1926 Austin Seven Tourer [AD]
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Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2015-07-06 19:49 |
![[Image: 29-57sevenbf6464b.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/29-57sevenbf6464b.jpg) What's the correct phrase here - a rose between two thorns?? Registration number: BF 6464 ✔ Taxed Tax due: 01 May 2016 MOT Exempt Date of first registration :01 May 2013 Year of manufacture :1926 Cylinder capacity (cc) :747cc Fuel type :PETROL Vehicle status : Tax not due Vehicle colour :NOT STATED Vehicle type approval : Not available Wheelplan :2 AXLE RIGID BODY "2 AXLE RIGID BODY" seems a bit of an ambitious statement for a knackered looking 7 with fabric roof. Assuming [AD] for 1926 date. |
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◊ 2015-07-07 07:02 |
Known in old car circles these days as a "barn find". Utter twaddle. The registration suggests that a more interesting number has been removed, BF not being used until recently because of the thought police. -- Last edit: 2015-07-07 07:04:15 |
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◊ 2015-07-07 07:15 |
Some words of explaination for a poor confused Frenchman? (Actually, it's "BF" that I can't understand. Once the revelation made, I think I'll get the whole sentence.) |
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◊ 2015-07-07 09:37 |
BF was in common use as an acronym for "Bloody Fool" in the early 1900s when the original British car registration index letters were allocated. The County of Dorset was given the series BF, and the residents objected to these letters on their cars, public horror at the use of such a strong swear word as "bloody" being very much higher than it would be now, so the government of the day changed the series for Dorset to FX, when the registrations on cars had reached BF 150, and motor bikes had reached BF 162. (Some counties registered cars and motor bikes with the same numbers in parallel, so you could have BF 99 on a car AND also on a bike). Vehicle owners were offered the choice of a new plate, or to stay as they were (42 car owners and 41 motorcycle owners chose not to change). Fast forward to 1962, Staffordshire were running out of registration letter/number combinations, and were given BF, unused since 1905. However, BF, ABF, BBF and UBF were omitted from the allocation, no doubt in order to avoid the same problem of embarrassment at being thought a "Bloody Fool". At about the same time, Essex were allocated "WC" (Water Closet, how embarrassing!) and "OO" (unused because it was thought that it may cause confusion). The unused combination in Wolverhampton (UK) you can work out for yourselves, but there was a gap between EUK and GUK. BF plus up to four numerals has appeared because the DVLA is running out of age related series, since it refuses to re-use cancelled indices. Very much ruder words now seem to be in everyday use, particularly by those of limited intelligence and vocabulary, and one wonders if the same precautions would be taken today! -- Last edit: 2015-07-07 13:46:35 |
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◊ 2015-07-07 14:48 |
Merci, John. Vous êtes fort civil. |
