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Registration numbers in order - morrisminor - 14-01-2019
I've been doing some research into my Ruby CTT 290 and came across a list of numbers in order, it's interesting to see the variety of cars.
CTT 289 Austin 7.8
CTT 290 Austin 7.8
CTT 291 Morris 8
CTT292 ?
CTT293 ?
CTT294 Bedford coach
CTT 295 Austin 10
CTT 296 Austin 10
CTT297 goods
CTT298 Morris
CTT299 Standard 12
CTT300 Ford 8
CTT301 Bedford
CTT302 Lanchester 13.4
Good variety, any idea what the 7.8 means for mine ?
TT is Lynton and Lynmouth, North Devon
April 1937
RE: Registration numbers in order - Stuart Giles - 14-01-2019
(14-01-2019, 05:16 PM)morrisminor Wrote: any idea what the 7.8 means for mine ?
TT is Lynton and Lynmouth, North Devon
April 1937
7.8 RAC rating i.e. fiscal horsepower
RE: Registration numbers in order - Jeff Taylor - 14-01-2019
According to the DVLA Database, the 1937 Ford 8 CTT 300 is taxed until April 2019 - the rest return 'vehicle details could not be found'. You'll have to pay a visit with your Ruby to the Lynton and Barnstable Railway in North Devon, although the railway would have been closed for 18 months when your Ruby was first registered. The L&BR is now gradually being rebuilt.
http://www.lynton-rail.co.uk/page/history-lynton-and-barnstaple-railway
RE: Registration numbers in order - Peter Naulls - 14-01-2019
Can I ask how you are able to attribute TT to Lynmouth and Lynton? I thought registration letters were only assigned to whole counties rather than towns.
Peter.
RE: Registration numbers in order - Jeff Taylor - 15-01-2019
I presume morrisminor must have been to the Devon Archives & Local Studies Centre - they apparently still hold the record cards for TT Devonshire registered vehicles from 1934 to 1974. The record card for CTT 290 might possibly have given the address of the supplying dealership as being Lynmouth and Lynton ? Perhaps morrisminor will let us know.
https://swheritage.org.uk/devon-archives/
RE: Registration numbers in order - morrisminor - 15-01-2019
(15-01-2019, 02:13 AM)Jeff Taylor Wrote: I presume morrisminor must have been to the Devon Archives & Local Studies Centre - they apparently still hold the record cards for TT Devonshire registered vehicles from 1934 to 1974. The record card for CTT 290 might possibly have given the address of the supplying dealership as being Lynmouth and Lynton ? Perhaps morrisminor will let us know.I've got a copy of the Devon records and it says next to CTT 290, Lynton, I think it was Prideauxs garage there . I have a record from 1973 saying it was in Dorset from then on. One lady school teacher owned it for 38 years dying in Poole in 1975 . Sold for £100 then. It's amazing what you can find out
https://swheritage.org.uk/devon-archives/
RE: Registration numbers in order - Peter Naulls - 15-01-2019
Very interesting. These little snippets of information add so much to the appeal of our cars.
Peter.