number plates

[Ray]

ok, here's one for the old gits on here, its a question regarding classic number plates

I'm in the middle of making a pair of number plates for my blue car, the ones on there are Tippers classic 70s style, as the car came with modern plastic junk, but the tippers repro plate is still far from how Hills or Bluemels done it

so I've bought 2 Hills number plates, (random, they weren't off the same car), removed the letters etc, paint stripped them, they are having all the holes welded up at the moment, then once all the correct digits are sourced, I will send them to Tippers for their number plate restoration service, as they seem to be the only ones that can paint them in the correct reflective paint, and hey presto I have proper classic plates

problem I have, I've sourced all the digits bar a matching pair of 2"s and 1s, the 1s being the bigger issue, i.e., harder to find, unless I'm barking up the wrong tree, so the question I have, did the number 1, look like a 1 or an l, bear in mind these are the 3D raised black letters approx. 3" high, I can find them that double up as 1 or I, i.e. look like l, but I cant find the 1 itself, which I find strange when they went to a lot of trouble to make all the other digits quite complicated by todays junk, so which is correct, and if its the 1, does anyone have a matching black pair to sell

[colr6]

I'll have a look to see if I kept the plates off my mgb they had some 1s in. Manufactured alloy backed reflective with speed clipped digits. Seem to think they were of the straight 1 as against the shaped 1

just had a thought the silver 1s were a shaped 1 on the old black plates.

[Ray]

wicked, as long as I know the straight is correct then that's ok

just seemed that they went to a lot of bother to get the others correct, that I found it hard to believe they didn't with the 1 or I

[colr6]

Couldn't find the plates, by the way it's bloody freezing ? I'm 99.9% sure it's a straight 1

[Xp197777]

I have two old raised letter plates here Ray , the letters are 3 inches approximately and I have two 1s on each , they are just plain straight 1s though 

james

[stephens_xpack]

I think Tippers also supply the digits if you want Ray, below are the style they use and the 1 is more of straight line as you mentioned.

I know the below style of plates may not be exactly what you need, more to just show the 1 digit.

 

[Rally Pack 2000]

Your plate system does confuse me somewhat. Your plates aren't supplied by the roads authority that you pay taxes / registration fees too? Even if you ave a worn plate here you can simply order replacements for a fee and swap them over at the Roads and Traffic Authority. Putting on plates made by third parties is illegal. The up side is they make a whole business out of it and will make all sorts of plate words and numbers with various designs. Its become a bit of a profitable cash cow for them.

[Ray]

I now know that im looking for the number 1 as in the piccy below, if anyone has any for sale I would greatly appreciate it