DESIGN YOUR OWN NUMBER PLATES: The Half-Eaten Mind’s personalised registrations

By Vijay Shah

In theJames Bond film Goldfinger, the well-spoken secret agent drives to his missions in an Aston Martin DB5 luxury motor with a distinctive feature – a revolving set of number plates (license plates). At the flick of a button, 007 can choose from one of three plates. The personalised registrations for that car, now in the hands of a private collector, include “JB 007”, “007JB” and “GOLDFINGER”. The  plates proved to be a very useful tool for Bond to give his enemies, and the authorities, the slip.

James Bond’s Swiss number plate (c) The Telegraph

Personalised number plates are a popular, and undeniably lucrative side branch of the motoring accessories industry in many countries around the globe, most notably the United Kingdom and the United States. Registrations sold by the DVLA (Britain’s governmental authority for vehicle registration) can sell for hundred of pounds, and auction prices…