Reproduction Number Plates

[jord294 94]

hi guys

 

if you can help? does anyone know who makes reproduction numberplates please?

 

what i mean is:-

 

wanting to make a restored car look totally original, by fitting new number plates, but by using the original dealer details in the border

 

cheers

[ORB 227 1 Cars]

What dealer supplied the car? Can they not knock you up a set?

 

Any plate making machine will print anything. You only HAVE to show the postcode

[m_attt 31 1 Cars]

send the artwork or text to any of the custom number plate makers and they will sell it to you as a "sign"

[jord294 94]

I can't remember who it was, but they copied the original number plate and used the Peugeot talbot logos along with with dealers phone number.

 

So even though the number played were new, they looked like they were the original dealer plates from the '90s

[chipstick 382 1 Cars]

Don't forget the typeface has changed slightly as has the character sizing.

 

I recently came across a company who did the earlier typeface - but I'm sorry to say I forget who it was.

 

As mentioned the best thing to do would be to find the original logo/tag it would have had at the time and get that created and sent to a company who can print it on the bottom.

 

 

 

Any plate making machine will print anything. You only HAVE to show the postcode

BS marking also.

[Weser 30]

There was a someone on here. i think she was called Ktm_Kate. Restored a base model 205 really well. She got dealer style plates I think and tax disc holder and stickers I think. Have a read through her thread if I am right it will be in there hopefully? http://forum.205gtidrivers.com/index.php?showtopic=128059&hl=

[jord294 94]

Thanks Weser

 

Have just emailed dmbgraphics, and I need to send some pictures to them

[Weser 30]

No probs mate. Let us see the finished article. At some point I mean to get some for mine.

[tartanbloke 35 1 Cars]

Fortunately, I have the original plate from 1989 with the dealer name, phone number and font fitted to mine. This will make it easy to copy.

[AlexRS2782 136 1 Cars]

Just seen this thread and can happily confirm DMB should be able to do it, as they do a lot of that sort of reproduction work for the Ford RS owners

 

They did a set of plates for me when I had my RS Turbo a few years ago

[HERMAN 33]

You can also get fake tax disc's to recreate the original one from the day it was new.

If you want any more details I will ask my mate were he gets them from. ( RS owners club I think) The RS owners club can be very anal with there concourse stuff.

Neil

[AlexRS2782 136 1 Cars]

You can also get fake tax disc's to recreate the original one from the day it was new.

If you want any more details I will ask my mate were he gets them from. ( RS owners club I think) The RS owners club can be very anal with there concourse stuff.

Neil

 

Being a member of the RSOC myself, I would have to agree with this

 

I think it might be DMB that does the discs as well tbh. There was a, now former, member called Chris Latham who used to do that sort of work, but he got caught last year for taking people's £££ and rarely supplying any items as he'd taken on too much work alongside his own full time job. It later emerged most of the work he was offering was basically all farmed out to people like DMB, Tremona Garage, etc, anyway and then he added about 25% on top of their prices - quite a few unhappy members after that

Edited June 7, 2013 by AlexRS2782

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

There was a huge thread on this on Retro rides, someone had found the original font used for plates circa 1985-1990 and someone to press them.

Craigs plates are good too, I've got some pressed (raised letters) ones on mine,

[stufarri 98 3 Cars]

Jonny Goodhand who used to be on here does them and here is the link: http://www.designstuffonline.co.uk/

[mowflow 67]

If anyone needs artwork created i can probably help out. Can't supply finished plates, tax discs etc but can do the drawing bit as I'm a graphic designer.