How to attach a British plate - help please.

[ichthos]

I bought a British plate for the front bumper of my Bugeye. I am embarrassed to say I can not figure out how it attaches to the front bumper. I have a backing plate from Moss and can't see where it helps either. Can someone tell me how this is attached since there are no holes? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Kevin

 

[BlueMax]

Kevin, you have created yourself a dilemma. The Brits would decal the tag number on the front of their Bugeye/Frogeye's. I have seen on Flee Bay on occasions the original tag adaptor. This is what it looks like incase you have the skills or maybe have a sheet metal fab shop that could make something like it for you. Or you can just use it to decorate your garage.

 

[HealeyRick]

I just drilled holes through the plate to match the holes in the bumper. I used black nylon fasteners so they wouldn't show on the black background of the plate:

 

[john_j]

The Brits would decal the tag number on the front of their Bugeye/Frogeye's.

That's a load of spherical objects!

<span style="font-style: italic">Some</span> cars have stick-on number plates - particularly race/rally cars, but it isn't the normal thing that is done. Holes drilled in the section beneath the grille and a bracket similar to in the picture above is the way if you don't have a bumper.

To be legal, number plates in the UK have to be vertical so stuck on the sloping part of the bonnet isn't legal, although plenty of people do it on A-Hs, Spitfires, MX5s etc and no one seems to worry about it but it would always be possible that the police or MOT tester would pick it up if they were being fussy.

 

[ichthos]

Thanks John. It is nice to hear from someone that lives there and would definitely know. I actually went on line last night and looked up a company another member suggested that makes plates. They just so happen to have a plasitc backing plate that does not require holes to be drilled. I do have a bumper, so it will look just like the photo that Rick posted. Thanks again everyone.
Kevin

 

[Whitephrog]

Kevin

I installed by British plate on the rear with heavy duty Velcro. Might work on the front as well.

 

[Sarastro]

Back in the 60s, in the UK, painting the registration numbers on some part of the front of the car was considered a cool thing to do. It wasn't the norm, though.

 

[Scott_Hower]

I drilled the Moss backing plate, countersunk the holes then JBWelded a pair of 1/4-28 flat head screws into it. No visible fasteners on the front.

When I used to travel to London frequenly, I'd have plates made up for friends/club members and bring them back; some with really wild lettering and backgrounds. You need your reg/V5 now to have plates made up. :frown: