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S0 - S 1 - S 2 - S 3 - S 4 - S 5 - S 6 - S 7 - S 8 - S 9 - Complete Set

1 S - 2 S - 3 S - 4 S - 5 S - 6 S - 7 S - 8 S - 9 S - Complete Set

S x plates were originally issued by Edinburgh Borough Council, all x S plates are DVLA auction sales

By close of business on 2nd January 1904 Edinburgh Borough Council had registered 20 cars and 4 motorcycles.

S 0 is issued to the Lord Provosts of Edinburghs vehicle. It's not unknown when this was issued but after failing to persuade the owner of S 1 to part with it, S 0 was issued, this happened sometime between 1905 and 1915.

S 1 was originally issued to Dr William Clark of of Edinburgh. He only got it as Lord Adam (Senator of the college of judiciary of Scotland who had reserved it, failed to register it. In 1905 the Scottish Atomobile Club was formed and its president wasn't too pleased having missed out on the plate. An "arrangement" was made and William swapped it for S 2. Later the Lord Provost of Edinburgh put pressure on John to part with S 1 but he was having none of it. It remained in the family until 2008.

The plate was sold at Bonhams auction in 2008 for a sum in excess of £400K, after this it changed hands several times until the current owner, who is known and based in the North of England bought it.

Taken in 1983

S 2 was originally issued to John McDonald and probably registered to his Delahaye. It was John who did the deal to exchange S 2 for S 1.

On the Mercedes SL since July 2006, current owner is known and based in the North of England.

Taken in 1981

S 3 was originally issued to James Ivory, an accountant and at one point a director at Standard Life Assurance Ltd. He transferred the plate from vehicle to vehicle until his death in 1939. He then passed to his Son and is still retained within the family.

Placed on a 2013 Freelander when it was a month old and only removed in 2021. The vehicle covered 130,000 miles and wasn't spotted in those 8 years, yet within days of going on the replacement Discovery it gets spotted!! Within weeks on receiving the picture of the Discovery I was sent a picture of the Freelander.

Taken in 1983

Taken in 1980

S 4

Owner is based in Scotland.

S 5

The plate was sold at Bonhams in 2016 for £270K.

Current owner is known and based in the South East of England.

Taken in 1977

S 6

Brian Stein of Berkshire bought the plate in the late 80's, he bought it along with S 66, S 666 and S 6666 for £16.5K.

A gentleman who lives in Scotland, and is known, always remembered seeing S 6 driving around when he was growing up, already an owner of a 1x1, he was very excited when in early 2024 S 6 became available for the first time in over 35 years. A deal was made and S 6 was returning home for an undisclosed sum.

S 7 was owned by Chris Sherwood of Herefordshire. His Father bought the plate in the late 1950's when it was spotted on an old Ford, the plate was sold in 2021 for an amount they would prefer to be kept private.

In April 2021 it was placed on a Jaguar F-Type, the current owner is known and based in the North of England.