DVLA 64 Series Personalised Registration Numbers
Looking to buy a new 64 Personalised Registration Number. From June 4th 2014 the new 64 series can be purchased for a limited time. If there is a specific combination that you are looking for then please call one of our sales staff on 0116 235 0116 where we will be able to assist with your enquiry. Remember that these particular registration numbers can only be transferred to a September 2014 registered vehicle.
DVLA Personalised Number Plate MAY 10R with London Mayor Boris Johnson
Normally seen riding around on a bike Boris Johnson was recently spotted driving round in a chauffeur driven car with the DVLA Personalised Registration Number MAY 10R which is valued at approx £20,000.
American Classic Cars hidden for 61 years go up for sale
Hidden away for 61 years 220 American Classic Cars are discovered in a field and are all up for sale with no reserve. Oliver Jordan a car collector closed the gates to his site way back in 1953 and since that time no car has entered or left and his collection of 220 rare and classic cars were left ignored and to gently rust away. There are no registration plates, some don’t have wheels or tyres so they are all classed as project cars but once time and money have been spent on these rare beauties they will fetch thousands. Known as a recluse little is known why Oliver collected or indeed stopped in 1953. Having died in 2004 and his wife passing away last year the cars are now going to be auctioned by Vanderbrink Auctioneers. Amongst the cars are a 1937 Cord, 1939 Lincoln sedan , 1952 Pontiac Catalina Coupe, 1940 Buick, 1940 Plymouth,1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Sport Sedan and a 1924 Rollin. The auction is to take place on June 7th 2014 at Enid near Oklahoma. See link for details
Private Parking Firms pay DVLA over £6 million in the last year
Private parking firms paid DVLA more than £6m in the past year for the names and addresses of drivers due to big increase in tickets being issued for cars being parked on private land.
The lunch that formed a landmark partnership
Way back in 1904 on a May afternoon at the luxurious Midland Railway Hotel in Greater Manchester two gentlemen met for lunch. One of the gentlemen was the aviation pioneer, motoring enthusiast,car salesman and aristocrat The Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls; the other an ex Great Northern Railway engineering apprentice and owner of a successful electrical equipment that bore his name was Mr Henry Royce.
Feeling under pressure from larger German firms Royce had decided to branch out into car making. 1904 saw his first vehicle built with a further two more the same year. The third one that was built was bought by one of Mr Royce’s directors who turned out to be a friend of The Hon.Charles Stewart Rolls who had recently opened in Fulham a car dealership (one of the first in Britain) to import Peugeots .
So Mr Royce had a car but no dealer and Mr Rolls was a dealer who needed a car.
Although impressed with the quality of engineering on Mr Royce’s small two cylinder car Mr Rolls realised that it was too expensive to sell in its class so by the end of the lunch the two gentlemen had agreed that Royce would build a larger range of motor cars and Rolls would buy and sell all the vehicles that were built in 1904 and they would be badged Rolls-Royces.
The partnership proved to be a success so they formed a company in March 1906 called Rolls-Royce Ltd and so Rolls Royce was born.
The first ‘real’ Rolls-Royce car was the 6 cylinder 40/50 HP known as the SILVER GHOST. And between the years 1907 -1925, 7870 were produced.
In 1908 the factory premises were moved from Manchester to Derby and remains there to this day although now producing aero engine parts.
1939-1940 prototype Aston Martin Atom for sale by auction for the first time
Landmark 1939-1940 prototype Aston Martin Atom offered for sale by auction for the first time ever
Review of DVLA
A review of DVLA’s functions has been carried out by Mary Reilly a non-executive Director at the Department of Transport and it takes for some interesting reading.
A snippet for you – In 2012/13 the DVLA sold around 250,000 registration marks, collected some £68 million and processed over 750,000 transfer and retention applications.
To view the whole review
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283795/review-of-dvla.pdf
Aston Martin DBS from The Persuaders up for sale
For those of you that can remember back to the super seventies I am sure you will also remember the TV programme ‘The Persuaders’ which starred Roger Moore and Tony Curtis, an action packed TV show shot in various exotic locations and the most expensive series filmed at that time.
As well as starring two of the best known actors at the time the show also featured two prestige cars an Aston Martin DBS and a bright red Ferrari Dino.
The rare Bahama Yellow painted DBS which was built in 1970 and specially modified for the TV show is going under the hammer on 17th May 2014 at the Bonhams Aston Martin Works Sale in Newport Pagnell.
The car featured in nearly all of the 24 episodes and was registered for the TV show with the number plate BS 1 (the Aston Martin’s real number plate was PPH 6H) . When Roger Moore took the role of James Bond the show came to an end and the Aston Martin DBS was returned to Newport Pagnell for reconditioning.
Over the years the car has had 5 owners and is now being offered on the open market for the first time in its 44 year history.
Update for you the Aston Martin DBS used by Roger Moore in The Persuaders! sold for an astounding £533,500 at Bonhams’ Newport Pagnell sale, the highest price ever paid for a DBS at auction.
DVLA LOCAL OFFICE CLOSURES
As of December 2013 all local DVLA Vehicle Registration Offices around the country were closed.
The offices in question were:
Aberdeen, Bangor, Beverley, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Chester, Dundee, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Inverness, Ipswich, Leeds, Lincoln, London Borehamwood, London Sidcup, London Wimbledon, Maidstone, Manchester, Newcastle, Northampton, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Peterborough, Portsmouth, Preston, Sheffield, Shrewsbury, Stockton, Swansea Vale, Theale, Truro and Worcester.
You must now send all applications including Personalised Number Plate Transfers to:
DVLA
Cherished Transfers Section
DVLA Swansea
SA99 1DS
The telephone number for any enquiries is : 0300 790 6802