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Some of you may have noticed that jfs and I often trade UK plate info from deeply mysterious sources which are hidden from ordinary mortals.
John's bible tends to be
A History of Motor Vehicle Registration in the United Kingdom by LH Newall (I think last reprinted in 2012).
Mine is Glass’s Index Of Registration Numbers 1929-1965 (published 1966 and rarer than a good-looking 21st century BMW), augmented by some of their other smaller books originally issued annually and covering the previous 8-10 years.
Most of the content (95%??) is common to either of them, but the remaining 5% or whatever in each case is unique, usually for secondary details rather than the series themselves. Which is why jfs and I can often add new snippets of info to whatever the other has commented. Both are quirky - it's not that either is better than the other, just that there was so much obscurity among plate systems that it's impossible to pin all the fiddly stuff down with total precision.
This website - https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/registrations/reg-letters.htm - is a pretty good low-fat version of the Glass's/Newall info - same listings of plate series and dates - but not as much of the quirky detail.
Anyway I've uploaded a pdf of the Glass's bible to Dropbox, so anyone who wants can download it, and should be straightforward - no passwords or anything. It's a home-made scan I got on a CD from ebay umpteen years ago, so some pages are slightly squint and occasionally there's a blank spot instead of text, but 99.99% complete.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pjthdjl2rdu0pzr/Glass20index20to%201965.pdf?dl=0
It's 158mb, which I think is stretching the individual file size Dropbox can absorb cleanly, but jfs managed to download a test so should work OK. Maybe give it a minute or 2 to fully settle if you browse it first before downloading, and then let the download take its time to emerge.
I'll leave it up for a month or two, but may take it down afterwards. If it's gone, pm me and I'll try to repost. If you download, put a comment here so I know when enough folk have grabbed it and it's no longer needed.
John's bible tends to be
A History of Motor Vehicle Registration in the United Kingdom by LH Newall (I think last reprinted in 2012).
Mine is Glass’s Index Of Registration Numbers 1929-1965 (published 1966 and rarer than a good-looking 21st century BMW), augmented by some of their other smaller books originally issued annually and covering the previous 8-10 years.
Most of the content (95%??) is common to either of them, but the remaining 5% or whatever in each case is unique, usually for secondary details rather than the series themselves. Which is why jfs and I can often add new snippets of info to whatever the other has commented. Both are quirky - it's not that either is better than the other, just that there was so much obscurity among plate systems that it's impossible to pin all the fiddly stuff down with total precision.
This website - https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/registrations/reg-letters.htm - is a pretty good low-fat version of the Glass's/Newall info - same listings of plate series and dates - but not as much of the quirky detail.
Anyway I've uploaded a pdf of the Glass's bible to Dropbox, so anyone who wants can download it, and should be straightforward - no passwords or anything. It's a home-made scan I got on a CD from ebay umpteen years ago, so some pages are slightly squint and occasionally there's a blank spot instead of text, but 99.99% complete.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pjthdjl2rdu0pzr/Glass20index20to%201965.pdf?dl=0
It's 158mb, which I think is stretching the individual file size Dropbox can absorb cleanly, but jfs managed to download a test so should work OK. Maybe give it a minute or 2 to fully settle if you browse it first before downloading, and then let the download take its time to emerge.
I'll leave it up for a month or two, but may take it down afterwards. If it's gone, pm me and I'll try to repost. If you download, put a comment here so I know when enough folk have grabbed it and it's no longer needed.