White HA Viva OGJ 359
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Interesting.
The HA Viva was introduced in September '63, by this time the conventional ABC 123 / 123 ABC reg plates had run out of options/combinations and the "A" suffix was introduced in February '63.
Maybe your reg was transferred off another car - alternatively some regions were apparently slow off the mark and still had a few of the old style combos. to dish out.
The HA Viva was introduced in September '63, by this time the conventional ABC 123 / 123 ABC reg plates had run out of options/combinations and the "A" suffix was introduced in February '63.
Maybe your reg was transferred off another car - alternatively some regions were apparently slow off the mark and still had a few of the old style combos. to dish out.
It was originally from the Vauxhall Viva thread on the Rods & Sods forum, but I think the photo may have since be taken down.
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There are quite a few photos of that HA Viva on the Rods”N”Sods thread, one with a different registration on it too
It might be worth putting a post up on the Western Isles Classic Car Club Facebook page as Kishorn is in their locale so to speak. If nothing else, you might get some leads on where it may have ended up.
It might be worth putting a post up on the Western Isles Classic Car Club Facebook page as Kishorn is in their locale so to speak. If nothing else, you might get some leads on where it may have ended up.
Edited by Tinky on Tuesday 22 August 19:11
moffspeed said:
Interesting.
The HA Viva was introduced in September '63, by this time the conventional ABC 123 / 123 ABC reg plates had run out of options/combinations and the "A" suffix was introduced in February '63.
Maybe your reg was transferred off another car - alternatively some regions were apparently slow off the mark and still had a few of the old style combos. to dish out.
A Suffix was intended to only be used by London DVLC Offices and though I understand some other regions may have issued A suffix plates, the majority remained with 123ABC / ABC123 format or similar "dateless" registration until 1964 B suffix.The HA Viva was introduced in September '63, by this time the conventional ABC 123 / 123 ABC reg plates had run out of options/combinations and the "A" suffix was introduced in February '63.
Maybe your reg was transferred off another car - alternatively some regions were apparently slow off the mark and still had a few of the old style combos. to dish out.
Suffix's were issued aligned to the calendar year from 1963/4 to January 1967, when E suffix were only issued January to July, with August 1st becoming the new suffix identifier change, broadly meaning fewer cars were registered with an A or E suffix.
To mildly complicate things, for a long period if a car with a dateless registration had it transferred off, DVLC would issue an A suffix plate, sometimes with the Registration Document marked as "Non Transferable". Many pre-1963 vehicles can be found with (non original) A suffix plates.
To further complicate things, the local/regional Offices were often inconsistent with their issuing of plates - there having been many imported cars wearing a plate relevant to the date of import rather than the date of manufacture (or rather first use on the road) - apparently due to the guidance referring to the "date of first registration" and staff taking that as being the date of first registration in the UK rather than in the originating country.
The above is basically correct and several (numerous?) licensing offices issued A-suffixes in 1963, whereas many others were still issuing non-suffix regns. in 1964 (I have one), however, I think I'm correct in saying that all offices were issuing suffixes from 1965, so C-regn.
Vehicles were still often issued with 'then-current' registration suffixes, when first registered in the UK (ie ex-military, imports etc.) until the early 1980s, posssibly '82 or '84, when they started issuing regns. relevant to the vehicle's age.
Vehicles were still often issued with 'then-current' registration suffixes, when first registered in the UK (ie ex-military, imports etc.) until the early 1980s, posssibly '82 or '84, when they started issuing regns. relevant to the vehicle's age.
Edited by TarquinMX5 on Friday 25th August 20:12
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