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It would have been traded around a fair bit and I imagine someone with 1 wanting to swap it between their tens of cars often, to show off the plate, else be confined to driving the same car.

Pretty dated website...have seen 7 on a Ferrari a couple of years ago.

But like I said they prolly swap them around regularly. You wouldn't wanna leave one on there too long or park your car anywhere regularly else opportunists knock off the plate and give no fks for damaging the vehicle in the process.

My grandmother had 365 and that went for nearly 100k a few years ago. My uncle layed claim to them and sold them the week he inherited them the bastsrd.

They would fetch huge money from exclusivity; it's the one thing other rich people can't buy when all the numbers are taken.

What confuses me, is that the top 10 aren't always on the top spec cars from their respective manufacturers. Numberplates are clearly worth more than the cars, where will the extra 50k-100k for the top spec version be missed?

It would have been traded around a fair bit and I imagine someone with 1 wanting to swap it between their tens of cars often, to show off the plate, else be confined to driving the same car.

This site has a nice list of all the heritage numbered plates: http://www.vicheritageplates.com.au/spotted_1_digit_plates.html

Think "1" is owned by Lindsay Fox

lol, I always chuckle every once in a while discussion about the elusive "1" victorian rego plate comes up.... It's owned by Peter Bartels. He lives in my building.. owns like 4 mercs. It's on a silver E63. It's parked downstairs right now, I can go and take a pic of it if you like ;) These people are multi-millionaires.. There's another merc parked right next to it with 117, and a BMW X6 with the plates "95" lives in the building as well.

http://www.theage.com.au/national/small-numbers-equal-big-dollars-20090418-aauw.html

http://aussieexotics.com/forum/number-plates/vic-number-plates-5403.130.html

^Doesn't that belong to the shop?

My mate did a photoshoot for them

https://www.flickr.com/photos/52705217@N02/9738981279/

Belongs to one of the owner's family members.

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lol, I always chuckle every once in a while discussion about the elusive "1" victorian rego plate comes up.... It's owned by Peter Bartels. He lives in my building.. owns like 4 mercs. It's on a silver E63. It's parked downstairs right now, I can go and take a pic of it if you like ;) These people are multi-millionaires.. There's another merc parked right next to it with 117, and a BMW X6 with the plates "95" lives in the building as well.

http://www.theage.com.au/national/small-numbers-equal-big-dollars-20090418-aauw.html

http://aussieexotics.com/forum/number-plates/vic-number-plates-5403.130.html

Belongs to one of the owner's family members.

The real question here is which number do you, who lives in the same building, have? :P

while we're on the "1" plate discussion still:

just popped up on the Melbourne Exotic Car Spotting facebook page

GTRR34, no need to go take a picture :P

Facebook comments suggest that he turned down a $2 million dollar offer for the plates. Not sure if true or not

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Kind of irrelevant if it is true or not; the plates are invaluable; really only worth what someone is willing to pay or in the case of rarity...what someone is willing to sell for. That could be a mil or it could be ten. In the case of cars and art though, people usually go off the last price it changed hands at...cause until it does sell you can't really say how much it's properly worth right?

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Spotted what I thought was a very interesting car today, wife didn;t want me to stop for a photo tho.

Alpine A310

Red

Wide Body

Massive Wing

Group5 plates

looked all set to hit the track.

edit:

quick google seems to have found it.

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Spotted a white Lexus LFA in Pakenham yesterday. Only saw it for a split second and almost didn't believe it. Have only ever seen them as "Not For Sale" at a few select Lexus dealerships (Brighton ahs a yellow one and Blackburn has a white one) so seeing one, even for half a second, driving was sweeeeeeet :D

The white one at blackburn is HOT.... looks sexy... a lot of money for a not so fast car though.

Super sexy and quite literally the first car I'll buy if I hit the lotto big. Yeah, alot of cash for a car that would get outdone by the latest fazzas and lambos, but still quick in its own right though! Plus, the EXCLUSIVITY of it! Hhhnnngggggggggg!

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