Scottish Elises

I was thinking of selling the current plate I have (CSK 423) and buying something that is relevant to myself.

It has been valued at between £800 and £1000 when selling through a commissioned seller ie they would guarantee £800 which I would receive but they could sell it for £1k+ and keep the diff.

Had a quick look round but couldn't see what similar plates sell for (3 letters 3 digits)

Anyone any idea how much it would sell for privately or anyone on here it may be suited to want to put a bid in

I would also have said about £1k, which is what the dateless plates seem to sell for on eBay.

I saw an E Class last week with CSK 432 in town - maybe ask him if he wants a pair?

jj wrote:I would also have said about £1k, which is what the dateless plates seem to sell for on eBay.

I saw an E Class last week with CSK 432 in town - maybe ask him if he wants a pair?

There is a Cooper S round the corner from me that has CSK *** I may pop round and ask a similar question haha

Only *SK *** No on ebay is this one which might give you an idea...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dateless-Cherishe ... dZViewItem

added it to my ebay, will keep and eye on it, cheers

Back in the day "SK" plates denoted Thurso/Wick area. They never got around to issuing *SK plates as there wasn't enough demand before they changed to the newer system of A123*SK. *SK 123 plates only started to be issued later on as age related plates for vehicles that for whatever reason had lost their original reg.
I am pretty sure the foregoing is correct as we were isssued with one for a vintage tractor. We were told at the time (late 80's) that they were not transferable and would die with the vehicle. DVLA obviously changed their mind as I know that the kids entertainers, The Singing Kettle, had 2 or 3 vehicles with TSK ***.
So now you know - not that anybody asked

Slight aside, but my favourite recent number is GTF1 - I just saw it again this afternoon on a new Cooper S.

Stewart wrote:Back in the day "SK" plates denoted Thurso/Wick area. They never got around to issuing *SK plates as there wasn't enough demand before they changed to the newer system of A123*SK. *SK 123 plates only started to be issued later on as age related plates for vehicles that for whatever reason had lost their original reg.
I am pretty sure the foregoing is correct as we were isssued with one for a vintage tractor. We were told at the time (late 80's) that they were not transferable and would die with the vehicle. DVLA obviously changed their mind as I know that the kids entertainers, The Singing Kettle, had 2 or 3 vehicles with TSK ***.
So now you know - not that anybody asked

Correct ! It was often cars which came from the states which were given *SK numbers. Im a bit of a geek r.e. plates

Here are a few others as a starter - who can confirm where these were/are from ? :

Old system :

*ST
*AS
*SA
*SO
*SU
*SS
*GG
*ES

New system :

SY
SX
SV
SW
SP
ST
SA
SN
SM
SP

Stewart wrote: *SK 123 plates only started to be issued later on as age related plates for vehicles that for whatever reason had lost their original reg.
I am pretty sure the foregoing is correct as we were issued with one for a vintage tractor. We were told at the time (late 80's) that they were not transferable and would die with the vehicle. DVLA obviously changed their mind

Some age related plates are not transferable and the V5 will have that stated on it.

In the very early days of reg transfers, the LVLO would arrange the transfer and issue a replacement number, often this number would be even more desirable that the original and so it in turn would be sold and yet another replacement obtained, perhaps even in the same series, and so on it would go until they noticed and started issuing less interesting replacements. It was only a fiver in those days to swap them over. I've sold a few over the years and was surprised to find out that BP where buying up a lot of them for no apparent reason.

Lawrence wrote:

Stewart wrote: *SK 123 plates only started to be issued later on as age related plates for vehicles that for whatever reason had lost their original reg.
I am pretty sure the foregoing is correct as we were issued with one for a vintage tractor. We were told at the time (late 80's) that they were not transferable and would die with the vehicle. DVLA obviously changed their mind

Some age related plates are not transferable and the V5 will have that stated on it.

In the very early days of reg transfers, the LVLO would arrange the transfer and issue a replacement number, often this number would be even more desirable that the original and so it in turn would be sold and yet another replacement obtained, perhaps even in the same series, and so on it would go until they noticed and started issuing less interesting replacements. It was only a fiver in those days to swap them over. I've sold a few over the years and was surprised to find out that BP where buying up a lot of them for no apparent reason.

Which is why there is a Morris Minor with the plate 1AN for sale for £50k - only catch is you cant transfer it off the Minor.

Stewart wrote:Back in the day "SK" plates denoted Thurso/Wick area. They never got around to issuing *SK plates as there wasn't enough demand before they changed to the newer system of A123*SK. *SK 123 plates only started to be issued later on as age related plates for vehicles that for whatever reason had lost their original reg.
I am pretty sure the foregoing is correct as we were isssued with one for a vintage tractor. We were told at the time (late 80's) that they were not transferable and would die with the vehicle. DVLA obviously changed their mind as I know that the kids entertainers, The Singing Kettle, had 2 or 3 vehicles with TSK ***.
So now you know - not that anybody asked

This is exactly what I thought - a mate of mine had an old '50s Anglia (sit up & beg) which had a SSK *** plate, he was told the original plate had been transferred/sold, and this number had been issued by the DVLA and wasn't transferrable...

Mr Momo wrote:Here are a few others as a starter - who can confirm where these were/are from ? :

Old system :

*ST
*AS
*SA
*SO
*SU
*SS
*GG
*ES

New system :

SY
SX
SV
SW
SP
ST
SA
SN
SM
SP

Here goes:

Old system :

*ST - Inverness
*AS - West coast
*SA - Aberdeen
*SO - Ditto
*SU - West Coast
*SS - Aberdeen
*GG - Glasgow
*ES - Dundee

New system :

SY -
SX -
SV - Aberdeen
SW -
SP - Dundee
ST - Tayside
SA -
SN - Embra
SM -
SP - Erm Dundee, just like the last SP

Isn't SM - Glasgow?


I should know some of the older ones from my days in the motor trade - but I'm just not THAT sad.


Mac