A Clear Favourite

Trev Smeaton purchased his first private registration about 10 years ago.

“I bought E22 BEV as a present for my wife Bev.
I remember wrapping the plates up in a package shaped like a large Toblerone.

It was quite a surprise for her. The plates now sit on a little MG, and they look great.”

Trev’s next acquisition was a little more self-indulgent. For his 38th birthday he bought himself 38 TS, which is currently displayed on his Nissan Navara.

“From the first day it was put on a vehicle it seemed to attract a lot of attention,” he recalls.

The next family member to benefit from Trev’s long standing enthusiasm for private number plates was his father. Mr Smeaton Senior is known by the nickname ‘Smeat’, and Trev located the perfect Christmas present for him when he found the plate S17 EAT.

Of all the numbers he has bought, Trev thinks that his most recent purchase, T12 EVS, is a clear favourite.
“It’s on our family car,” he says. “A jeep that is mostly driven by Bev. When she asked why I had bought another plate with my name on it, the answer was simple - it’s Trev’s wife driving Trev’s car!”

Trev says that didn’t go down quite as well with Bev as the orginal gift of her own registration had. We wonder why…
When the time comes for the Smeaton family’s next number plate quest, it will probably be for appropriate numbers for their children, Hayley and Jamie.

“I will certainly know where to look,” says Trev, “as Regtransfers oversaw my T12 EVS transaction.”