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Originally Posted by terence
I had a similar thing on my Riley 1.5.
Number was VAE 360.Was entually going to restor it (36000 miles from new,genuine mid wife owner and bought from Martin Brundles father John)
Anyways,had a pair of the engraved black plastic plates made in readiness for fitting after the resto.
This particular year we had a very sever winter,very heavey snow.On a trip to town over bad snow ruts and drifts,I managed to unwittingly knock off the original front plate,which I noticed a couple of days later.
Drilled and fitted the new plate and got back on with my work.
It was about two months later I noticed a slight difference between front and rear platesVAE 360 -360 VAE.Wondered why the speeding tickets had stopped����
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I have a Riley 1.5-owning friend who will appreciate that story!
John Brundle was a bit of a character. I remember him coming into Hethel on occasions in a Triumph 2.5 PI rally car, may even have been ex works, can't remember now. He was a Lotus Service agent in those days.