License Plate for TC

[Mark Stolzenburg]

I would like to fit an old English style license plate on the 49 TC that's correct for the time period but I'm not sure what one looks like. Are the raised letters die stamped or are they three dimensional letters that are individually attached? Where can one purchase the correct plate? I received a catalog Triple C Motor Accessories (www.triple-c.com) that have British style plates. Do they offer the correct style? Thanks, Mark Stolzenburg

[alan@somex.freeserve.co.uk]

Most cars would have been fitted with 21" x 5" black painted aluminuium plate usually with a 5/16" to 3/8" plain aluminium border... the digits are 3 1/2" raised plain aluminium (pressed into the plate) this plate was most common for cars up to 1964 when 3" character height took over. other types such as aluminium or white coloured plastic raised digits fitted to black painted plates are seen, the plates were usually supplied and fitted to the car by the supplying dealer not the car manufacturer, hence the variety of styles Alan Webster TA 3239

--- In mg-tabc@y..., "Mark Stolzenburg" wrote: > I would like to fit an old English style license plate on the 49 TC that's correct for the time period but I'm not sure what one looks like. Are the raised letters die stamped or are they three dimensional letters that are individually attached? Where can one purchase the correct plate? > I received a catalog Triple C Motor Accessories (www.triple-c.com) that have British style plates. Do they offer the correct style? > Thanks, > Mark Stolzenburg

[Charles Hill]

Mark, There seems to be a wide variety of registration number plates. My TCs both came with English registration plates. The 46 had one Bluemels plate with kind of a beveled frame stamped in the plate with separate cast aluminum numbers. I am fairly sure that this is the original number for this car - JUM 400. The 49 came with a flat plate with the numbers stamped in the plate itself. I doubt if this is the original number as the car is an EXU. The number is QK 7943. Regards, Charles Hill

[Victoria Vernon]

Hi out there, I have had my number plate hand painted by a sign-writer, which I believe was the original intention and I remember dimly, from my youth, that most cars here had this. Clem Vernon

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] stolzy40@peoplepc.com [b]To:[/b] mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Saturday, November 03, 2001 5:14 PM [b]Subject:[/b] [mg-tabc] License Plate for TC I would like to fit an old English style license plate on the 49 TC that's correct for the time period but I'm not sure what one looks like. Are the raised letters die stamped or are they three dimensional letters that are individually attached? Where can one purchase the correct plate? I received a catalog Triple C Motor Accessories (www.triple-c.com) that have British style plates. Do they offer the correct style? Thanks, Mark Stolzenburg Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

[David Lodge]

Mark, Everyone seems to put the flat aluminium (that's aluminum to our North American friends!) with raised letters and edging on their T-types, but the factory road-test TC is shown ( MG -The Immortal T Series, page 35) with the raised-peak plastic type. That's what my TC came with in 1963 anyway. Either are a huge improvement on those ghastly euro-plates that seem to be the legislative vogue these days. Regards David Lodge Mark Stolzenburg wrote:

I would like to fit an old English style license plate on the 49 TC that's correct for the time period but I'm not sure what one looks like. Are the raised letters die stamped or are they three dimensional letters that are individually attached? Where can one purchase the correct plate?I received a catalog Triple C Motor Accessories (www.triple-c.com) that have British style plates. Do they offer the correct style?Thanks,Mark Stolzenburg

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[Badger]

".................Everyone seems to put the flat aluminium (that's aluminum to our North American friends!)....................." The existance of this remakable metal was first recognized by a Brit, Sir Humphry Davy, who originally called it "alumium" but shortly changed it to "aluminum" to make it sound more like platinum. Sometime later, others changed it to "aluminium" but arguably, Sir Davy's choice of "aluminum" should stand and be considered internationally correct. Badgerium

[C Sherriff]

Message text written by "Badger"

> ".................Everyone seems to put the flat aluminium (that's

aluminum to our North American friends!)....................." The existance of this remakable metal was first recognized by a Brit, Sir Humphry Davy, who originally called it "alumium" but shortly changed it to "aluminum" to make it sound more like platinum. Sometime later, others changed it to "aluminium" but arguably, Sir Davy's choice of "aluminum" should stand and be considered internationally correct. Badgerium > ".................Everyone seems to put the flat aluminium (that's

[Badger]

"......... Strictly and linguistically, being a metal, the endings should ---IUM whether its Alum /in or Platin. Chemists are not very good at spelling it seems!........................"

> Clive > Oxford UK

That notwithstanding, the fact still remains that Sir Davy discovered it and Sir Davy had the honor of naming it - alumiNUM. In any event, the average TC is constructed primarily of steelium, ironium, and woodium. Badger, comfortably ensconced in his Badgerium.

[Andrew Bradley]

Ah! But it is left to the reader to decide whether Ol' Badger is a metal, liguid or gas at standard temperature and pressure!!!! Cheers...Andy

[murray arundell]

Who really gives a tossium?

----- Original Message ----- From: "Badger" mrbadger@home.com> To: "C Sherriff" 100070.740@compuserve.com> Cc: "MG-TABC" mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 9:25 PM Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] License Plate for TC > > "......... Strictly and linguistically, being a metal, the endings should > ---IUM whether its Alum /in or Platin. Chemists are not very good at > spelling it seems!........................" > > > Clive > > Oxford UK > > That notwithstanding, the fact still remains that Sir Davy discovered it and > Sir Davy had the honor of naming it - alumiNUM. In any event, the average > TC is constructed primarily of steelium, ironium, and woodium. > Badger, comfortably ensconced in his Badgerium. > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >