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Title: Vehicle registration plate
Post by: lancslassie on Friday 09 June 23 20:55 BST (UK)

Hi everyone, I have discovered a vehicle registration plate buried in my garden & I am intrigued as to its history. I know the number has been assigned more recently to a car, but wonder about the origins of it? Tried Mr Google & still unsure. It is a square metal plate GCC 123
Any experts in the motoring field that could help please?
Thanks, lancslassie

Title: Re: Vehicle registration plate
Post by: arthurk on Sunday 11 June 23 16:58 BST (UK)

Some information on these sites:

https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/registrations/reg-letters.htm

https://kitheadtrust.org.uk/surviving-motor-taxation-records

Looks like the number was originally issued in Caernarvonshire, some time after Dec 1958. I don't know if there's anything online about what the vehicle was, but Gwynedd Archives seems to have records (see the second link).

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Title: Re: Vehicle registration plate
Post by: Mvann on Sunday 11 June 23 17:25 BST (UK)

I suspect it is the rear number plate off of a motorcycle

Title: Re: Vehicle registration plate
Post by: Karen McDonald on Sunday 11 June 23 21:07 BST (UK)

Quote from: Mvann on Sunday 11 June 23 17:25 BST (UK)

I suspect it is the rear number plate off of a motorcycle

Could be, but doesn't have to be. Cars used to have square rear plates, too.  :)
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