What year are my plates?

Schmoburger Baywindow Mafia Godfather and Cement-Shoe Fitter

2,185 posts · joined Oct 2005 · 2 Oct 2006, 5:39 pm

#540168

Anybody able to tell me around about what year my Kombi's number plates were issued in? 🙂

They are RPJ-997, and read NSW - THE FIRST STATE across the bottom.

I wanna know whether to swap them for my personalised CoF ones from the VN Commodore (which is now under new management thank christ! 😂), or leave em on and put the CoF ones on summin else.

If I swap em over then the old ones will be going with the Commodore.

I'd hate to take em off if they are the original plates.. 🙁

1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/c

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 2 Oct 2006, 5:45 pm

#540171

Round about 1991

Futue te ipsum!!!

Schmoburger Baywindow Mafia Godfather and Cement-Shoe Fitter

2,185 posts · joined Oct 2005 · 2 Oct 2006, 5:51 pm

#540172

Thanks mate.... not fussed about losing em then in that case! 😎

Cheers!

1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/c

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 2 Oct 2006, 5:51 pm

#540173

Just roughly

A - 50's
B - late 50's early 60's
C - early 60's
D - 1964
E - 1967 - then things went a bit wierd and rereleases occured
F - truck only
G - 1974
H - 1975
I - not used??
J - 1976
K - 1978
L - 1981
M - 1983
N - 1986
O - 1987
P - 1988
Q - 1990
R - 1991
S - 1995
T - 1997
U - 1999
V - 2000
W - 2001
X - 2002
Y - 2003
Z - 2004

[ Edited on 2-10-2006 by Bizarre ]

Futue te ipsum!!!

Schmoburger Baywindow Mafia Godfather and Cement-Shoe Fitter

2,185 posts · joined Oct 2005 · 2 Oct 2006, 5:54 pm

#540175

ooooh this is valuable! 😎

I'll have to write these down sometime. :bounce

This means that as of tomorrow afternoon Buttercup will become KKB-492. 👍

Cheers!

1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/c

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 2 Oct 2006, 6:01 pm

#540178

Damn - missed a couple

K would be very close to a late bay as an original plate

Futue te ipsum!!!

Schmoburger Baywindow Mafia Godfather and Cement-Shoe Fitter

2,185 posts · joined Oct 2005 · 2 Oct 2006, 6:08 pm

#540180

oh sweet! win win situation! :bounce

If I recall the plates were originally on dad's old HX Premier stationwagon and by some coincidence they just happened to be the initials of my first middle and last names. 😂

So hence they were kept around for my use 18 years later. 👍

1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/c

baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 2 Oct 2006, 6:10 pm

#540182

cool, anyone know the same sort of info for victorian plates? i would love to get something close to the originals for my bus.

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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 2 Oct 2006, 7:04 pm

#540196

barry thats pretty much spot on
there are a few different i know of
A was reused in 68/69 and B in 70/71
G was 72/73 a mates 180B got GWR in 73
H was 74-75
my 8/74 1300 got HBT 616 and my 11/74 celica got HKH 931 on 5/3/75
and one other 1300 74 i know got HEX 295

P and R were run at the same time for some reason in 89-92
and same with Q and S in 92-95
dads mazda got QII 272 in 94 when we bought it and same with mums 94 suzuki its got QIH 931

my Sbug got VVH 256 on 2/5/99 when i rereg'd it and my 74 LBug got QDN 246 when it was changed from ACT on 17/1/93
wouldnt have a clue on other states
but my Lbug got act rego YFX 810 when it was bought new on 17/1/75

so all that may help figure it out to
i have no idea why i know all this
taking notice of all the car plates and manufacture dates when i worked in the garage i guess

-Joel

Wild1 Wolfsburg Wizard

448 posts · joined Jun 2006 · 2 Oct 2006, 10:20 pm

#540322

what about for Victorian plates??

Wild1 Wolfsburg Wizard

448 posts · joined Jun 2006 · 2 Oct 2006, 10:38 pm

#540336

aaah, found it😁

http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/VRNE/vrne5nav.nsf/LinkView/EF58AA396497A697CA256FE1004292D1F4563786204C6074CA256FD300241C0E

ACE_76

Former member · 2 Oct 2006, 10:54 pm

#540351

Here are a few from personal experience, for Vic:
Letters, ignoring the 3 digits. APPROX. dates only! (from memory)

RC - 1949-ish
WT - 1951-ish

NSW started 3 letter series at A, but Vic started at G... Went G, H, J, K, L, I
GAN - 1953?
GMW - Mar. 1956
GPU - Sept. 1956
HTA - mid 1963
KRN - Sept. 1970
KZX - Oct. 1970
IPG - Oct. 1976

Then went to A, B, C, D, E, F.
EUM - 1992

Then went to N, O, P and so on.
It could be interesting to see a comprehensive list, but I doubt there would be one?

[ Edited on 2-10-2006 by ACE_76 ]

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 2 Oct 2006, 11:58 pm

#540373

Bizarre wrote:Just roughly

A - 50's
B - late 50's early 60's
C - early 60's
D - 1964
E - 1967 - then things went a bit wierd and rereleases occured
F - truck only
G - 1974
H - 1975
I - not used??
J - 1976
K - 1978
L - 1981
M - 1983
N - 1986
O - 1987
P - 1988
Q - 1990
R - 1991
S - 1995
T - 1997
U - 1999
V - 2000
W - 2001
X - 2002
Y - 2003
Z - 2004

[ Edited on 2-10-2006 by Bizarre ]

Hi

I agree with Barry, my 1972 yellow bug was GIP150 when I bought it, my 1972/3 1300 Twin port was GLG and a friend bought a new Kombi in 1976 and it was JAF and my 2002 Prado is XSN.

Steve

BloodyPom Commited Dubber

64 posts · joined Sep 2006 · 3 Oct 2006, 12:06 am

#540378

Hmmm...

Mines an 'A' but its 71...NSW....:duh

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 3 Oct 2006, 7:38 am

#540406

First of all - we are ONLY talking black on yellow first issue plates here.

A would be correct if 1971.
Things went screwy from 68-72ish with re-releases.

Joel clarified this more acurately above

Futue te ipsum!!!

CAFFINEPUSHERMAN bandito di culo

1,609 posts · joined May 2005 · 3 Oct 2006, 9:17 am

#540432

vic plates
GAA - 50'S
HAA-60'S
KAA-EALRY 70'S
AAA-77

A candy coloured clown they called the sandman tip toes through my room every night just to sprinkle stardust on my pillow go to sleep everything will be allright
1967 Type 3 square
1956 double door panel
1968 single cab kombi

amazeer Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,029 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 3 Oct 2006, 1:08 pm

#540484

1303Steve wrote:Just roughly

A - 50's
B - late 50's early 60's
C - early 60's
D - 1964
E - 1967 - then things went a bit wierd and rereleases occured
F - truck only
G - 1974
H - 1975
I - not used??
J - 1976
K - 1978
L - 1981
M - 1983
N - 1986
O - 1987
P - 1988
Q - 1990
R - 1991
S - 1995
T - 1997
U - 1999
V - 2000
W - 2001
X - 2002
Y - 2003
Z - 2004

'76 honda got HIZ
'84 VK got NDN plates
my kombi was issued with PZE in '91
my lancer got QEZ in 1993
magna got SUQ in '94
lancer got VOT in '97
falcon got wierd AD-76-VZ last year.

everything else has had non og or oddball plates like bicentennial etc.