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Y 1 - Y 2 - Y 3 - Y 5 - Y 6 - Y 8 - Y 9

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

Y x plates were originally issued by Somersetshire County Council, all x Y plates are DVLA auction sales

By close of business on 2nd January 1904 Somersetshire County Council had registered 121 cars and 64 motorcycles.

Y 1 was originally issued on 25th November 1903 to Arthur Thring of Bath and was registered to a Benz. Arthur was very involved in politics, and somehow managed to ensure he was allocated Y 1, Y 2 and Y 3. The Thring family transferred the plate from vehicle to vehicle but was allowed to lapse in the 1940's. It was revived by his daughter in law in 1953.

The Lamborghini Murcielago wearing the plate is from when Lamborghini London owned it, they sold it to a client in 2003 for a six figure sum.

Y 2 was originally issued on 25th November 1903 to Arthur Thring of Bath and was registered to a Benz. At some point it was transferred to a local farmer who one day had an accident and that was the last seen of the plate.

It's seen here on a 1939 De Dion Bouton.

Y 3 was originally issued on 25th November 1903 to Arthur Thring of Bath and was registered to a Benz. It was allowed to lapse in 1906. In 1910 it was reissued to Sir George Neville who registered it to a Mercedes. It's now registered to a vintage Mercedes year unknown, and I suspect is non transferrable.

Y 5

Y 6 was originally issued on 28th November 1903 to Charles Wood of Frome and registered to a Oldsmobile. At some point it was allowed to lapse and was reissued in 1914 to A Cousins.

Y 6 was recently sold at auction in June 2022 for 219K and the new owner lives in Hertfordshire.

Y 8 was originally issued on 1st December 1903 to Richard Combe of Taunton and registered to a Gardner-Serpollet. He also owned Y 7.

The plate is now in the Preston area and the owner also owns 1 Y

This picture gets a special mention. It was taken in 1905 in Taunton and is most likely Richard Combe, the original owner.

Y 9 was originally issued on 1st December 1903 to Francis Fox and registered to a Century.

The current owner lives in Hampshire.

1 Y was sold by DVLA in 1996 for 16K. Owner lives in Preston and also owns Y 8

2 Y was sold by DVLA in 1992 for 5K

The owner is based in the Birmingham area.

3 Y was sold by DVLA in 1993 for 7K

4 Y was sold by DVLA in 1994 for 6K

5 Y was sold by DVLA in 1998 for 13K

The plate was sold again in 2009 for 52K

6 Y was sold by DVLA in 1995 for 7K

7 Y was sold by DVLA in 1992 for 8K

8 Y was sold by DVLA in 1993 for 7K. The plate is owned by Robert Young who lives in North London.

9 Y was sold by DVLA in 1993 for 4K