A guy who did his apprenticeship in Scotland starting in 1962 worked on brand new MGB's at a BMC dealer. He moved to Canberra Australia, bought a car to restore and got a job at the Motor registry as a MOT inspector. Working there back in the 1990s he knew when personalised plates were being released, got a form from the office before the public could and filled in one for MGB. He drove his MGB like that for about 20 years until he died. His daughter inherited the car and put it on historic rego, rather than handing the plates in she put them on her other car. Last year she moved to another state so couldn't keep the plates so paid $14 a month to keep the right to the plate. She advertised the car and I noticed the plate so messaged her and asked about it.

Long story short I paid her daughter who plays hardball $2500 for the plates (I am sure the lady would have accepted less), $672 to the local government to get them transferred to my ownership and then $224 to get them remade in plastic and standard width. I went for plastic so I could get a different colour and standard width so the holes I already had for the motorbike plate lights lined up with the holes in the car.

Overall a good result and the only car with MGB plates on it in my state.

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