tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847382031474642320.post334600702958759011..comments2024-01-22T12:47:29.257-08:00Comments on California Streets: Berkeley Street Sighting - 1956 Austin A135 Princess LimousineJay Wollenweberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09143862063193463448noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847382031474642320.post-57959810149800118492017-08-29T22:44:34.970-07:002017-08-29T22:44:34.970-07:00I don't, unfortunately. Do you have info on it...I don't, unfortunately. Do you have info on it? I haven't been to that part of Berkeley in years and haven't seen the car since I took the photos.Jay Wollenweberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09143862063193463448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847382031474642320.post-85153751569370931082017-08-29T21:07:43.042-07:002017-08-29T21:07:43.042-07:00You trash talk the current images you received of ...You trash talk the current images you received of the car but do you know the owners story?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847382031474642320.post-11831669512581291482017-05-18T00:43:26.449-07:002017-05-18T00:43:26.449-07:00Hello Tristán, thanks for the information!Hello Tristán, thanks for the information!Jay Wollenweberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09143862063193463448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847382031474642320.post-1737556211228818792017-05-14T18:46:16.952-07:002017-05-14T18:46:16.952-07:00Hi. Good blog, i'm follow you in Venezuela.
S...Hi. Good blog, i'm follow you in Venezuela. <br />Some of this car come to my country during the 50's by the hand o the oil barons from Shell in the occidental city of Maracaibo. The model you display was common in these days; A-135 Princess Limousine with a in line six ohv engine with 3.993cc.of displacement and 138 bhp,the rigth year is 1955 model, and the low cost series. The car of the fotograph lost the whell hider in the back whells. nice car at last, a survivor. The front grille isn'for the car obviously.Tristán Tzarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01581838410814575580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847382031474642320.post-78962441914141692252016-03-22T17:25:48.863-07:002016-03-22T17:25:48.863-07:00Thanks a lot for the information! I've been wa...Thanks a lot for the information! I've been waiting for a European car enthusiast to show up and educate me on old English steel. So do you think this car is probably a 1963 Vanden Plas Princess?Jay Wollenweberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09143862063193463448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847382031474642320.post-45475904443348360722016-03-20T17:30:28.613-07:002016-03-20T17:30:28.613-07:00Here's the link to the full list of Briti...Here's the link to the full list of British regional codes with dates of issue up to about 1972.<br />Where it shows two different dates for the 3-letter codes, the first one is letter followed by numbers, and the later one is numbers followed by letters, which used in denser populated areas where they'd used up all the letter-first combinations available.<br />There were no set dates for these changes, some cities ended up issuing numbers-first combinations from the early 1950s, where many rural areas never ran out of the original letters-first combinations.<br />Over 1963/64 the new 'suffix letter' scheme was rolled out (compulsory from Jan '65) , all plates from then until 1983 followed a standard 3-letters / sequential number (1-999)/ year letter format.<br /><br />http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/registrations/reg-letters.htm<br /><br />Hope that's helpful!<br /><br /><br />Boo Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11924878068373247575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847382031474642320.post-71704856403232960552016-03-20T17:02:52.071-07:002016-03-20T17:02:52.071-07:00Hi.. Some more info and a date on the registrat...Hi.. Some more info and a date on the registration number.. (it's the second and third letter that identify the region - the first letter is just sequential). <br />OO was not Chelmsford as stated by the person above.. (They maybe erroneously checked out the post-1974 computerised database issue of registrations, for which Chelmsford did indeed issue OO regs). <br />Before 1974 OO was issued by Essex County Council.<br />Anyway, to my main point... COO, with numbers first, was issued Feb-March 1963.<br /><br />http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/registrations/oo.htm<br /><br /><br />Boo Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11924878068373247575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847382031474642320.post-90384503658559754512014-02-19T18:07:06.583-08:002014-02-19T18:07:06.583-08:00I was hoping you'd chime in on this post. I...I was hoping you'd chime in on this post. I'm well familiar with that DVLA website! Thanks for the information about the numberplate; I'm still baffled by the numbering strategies employed pre-'63 around the UK no matter how much research I did.Jay Wollenweberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09143862063193463448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847382031474642320.post-84271781020369915392014-02-19T01:08:24.712-08:002014-02-19T01:08:24.712-08:00The number placed before the letters confirms this...The number placed before the letters confirms this is a 1950's to '63 plate, and the double OO tells us the vehicle was registered in Chelmsford, unfortunately the vehicle has been outside the UK so long it no longer registers on the official DVLA website :- https://www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/app/home/intro<br /><br />Interestingly the OO sequence appeared on a string of works Ford Racing and Rally cars in the late 60's.Art Tidescohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16680781189400367930noreply@blogger.com