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Agreed, I am trying to point out what the law says, not what you can reasonably do without causing yourself problems. The two are often not the same.
However the illegal spacing of Civvy Registrations to look like military two number/two letter/ two number plates is more likely to land you in it. Automatic number plate recognition technology is getting more widespread all the time, and those numbers that the computer cannot make out, are scrutinised by human eye to work out how the legal layout/ typeface etc has been messed around with to mis represent a number.
Although more associated with people playing with Personalised plates to make them read, how they want them to, you could well get a visit if someone works out you have wrongly grouped characters for whatever reason., including trying to make them look military.
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Two for the price of one at the Drive-Thru tonight!
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During the War Lancasters were moved by road between RAF Waddington to Avro's repair facilities at Bracebridge Heath. All the lamp posts on the A15 were hinged so that they could be lowered and raised as the Lancaster was towed past them!
This was not just a Wartime necessity, in 1946 four Lancaster Bombers were converted to Lancastrian Freighters at Bracebridge Heath, and these also must have been trundled down the A15. Later two Avro &)& experimental aircraft were assembled there and moved to Waddington for flight( circa 1951-53) then back again for modifications etc.
http://www.n-kesteven.gov.uk/upload/public/attachments/1219/North_Kestevens_Airfield_Trail.pdf
See pages 9 and 10 for basic information.
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Rest is just another word for boredom! Bad ankle or not had to investigate air leak.
Red trailer air line has been cut off (see earlier photo) By rights air should pour out of here, but it only leaks a bit. Why??
Someone has made a plug out of matches and newspaper!!:shocked::shocked::shocked: Is this bodge of the year?
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Any thoughts?
I suppose they couldn't find a ball bearing the right size to replace the pipe and olive!
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Re first registration date checking some V5's shows variation in the way DVLA enter information
Above date of first registration shows date into Army service, and Date of first UK registration shows the day I registered it for the first time/
but here for 1977 built 101 going into RAF service in 1983 the date of first registration and date of first UK registration are the same and show the day the first Civvy owner registered it and got the Y date suffix letter.
Clearly they have no consistency in how they enter Information. The relevant date for the plates required is the Date of first UK registration.
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just get reg number painted on by signwriter ,what you reckon antarmike?:-D
I refer the honourable gentleman to my previous answer....
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I believe it is safe to say the spirit of the law is that black and white plates are required pre-1st Jan 1973, and retro-reflectives after that date. Poorly worded law aside, the intent is clearly that vehicles manufactured when B&Ws were the norm are entitled to have them. If a 432 had been available to civilians at its original time of manufacture it would have been fitted with B&Ws.
On another tack, does the law specify 'registered by whom'? The British armed services operate registration systems. Does this not mean a 432 has been registered on or before X date? Does the law specify 'registered in the UK by DfT' ?
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I have registered Four military vehicles for the first time, and for three of them the registration documents came back with No. of previous keepers 0, date of first registration showed date I registered them. (the forth shows no previous owners even though there is a much earlier registration date)
I ran both Matadors and the Explorer on B and W plates, (because that is all I knew at the time).
Wouldn't it be nice if UK Motor vehicle law was written in joined up writing, in stead of the haphazard mess we have of similar but different rules depending on which legislation.
I am re-assessing the plates I have currently on the Eager Beaver.
If the reg has got an age suffix letter, vehicles registered before 1. 1. 73 can have them laid out as
a block of three letters, above a block of three numbers
above a separate age letter on a third row below.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/561/schedule/3/made
see diagram 3c
This is probably as close a layout as you can legally get to the Old Military rear plate.
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It turns off the rear fog lights when you go to full beam as you don't use full beam when it's foggy.
A really good safety feature for all those idiots who leave their fog lights on when it's not foggy.
But you may want fog lights when it is raining torrents, and using main beam doesn't blitz all visibility in heavy rain as it does in fog.
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It does appearappear at first glance that FV432 production finished in 1971 (I hadn't realised they were that early) so, yes, Black and white plates might be okay, but comments as to size of letters/numbers and how they are laid out on the plate is still relevant as is the requirement as to how the letters and numbers are spaced. Letters must form a block as must the numbers. One follows the other with a separation, or for a square plate the numbers and letters can be split into two groups of three characters, one group above the other. The Year letter (if applicable is part of the Number group and is in the same block, without spaces.)
It is not lawful to split numbers and letters in such a way as to try as to simulate a military style plate.
You can use Retro reflective Yellow and white plate providing they bear the mark BS AU 145.
Edit because I think that is a load of Bovine Do Do's
However on re-consideration, a lot of Automotive law is based on "first used on or before", (seat belt law, Lighting regs, MOT Exemptions, HGV driving licence exemptions amongst others)
Registration plate law is defined in terms of "first registered on or before".
These two terms are not the same.
A military vehicle is not registered whilst owned by the MOD. If a FV432 is released from the MOD and registered by a civilian , this is, in legal terms, the first registration.
Date into Service DIS equates to "First use on or before".
DIS does not equate to "First registered on or before"
I stick with my earlier post that this is the First registration of the FV432 and therefore Yellow/ white Retroreflective registration plates complying with and marked BS Au 145d are required in this instance.
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I understand your logic now, Winch removed just prior to scrapping does indeed make sense. I spend several minutes flicking back and forth between photo's before making decision that rollers were different. Putting the two photographs next to each other does make it easier to compare and yes this could be the FV200 prototype.
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"And that is how you do an oil change if you can't get the drain plug out....."
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Plenty of spanners by Churchill Tools for the British car market:-
http://stores.ebay.com/Snitzel-Bros-Foreign-Car-Parts/_i.html?_fsub=1337897017
et alia
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Just re-fitted and tested rear lights on 101 after repairs to cross member. Fog lights only light when headlamps are dipped. Going to main beam extinguishes Fog Lights. Is this normal for a 101. I have not yet had time to study the circuit diagrams, I am sure I will work out an answer, but can anyone throw any light on the subject?
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Ok, sounds interesting. I'm going to put this to DVLA & let them answer the question - this could be a can of worms :cool2:
Note corrected typo in my original post it should have read ...... 1st Sept 2001 requires BS Au 145d mark.
Not a can of worms, fairly straightforward really, you would do best best to refer to refer directly to the legislation, as advice given on here is not always very authoritative :-
"Road vehicles (display of registration marks) regulations 2001" where see particularly Regulation 10 and Schedule 2
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/561/contents/made
Note size of plate, dimensions etc also specified, you cannot make a registration plate smaller to fit a given space, you have to find a place where the correct sized plate will fit.
I would have thought it was VOSA and/ or the Police you need to talk to not DVLA.
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chap just put on what you want :cool2:
Surely you are not encouraging law breaking?
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Registration plates for new registrations and new plates fitted after 1st Sept 2001 requires Retro-reflective Yellow and white plates, and these must comply with and be marked with the BS Au145d mark.
Vehicles registered between 1. 1. 73 and 1st Sept 2001 must also be retro-reflective but bear the mark BS Au 145a.
I cannot see how this can be achieved by using magnetic material to make up a plate.
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FV436 was registered on Friday at Maidstone DVLA office, this took less than 10 minutes, was very simple & now can't wait to venture out on the open road with 'L plates'.
Another inconsistency from DVLA!
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The Churchill Machine Tool Company Ltd. built a range of Metal Cutting Machine tools, many of which would have had a C spanner to adjust bearings or tighten collet type tool holders...
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It would have made sense to fit the recovery gear to the wrecker properly. This should not have happened with what they are doing, (though I don't think it was very sensible.. It is not how I would recommend going about it anyway)
I suspect no proper super-chassis has been added to spread the forces from the wrecking gear, Inadequate flitch plates and so on.
I suggest it is more down to making sure the gear is up to the job, making sure that the converted wrecked has been adapted with enough extra metal where it needs to be to stop it pulling apart, rather than a problem with technique.
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.... like winch which could have been removed from the interior .....
I suggest the winch is still in the vehicle, because the winch rollers do not appear to exactly match either a ARV Mk2 or the FV200 , and it would seem strange to modify the winch rollers and then take out the winch. Or viewed another way, surely if you remove the winch, you would remove the rollers at the same time.
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The girls from Sheila's wheels had to tell the driver he just wasn't eligible to join their scheme ......
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That sort of behaviour is what's just put Autoglass into receivership.:mad:
John
Autoglass are very healthy and very much in business, and spending Millions on nationwide advertising, (now the countries biggest and most successful business in this field of repair) I think most sensible people recognise a joke when they see one, are you seriously suggesting anyone takes this at all seriously and it will change their choice of accident glass repair, I think not
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Correct me if I am wrong. Auto Windscreens went into receivership. Google confirms what I thought.
Quite correct.
Amber Beacon - To use or not to use that is the question
in Legislation, Licenses & Registration
Posted · Edited by antarmike
Some beacons are dual voltage (but 12/24 not 12/6), but on some at least there are two sets of drive pulleys, and the rubber drive belt has to be flipped across at the same time bulb voltage is changed to keep the correct flash rate.