Blank Number Plate Suppliers

[Neil Davey]

Gould Autoplates in Bristol are good but you’ll need a DVLA Supplier Registration number to be able to buy them.

http://www.gould-group.co.uk

If you are registered then no problem.

[Emma Louise Oates]

No we’re not registered 😮 didn’t know you had to be? We’re wondering what the official number plate font is also.

[Neil Davey]

New Charles Wright

[Emma Louise Oates]

Thanks Neil 🙂 So, is it a must to be registered then? Even for supplying show plates etc It’s not something we’re going into on a big scale, but have been asked for a couple of showy ones. Any ideas for companies that sell to unregistered people? I feel like that’s a really dodgy question to ask now ha ha :lol1:

[Chris Wool]

best advice i can give is do no plates properly or not at all. they can bite back.

chris

[Emma Louise Oates]

Hi Chris,

I really had no idea, honestly thought that people can just make their own up so long as they conform to legal fonts/sizes/colours etc Obvioulsy alot more to it than that!

Emma

[Peter Normington]

quote Emma Louise Oates:

Hi Chris,

I really had no idea, honestly thought that people can just make their own up so long as they conform to legal fonts/sizes/colours etc Obvioulsy alot more to it than that!

Emma

Emma
The law now does not exclude show plates.
if you use the registration number on a piece of plastic, its considered a numberplate.

big fines for mis use,

if you start making plates, as Chris says, do it right or not at all.

The fact is if a legit plate maker hears you are doing "show plates" he may well report you,
we have never made them, simply because there is not a lot of profit, unless you are doing lots a day.

most larger car repair shops do their own nowadays anyway

Peter

Peter

[Emma Louise Oates]

Hi Peter,

Thanks very much for that information, really had no idea, as you say not worth the risk and we don’t want to be doing anything illegal! We’d just been asked to do a couple for show as in truck drivers for in their cab windows- you know elvis and the likes lol I’m guessing this is a bit different when they are not being used as official registration plates as such- or isn’t it?!

Emma

[Harry Cleary]

See Emma….UKSB just kept you outta jail! 😀

[Phill Fenton]

Nowadays in Britain, all you need to do is sneeze and you’ve probably broken some law 😕

[Emma Louise Oates]

:police2:
Didn’t it just Harry…
phew, wouldn’t fancy my chances lol :praise1:

[Chris Wool]

quote Emma Louise Oates:

Hi Peter,

Thanks very much for that information, really had no idea, as you say not worth the risk and we don’t want to be doing anything illegal! We’d just been asked to do a couple for show as in truck drivers for in their cab windows- you know elvis and the likes lol I’m guessing this is a bit different when they are not being used as official registration plates as such- or isn’t it?!

Emma

they pay around £2.50 for them i some places have known them to be free with a pair of real plates all for under £6.

i have done them on a bit of foamex as part of a lettering job.

chris

[Emma Louise Oates]

Not much money in that then is there. Mind, I think dare I say it they were going to be freebies…favour for a favour. It’s just we have some equipment already you see.

[Neil Davey]

quote Emma Louise Oates:

Not much money in that then is there. Mind, I think dare I say it they were going to be freebies…favour for a favour. It’s just we have some equipment already you see.

Why not just make ‘Elvis’ etc. tags out of foamex, you could probably make use of offcuts. This way it’s hardly going to cost you any.

It is actually illegal according to my last letter from the dvla to supply show plates and if caught supplying non standard plates and not keeping proper records you could be paying £5000 fines.

Not worth it for an £8 plate 😕

PHILL, I just sneezed, hope the law doesn’t come calling, or is it swine flue 🙄

[Phill Fenton]

I had an enquiry recently to make up a set of personalised number plates for a pedal car which was to be a surprise 5th birthday present for a little boy…..

…..I had to refuse to do the job as they couldn’t provide me with the required registration documents :worry:

[Martin Oxenham]

Emma you can make number plates with names on like Elvis as long as it is not a registration number for example ELV 1S. Just use a different font.
But check all combinations and if it could be a registration number then tell the customer it can’t be made.

[Paul Humble]

quote Martin Oxenham:

Emma you can make number plates with names on like Elvis as long as it is not a registration number for example ELV 1S. Just use a different font.
But check all combinations and if it could be a registration number then tell the customer it can’t be made.

Martin,

We discussed this with the DVLA directly and they told us that things such as ELV 1S (ELVIS), P4 ULH (PAUL H) etc couldnt be made up either as they are or can in the future be used as Vehicle Registration Numbers that could be on the road.

If you wanted ELVIS or PAUL H or CAPRI, ESCORT etc then you could because these were not VRNs. There are rumours of new tamperproof plates being introduced to new cars very soon too and only dealers will be able to fit them.

We have also found that there is no money in Numberplates, we are DVLA registered and the hassle just isnt worth it.

[Martin Oxenham]

Sorry Paul but thats what I said.

[Emma Louise Oates]

Thanks everyone, think we will just leave this one for now and just make the ‘non registration’ ones if they come up. Really appreciate all your advice and information 🙂

Emma