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In Belgium even if you pay to get a pre-1973 plate it has the post-1973 style but with 5 characters instead of 6.
(and no pre-1951 plate are still in use)
(and no pre-1951 plate are still in use)
That would be like this:
Of course the only reason is to conform to Europe. In Britain they always refer to the EU as "Brussels" so it wouldn't make much sense that Brussels doesn't have euro-plates. Just like France had to give up their yellow headlights.
The current combination would have lasted for another 20 years, so they don't need a bigger plate with seven digits. I'll just hope they won't use yellow, that ruins the look of any car...
Imagine this on a classic Alfa Romeo:
(ingo: the dark blue oldtimer plates in Holland look very nice, I think 1978 is the cut-off year. I guess it's not possible to register them there?
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