by identifying the car
DealHub Author
3rd Mar
MicroManaged
3rd Mar
Neither of those reg numbers are on the DVLA database so I guess unless you have a V5 accessible you would be reliant on the date stamp on the makers plate on the chassis/engine.
MonkeyMan90
3rd Mar
A V5 didn't start appearing until the 70s
SaturdayGigs
3rd Mar
morrisregister.co.uk/wp-…pdf
DoireCormac
4th Mar
Morris Eight