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robdimond

robdimond

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My car currently has some dodgy 'german look' plates on it. Now the mechanical jobs are out the way I'm going to try and return it to it's original look, as documented in Porsche Post Summer '89!

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I've sent the below to DMB Graphics, lets see what they come back with!

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I scanned/redrew the old-style crest and AFN logo... maybe useful to somebody else sad enough to attempt the same thing! Have it in vector form if anyone wants it.

 
Remember that an original rear plate would have been of such a size as to fill the area between the lights. I realise that virtually all cars have newer and standard size plates fitted now, but I assure you that every Porsche dealer would have provided full size rears when the cars were current, and for quite a while afterwards. Simon
 
Simon, Thanks for the tip... I just assumed the rear plate was standard size, I still have the tatty original so will measure it. Rob
 
If thats it in the picture Rob, then it contradicts what Ive said somewhat... Regular sized plates were available of course, but at Merlin Chatsworth and Merlin Nottingham you got the correctly sized plate unless you specifically asked for regular sized one. I dont think that I have a picture scanned of any of the cars that I had in the early nineties but they all had large rears from the OPC (apart from the 968). The size was equal to that of the exposed panel between the rear lamps: everything was covered. This is what they will have been fitted with from new. Simon
 
Simon, I've measured and the answer is that the original rear plate is 545mm wide, which is wider than standard but not quite wide enough to fill the space between the lights! Rob
 
The correct font for pre 2001 vehicles should be Charles Wright 57mm width not the current 50mm. You can see the difference between your photo and plate mock up.
 
You can still get the correct Charles Wright font via a few suppliers. I certainly managed to for the Stag recently (although that style of plate with not work with a 944 (the 3D letters that is):
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Yes, strictly. The rules dont apply retrospectively though, so if you had a set of unused plates manufactured before September 2001 then itd be perfectly legal to fit them. Many prefer the older unsquashed font and would choose this over the newer font. A brand new plate made using the old font would be illegal, but who would know?
 
Also: theres not a lot of point trying to reproduce an original AFN/PC GB plate, with all of the correct typefaces and name styles, only to spoil it with the ugly new Mickey Mouse type face! [:D]
 
I had a new set made up (for display purposes of course) by Neil Fryer info@dealerplates.co.uk he has a whole heap of old dealer logos so should be able to help.
 
Simon, Fair point! [:D] I already have some nice looking pressed steel 'german style' plates, so there isn't any point in my mind changing them for some new ones that are also of dubious legality. The idea was to make some plates that are as close as possible to the originals but fully legal. You make another fair point that it's going to be very hard to prove that I didn't get the plates made pre-2001. David, I checked dealerplates first but the website says that they have closed down... Rob
 
Hi Martin, Thanks for the offer... how much would it cost to get the plates made (545mm width at the back), pre-2001 font [8D] and what source material do you need? I've also asked DMB graphics, they've not come back yet... Cheers, Rob
 
ORIGINAL: robdimond David, I checked dealerplates first but the website says that they have closed down... Rob
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Rob, That's a shame. It has been a couple of years granted. Easy to deal with and the end result was what I wanted.
 
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