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Hi All,

I have a Coventry reg'd ex-Jaguar Cars Car, registration M199 FVC. I was planning on putting a personalised plate on it (a "what on earth do i get myself for my 40th birthday?" present). Does anyone know if removing the current reg might detract from the cars value should I ever sell it on to an enthusiast? Or any advice on how to retain it (I understand keeping the original reg can't be guaranteed according to the DVLA)?

Any advice much appreciated.

Kind Regards

George

In general these days if you transfer off the original number of car to put on another plate, when you come back to take the new plate back off, the car will always come back to it's original "birth number", I have done a number of transfers on my cars and they always come back to the original number providing the original number wasn't retained by the first owner, as an example one of ny cars was NH 1 at birth, but this was retained by the first owner upon sale, and the car reregistered L***YNV upon sale, however I have had two other plates on this car in my ownership, each time I swap it comes back to the YNV reg

one of my other cars was born L276 WJR, again I have swapped plates around on this car, and again, each time, L276 WJR is reassigned to me

So all being well M199FVC will always be available to put back on your car

Thanks Rob, Much appreciated

Bungle,

I agree with Rob's view that you usually get the original registration back. I've been successful on the occasions that I've done it, but it's not guaranteed and it is possible for that registration to be passed to another car by the DVLA

I think that the best way to do it is to pay to take the original registration onto retention in your name and then you know that you can put it back on the car when necessary.

Paul

as i have sold my XJ8 , i have removed the private plate and put it on retention , as my XJS isnt ready yet.

the cost is £105 for a year, £125 for two years and £150 for three years ,
as mentioned above, its 99% that you will get the original mark back on the car

BB

If its any comfort, I have done this a number of times and when I return the form to put my numbers on retention I enclose a letter asking for the original number to be returned to the car, and DVLA have been good enough to do this. The reason I do this is my first Jaguar a 1985 Sovereign came to me with a replaced number after having had a personalised plate removed by a previous owner so I was as wary as you are.

Regards Chris

Thanks for all the advice everyone. I've been away with work and busy with family but I plan to get the private reg on the car in the next few weeks