1961 Ford Consul Classic 315 De Luxe

1961 Ford Consul Classic 315 in Look at Life: The Golden West, Documentary, 1964

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

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Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2017-11-20 13:48	Fairly sure we've seen this picture before, with a discussion about its unusual number plates. But can't find it.....
tore-40 ◊ 2017-11-20 14:53	/vehicle.php?id=1000950
dsl ◊ 2017-11-20 14:57	the sad biker wrote The Ford Classic has a temporary French plate, perhaps someone from the UK who was working in France for a few months and had taken their (UK registered) car with them? dsl wrote ..... I don't think it's a French combination - looks like just 2904. RHD and looks like UK-style tax disc. 2904 could be a Guernsey combination; I can't find a reference to them using a red format, but maybe a trade plate or temporary resident??
rtsbusman1997 ◊ 2017-11-20 22:27	Looks like a strangely shaved down or printed off center trade plate.
Exiv96 ◊ 2018-03-27 21:01	French temporary plates were larger, to accomodate at least six digits, as in 1234TT75. This plate looks more like a belgian temporary plate. I know they looked like that in the 1980s, but had six sigits. Maybe they had only four digits in the 1960s.