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The S***OVP reg. series went from S525 OVP - S548 OVP and S525 is the only one that is still around as all the rest of them were crushed or crash tested by MGR. She is a real survivor! |
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So the 23? cars from S525 OVP - S548 OVP are all 75s?
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S525 OVP Arran White Classic 1.8 Manual RHD Petrol S526 OVP tax expired 1/12/1999 Arran White no other details listed (SCRAPPED) S527 OVP tax expired 1/6/2000 Green Connoisseur 2.5 Auto RHD Petrol VIN 001047 (WRITE OFF) S530 OVP tax expired 1/6/2000 Blue Connoisseur Auto no other details listed (WRITE OFF) S531 OVP tax expired 17/12/2002 Pewter Grey no other details listed (WRITE OFF) S532 OVP tax expired 17/11/2000 Green no other details listed (WRITE OFF) S536 OVP tax expired 17/1/2002 Arran White Club 2.0 Auto LHD Diesel VIN 001210 (SCRAPPED) S537 OVP tax expired 1/7/2007 Arran White Classic 2.0 Manual RHD Diesel VIN 001478 (NO INFO AVAIL) S541 OVP tax expired 31/3/2000 Silver Classic 2.0 Auto RHD Petrol VIN 001499 (SCRAPPED) S542 OVP tax expired 16/4/2003 Silver Classic 1.8 Manual RHD Petrol VIN 001456 (SCRAPPED) S543 OVP tax expired 25/3/2002 Arran White Club 2.0 Manual RHD Petrol VIN 001536 (WRITE OFF) S544 OVP tax expired 31/7/2003 Green Club 2.5 Manual RHD Petrol VIN 001490 (SCRAPPED) S545 OVP tax expired 15/6/2004 Silver Connoisseur 1.8 Manual RHD Petrol VIN 001473 (SCRAPPED) S546 OVP tax expired 9/12/2002 Silver Club 2.0 Auto RHD Petrol VIN 001497 (WRITE OFF) S547 OVP tax expired 1/6/2007 Blue Club 2.5 Auto RHD Petrol VIN 001524 (NO INFO AVAIL) S548 OVP tax expired 22/2/2001 Green no other details available (SCRAPPED) Last edited by Rabett_Rover; 2nd December 2009 at 17:58.. |
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I think it 's quite unusual to have such a large matching sequence of plates to one car.
I did have a Mondeo - which was in a sequence of 12 - all Ghia X hatchbacks(and my one was not originally a huge PLC fleet order but first owner was a small building firm) |
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Could have been in a batch that Ford pre-registered to keep sales figures up. They were good at that sort of thing.
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Just had a look at the original of the pic with the red MG in the foreground, and the registration of the white 75 is definitely 'S525...' Can't see the rest, sadly.
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Back in the early '80s I worked for an Epos company and we had a whole fleet of white Fiestas A7nnJRU sequentially numbered. Spread over 3 regional offices, I think there were 18 or 20 cars. I had A775JRU. Replaced 2 years later with Escorts in the sequence C2nnPDP in similar volume. We used to get a few pre-reg Fords, usually at model year change as FMC were practically giving them away.
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