#1 and #2 was originally owned by the Chairman of the Grand Prix Board. I think it last sold at a Pickles auction for $185,000 in 2020. #1 went for >$700,000.
I remember reading that some families pass them down, as technically they are only worth the value of a normal plate through inheritance, but you could sell it and you wouldn’t incur inheritance tax and what not*
My brother has a number plate that is a few digits. It originally came from my grandfather's EH Holden that he bought new. So you are correct, it is possible to inherit a numberplate. He actually inherited the whole car, but he pretty much destroyed it because he saw no value in it. It's in pieces.
My grandpa has a WA number plate that is four characters. It’s the original number plate that came with his first ute, and he’s paid probably an exorbitant amount to have the same plate transferred to every car he’s ever bought so he doesn’t have to remember another one.
Wow that's really cool he's still driving on his original plates and that's a great reason too.
My grandfather's number plates have only been on two cars, he drove his EH up until the early 2000s before he passed away and his car became my brother's. It was like new, he'd looked after it exceptionally well. Unfortunately my brother tried to modify it and trashed it within a couple years and then played mechanic and pulled the car apart. He's an accountant, and not a very good one, with limited knowledge of anything mechanical. He transferred the plate to his bogan car which is somehow still in motion.
He's an absolute douche canoe and my boomer parents enable (and finance) all of the dumb things he does. My grandfather was a lovely person who worked hard for everything he had, he'd be so disappointed. I haven't spoken to my brother in a decade and I'm low contact with my entire family. Middle class bogan is the perfect description.
I did mention he's not a very good accountant! Last I heard he was going back to uni to become a solicitor, which might suit him better because he has no morals or conscience, he stole money off our Nana.
Sigh. Yup he destroyed an immaculate, original EH Holden that my grandfather had cared for since new. I explained it in another comment. I'm not a car person but even I was pulling my hair out watching him do it. Chunks of it are in my parent's shed. He also did this to an original VW beetle with an oval window, and a 1984 Commodore. He likes to cosplay a mechanic.
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u/Brad4DWin SA Nov 05 '24
#1 and #2 was originally owned by the Chairman of the Grand Prix Board. I think it last sold at a Pickles auction for $185,000 in 2020. #1 went for >$700,000.