Neil’s Wheels

I bought my first number plate back in 1982 prompted by a friend of mine who had just purchased his initials.

I was fortunate to be offered 33 JYD, which I first put on my red XR3i and then on many cars after that.

The number was purchased from a friend who transferred it a few years before from the original Austin A40 he found in a garage in one of Bath's most prestigious addresses - The Royal Crescent. I still have the original steel number plates for this old Somerset number.

In Bath, and still running to this day, is the Bath Morris Minor Centre where I bought my first number plate with my initials. Parked under the railway arches was the old ‘moggy’ with NBO 324 on. After a bit of negotiating I finally bought it and popped it on my car as NB 0324. It looked great! In those days number plate retention wasn't available so 33 JYD was transferred on to my mother's Beetle, which had been in the family for ages.

In the summer of 1998 I saw 367 NB advertised by Regtransfers.co.uk and decided to make the leap and try to buy it. Not easy when you have just had your first child and your wife wants a new kitchen!

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