Linda Lusardi's Very Special Birthday Present

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Although that one might have got away, Linda is delighted with LU54 RDY. Sam decided some time ago that it would be a great birthday present, and he arranged for Regtransfers to secure the registration on his behalf as soon as it became available.

make up your own

“It was something I thought about when they first started issuing the new number plates,” he says. “When was that? 2000 wasn't it, when the ‘00' ones first came out? Well, I was just looking for new registration numbers on the website and I saw that thing that lets you make up your own number plate and see if it's available. I had hours of fun playing with that!

“I worked out that when the ‘54' registrations came out, by seeing the numbers as letters, LU54 RDY would work. The only variation is the last letter, which is a ‘Y'. Linda's name actually ends in ‘I', but they don't issue that letter on registration plates.”

Although the idea for Linda's gift had occurred to him two years earlier, Sam didn't forget and when the release date for ‘54' registrations drew nearer, he contacted a friend who put him in touch with Regtransfers. When RT called Sam a few months later to say that the number had been secured on his behalf he was delighted. “I can't thank you guys enough. I'm thrilled to bits.”

Sam has a couple of personal registrations too. “I have V24 SAM and K5 KNE. The KNE one was a bargain. I don't know if I'll get any more, but I think they're really nice to have,” he says. Linda adds: “And I think when you just run out of gift ideas for people it's nice if you can find something like this.” “Actually,” says Sam. “I've just organised one for my brother as well. He's a mad Evertonian, so I've got S222 EFC for him. You might know that Everton's theme tune is the music from Z Cars, so to him the 2s will be Zs. He's chuffed to bits… In fact, he's putting them on his car today.”

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