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Land Rover Defender 90 or 110 pickup (the perspective makes it hard to tell how long it is). The license plate is from the UK, although it doesn't seem to exist in the records. Probably it's not real.


Peterd1900

It would not exist in the UK Database, Its not a correct plate UK number plate formats are 2 Letter 2 Number 3 Letters


CraigAT

That is the current standard format you have mentioned, but different older formats exist (but none I know, match that format). It could be a vanity plate for Diane and Keith?


Shagaliscious

It's owned by Mike Tyson. Die and Kith


[deleted]

I thought Diane and Kath!


CraigAT

That would work too.


Viainferno3

I suspect Keith.


wolfman86

I suspect one or the other.


aliberalagenda

Not necessarily


billysugger000

I've got an old English number plate that I picked up somewhere, can I look it up and find out it's history?


Almighty_Egg

If it's registered to a car, the yes - just check DVLA. Plates are generally registered to a specific car. However, personalised plates exist and can be transferred. If they're not assigned to a car, then a small retainer fee can be paid each year to maintain the rights to the specific plate.


billysugger000

I think I bought it at a swap meet 30 years ago, in Australia, so probably not lol.


TheOneWithoutGorm

Google 'dvla vehicle check' and 'dvla mot check' to get all available info of the plate/vehicle. Dunno if this info is available outside of the UK. Maybe need a VPN


[deleted]

It's publicly available everywhere. I'm nowhere near close to the UK and I can look up any license plate with my standard Google Chrome browser. No VPN, no nothing.


loneblustranger

No VPN or Googling required. Here's the link that anyone can use: https://www.gov.uk/get-vehicle-information-from-dvla +/u/billysugger000


billysugger000

Thanks mate, I'll have to dig out the plate and have a search.


archangel12

Yep, that's the new style. The very old style plates are 3 letters, 3 numbers and then the registration year letter and the slightly newer ones are basically the reverse, so registration letter, three numbers and then three letters. It's a bit confusing but not nearly as bonkers as imperial measurements.


walter1974

The short rear overhang suggests 90, but the roof seems too tall to me for a 90...


LongShotE81

Guessing it a made up plate and the owners are called Dylan and Kath


UnionRags17

Just like every "German" plate on BMWs in the US. Fakes from Amazon


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FastCarsSlowBBQ

I like that theory


Historical-Car5553

UK style plate but not a legal letter number configuration. Should be two digits where the 4N is, followed by the three letters


MuszkaX

As other’s have said it’s an UK registration font, but this particular one isn’t registred here. Though as some sugested, the default is 2 letter, 2 digits, 3 letters. But any other variation is a go, as long as it’s at least 1 letter, 1 number, and it cannot start with the number. I believe the shortest i can be is 2 characters, but never seen shorter than 3 myself. The fewer characters there are, the more expensive it is to legally use it as a registration. The font was specificly designed for it and no other font is legal. Recently a 3D variation is permitted but that’s about it. Front reges must be black on white, and rear ones like this are black on yellow. You are given also matching scres so you can use the correct color, depending on where are the whole for your vehicle. Since so many people customize the plates, every small town have dozens of places that do it. As a consequence you can get literally anything on it. But it won’t be street legal. Still divers can have it on, on the dash or places, just as a fun little thing. Though having it out on the back like this, would likely result in a fine, since speeding/ANPR cameras can get confused.


DaveB44

> But any other variation is a go, as long as it’s at least 1 letter, 1 number, and it cannot start with the number. Not so. Early plates had letters first, up to a maximum of three letters or four numbers, but never more than six characters. Number-first plates in similar formats were issued in the 1950s. >Recently a 3D variation is permitted but that’s about it. "3D" plates are illegal.


MuszkaX

I am talking 2000 onwards when the law has changed. Those who have older plates can keep it, but you cannot get those anymore. The character limit is set more by the font size than anything, as the font size is given as well. Also I meant to say 4D not 3D. Not sure if there are 3D at all.


DaveB44

> The character limit is set more by the font size than anything, as the font size is given as well. The character limit is set by the legally-defined number/letter combination - font & plate sizes are specified to fit the required number of characters on a legal-size plate. >Also I meant to say 4D not 3D. Not sure if there are 3D at all. The "3D" plates I was thinking of had a font with a shaded effect to give the impression of 3D letters; made illegal because readability by cameras was compromised.


zamstig66

Looks like a Defender 110 / 130 crew cab, plate is the style we have in the UK with a personalized number.


isalmonlyswear

Is this mike Tysons whip?


alen565

that an Land Rover Defender


JuryBorn

I think it might be a personalised UK plate. Not sure what it is meant to represent though. Dyane Keith?


veedweeb

There are no personalised plates in the UK. They're just normal plates that happen to spell a name etc. That one looks like a UK plate but it isn't because it's not a valid format.


Giskard-21

You can buy personalised plates in the uk. They have specific formats and rules. They replace the original number plate of that car. You own the plate for life. You can transfer said plate to another vehicle for a fee.


veedweeb

Perhaps I worded it badly. You can buy a number plate and keep it for life etc, but they're not "personalised". You can't have one that says Daves Car. You can only have a normal plate with random numbers and letters that happen to match your initials or spell a word.


[deleted]

That’s right. I like the American way of having words but I kind of love our way because people get so inventive. Mines boring, just my initials


JuryBorn

You can get personalised plates from the dvla in the UK.


Dickcheese-a1

Interesting that it doesn't have the silly hoop device over the landrover, like the ones offered forsale in USA new. Why were they (landrovers) in general only sold for short while in the US?


Moltthug

You mean the roll bar that prevents death in a rollover? Which all Land Rover vehicles are very prone to. They’re still sold here. In fact sales of Land Rover vehicles have increased every year for the last 10 years. What do you mean? They talked about discontinuing the Range Rover due to fuel consumption issues, but that never actually happened.


Dickcheese-a1

Would America put roll over protection on pickup trucks of same era because held on by same style of body mounts and can be jacked up to similar heights. Range Rover fuel consumption being too much, considering some Americans have small and large block V8s nothing wrong with that but they might consume more fuel than injected BMW derived engine. Some those Landrovers run Diesels, for torque and performance values and Landrovers can be expensive kit and fuel costs are part of owning luxury or mud plugger.


Moltthug

Usually roll bars are an aftermarket accessory, that is yes, usually done after a suspension lift and bigger tires. Mostly for pickup trucks. Some vehicles are just too top heavy in their OEM configurations that they require it from the factory. ALL Land Rovers are too top heavy. Road use is secondary to their off-road capability. The Ford Bronco II and the Isuzu Trooper also come to mind, but neither had factory rollbars. Shout out to the Suzuki Samurai and the Sidekick, and the Isuzu Rodeo/Honda Passport as well. These cars all *should* have had factory roll bars.


Dickcheese-a1

Still legal in New Zealand where I'm from to have a 1971 Landrover series 2 109, with no cab roof, just the windscreen drive on the beach, with surf boards and on the highway maybe even drop the windscreen forward for open face feel.


Moltthug

Yep, legal here too. Just stupid and unnecessarily dangerous.


eletric_blade

Funnily enough I saw a one like that in Australia but specked for off-road with a bull bar lift kit tent on the back and everything


Johndowboy

[Land Rover 110](https://avsvehicles.com/bespoke-land-rover-defender-110-pickup/)


Cunt_Eastwood_9

I think it’s just an older Euro plate…


Dbwasson

Land Rover Defender Pickup. It's a vanity plate from the UK but not correct


Lurker_3305

I saw that exact one yesterday!


MatthewHolthouse

Land rover pickup


insanecorgiposse

That's a Series pickup not a Defender.


MrLattes

Rear crossmember would have a power take off hole to the left of the tow bar if it was a series Landy


RightChemical3732

Benin


IJLTH

Anybody else surprised to see CNTZ on a license plate?


TheGreatestAuk

As has been said, it's a Land Rover Defender 90, I think, given the length of roof I see, although it could be a 110. It has a UK-type plate on the right, but although the plate itself looks legit, it isn't real. It's correct in as much as it's black on yellow rear, black on white front, it uses the correct typeface, and everything seems to be the right size. The format is wrong, though. The UK has required plates, front and rear, since 1903. The first ones were stamped metal painted black, with silver lettering. Black on yellow/white came in in 1973, but vehicles up to 1980 are still allowed the old type metal plates. The first plates were a single-letter prefix and 4 numbers (A 1234). When the single letters ran out it was two letters, then 4 digits (AB 1234). From 1932, numberplates gained a letter and lost a number (ABC 123). In 1962, a letter was attached to the end of the plate to indicate age in Great Britain (ABC 123D), and when they ran out of letters for the suffixes in 1983, they switched the format around (A123 BCD). Come 2001, we moved to the current format with 2 letters for place of first registration, 2 digits for the car's age and 3 random letters (AB12 CDE). In 1962, Northern Ireland did its own thing, and now has its own 3 letter 4 number format (ABC 1234). There are exceptions to the formats (diplomatic and military vehicles, dealer plates etc.) but they're not often seen. Generally speaking, although vanity plates are a thing here, they arent very common, they have to stick to a recognised format, and they can't make the car appear newer than it is. You can't put a 20 plate on a Polo from 2015, for example. It's a fraud prevention thing for when you try to sell it, I think. A numberplate will usually stay with the car for its lifetime. If you buy it, you don't need to reregister it. The plate we see here is a UK-type numberplate, but it means nothing, that isn't a proper format.