Confuse-a-spotter – AY plates

Ref. Vic’s post “Confuse-a-spotter” from December 7, 2011.

He’s got a photo of a Turkish-Cypriot car with registration AY 255 snapped in May 2008 in Northern Cyprus.    When I visited Alderney in August 2008 I photographed the same registration on a motorcycle.     What a coincidence!

AY 255 Alderney

Alderney 255 on Alderney I. 2008. Olav archive

 

In Turkish Northern Cyprus, AY 255 is captured by Mike Oldham for Vic Brumby in 2008. This could just as easily be a Republic of Cyprus plate - or Alderney - or Hong Kong - or Mauritius - or...... Brumby archive

In Turkish Northern Cyprus, AY 255 is captured by Mike Oldham for Vic Brumby in 2008.     This could just as easily be a Republic of Cyprus plate – or Alderney – or Hong Kong – or Mauritius – or……              Brumby archive

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2 Responses to Confuse-a-spotter – AY plates

  1. Philip Djaferis's avatar Philip Djaferis says:
    August 16, 2014 at 6:29 pm

    AY in the Republic if Cyprus would have been on a car registered late in 1959 or 1960. Numbers stay with the car for its entire life in Cyprus.

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