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iainw said:
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In the '80s I remember seeing MB1 (my initials) for sale at £4,300.

At the time I thought it was an absolutely insane sum of money. It was a lot of cash back then, a new Alfasud Sprint was £9,999, but if AN1 is worth £250,000, I suspect MB1 is the same.
 
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TridentTested said:
In the '80s I remember seeing MB1 (my initials) for sale at £4,300.

At the time I thought it was an absolutely insane sum of money. It was a lot of cash back then, a new Alfasud Sprint was £9,999, but if AN1 is worth £250,000, I suspect MB1 is the same.
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I'd guess MB1 would be worth because of its potential appeal for Merc owners.
 
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I like the plate my car came with (although it was more relevant to Ian) M8 BLX, 8 being a lucky number and all that... M9 BLX is available so I suggested it to the missus... but she seems to think that is short for b0llox!!! :smile:
 
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TridentTested said:
In the '80s I remember seeing MB1 (my initials) for sale at £4,300.

At the time I thought it was an absolutely insane sum of money. It was a lot of cash back then, a new Alfasud Sprint was £9,999, but if AN1 is worth £250,000, I suspect MB1 is the same.
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It can't have been MB1. That plate was owned for many years by veteran crooner Max Bygraves (showing my age, now) who eventually sold it to a cherished number dealer when he emigrated in 2005. Mercedes Benz had tried to buy it from him numerous times over the years, he always refused their ever-increasing offers which were well into the tens of thousands. It was last for sale at £175k.
 
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Mattp said:
I like the plate my car came with (although it was more relevant to Ian) M8 BLX, 8 being a lucky number and all that... M9 BLX is available so I suggested it to the missus... but she seems to think that is short for b0llox!!! :smile:
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Sadly, both V8 BLX and V12 BLX are not available.
 
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MAF260 said:
It can't have been MB1. That plate was owned for many years by veteran crooner Max Bygraves (showing my age, now) who eventually sold it to a cherished number dealer when he emigrated in 2005. Mercedes Benz had tried to buy it from him numerous times over the years, he always refused their ever-increasing offers which were well into the tens of thousands. It was last for sale at £175k.
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This is correct. Even I remember it on Max Bygrave's Rolls Royce and Mercedes making numerous offers to buy it off him.
 
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My nickname is Nib/Nibby and has been since I was a tiny tot(now 55) and most people call me by Nib rather than my proper name Mark. As you can see from my avatar the last owner put a older plate on my car which were his initials and tbh I prefer it over a standard 03 type number but I can also pick up a cheap Northern Irish plate with NIB on it which I've always been interested in but never got round to getting, think I'll stay put for the time being.
 
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Ive had;

A6000 FO bit of imaginative spacing on a Toyota Celica 2000 Liftback;

A13 KEB cos it was left on - Toyota Previa

GXI 3738 - 8.2 ltr Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham

And H1x xxx consective purely by accident on an Alfa 164 and 75, cant remember full plate.
 
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BO10GNA was one I fancied off the DVLA but they are saving it for a future auction
 
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