I absolutely agree with you Vombil. I see this as sort of thing as having the potential to de-value genuine collectable Holdens, although others may disagree. I have posted previously that I read a while back there are apparantly more registered Ford phase III HOs than were ever built by the factory!
Perhaps it could be interesting to have an onsite discussion as to whether it might be a good idea to begin a register of id plates that members see for sale on ebay (or wherever) so that potential buyers of vehicles could one day look to see if the plates are known to be from a car that was destroyed or rebirthed?
However in this instance, its an HQ coupe so the plates can only be used on a coupe anyway. I think its probably a lot of work to turn a four door into a coupe! I spose its do-able... (lol)... cant see how it could be cost effective though, even if one did have a spare coupe to cut up, why not just restore that one (etc).
However, I make those numbers as Body No : 322769-S. Vin : 8Q37TDH822(BLANK) HQ COUPE 7/74 EHQ - 28876S.
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