Chevrolet Step-Van
Chevrolet Step-Van in Mean Machine, Movie, 2001
Class: Bus, Prison / Police — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2013-05-11 00:09 |
Registration Number Q46RNH Make CHEVROLET GMC Model Year of manufacture Engine size (cc) 350 DVLA adds first registered in 1987. 350 is probably the Cubic Inch capacity. |
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◊ 2013-05-11 00:11 |
I looked that up, but I didn't trust the info returned, considering it'd been off the road long before filming began, not to mention that the plate font looks to be incorrect. |
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◊ 2013-05-11 00:39 |
Well the taillights does seem to bear similarity to a Chevrolet/GMC step van. |
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◊ 2013-05-11 00:41 |
I respectfully disagree about the font on the plate (it looks okay to me and a Q plate is too odd for a fake plate). It's not unusual for movie props to be untaxed/off the road from experience and this is what seems to be a static prop here. Lastly, the rooflight system suggests it is something imported from the US and the features match a Chevy or GMC step van supporting the plate data. EDIT: Too late my comment. -- Last edit: 2013-05-11 00:42:07 |
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◊ 2013-05-11 00:46 |
Okay, then. Sorry about my scepticism. |
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◊ 2013-05-11 04:22 |
No other shots? Looks like it may have a interesting history  |
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◊ 2023-09-13 00:53 |
Q46RNH - Untaxed since 1988 but new V5 issued for it in 2004. A similar van with that reg was spotted very briefly in "The Bill" Series 6, Episode 1 around 6 mins into the episode, but it looked like a standard GMC Vandura/Bedford CF body and painted black and red like a bad replica of the A-Team van. -- Last edit: 2023-09-13 00:54:48 |
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◊ 2023-09-13 01:09 |
So a floating plate for a prop company who liked US vehicles... https://checkhistory.uk/vehicle/Q46RNH Number plate Q46RNH VIN CPT2593321870 Color exterior White Hopefully this is accurate and can help establish something about whichever vehicle of the two the plate belongs to. |
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◊ 2023-09-13 01:12 |
The Bill vehicle... Link to "youtube.com" |
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◊ 2023-09-13 01:47 |
Q plates are dodgy - they're usually used for something which doesn't have a clear date of origin (incomplete records or papers etc, or things built up out of other things - eg kit cars), so don't have definite significances to a car's permanent ID. I suspect that - like some DVLA retro plates - they can float to different things at different times, so perhaps both occurrences are real if there's a few years between them. |
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◊ 2023-09-29 01:55 |
In theory a Q plate is actually more fixed, the rules are very clear that they are non-transferable, and the usage also makes it very difficult for a vehicle to assume another registration which would be age related. I suspect it's just a prop company playing fast and lose with plates. I think the plate is right for this one, colour is white and from my rudimentary research into the chassis number as the P as second digit seems to mean a P-Series so step van. I've removed the year as I think 87 was just the year of import and the Q plate installed as year of manufacture was uncertain. I hope that some more detailed identification comes from the chassis number. |
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◊ 2023-09-29 19:31 |
I got: |
