Has anyone looked far into the future regarding this decision?

There is only a finite amount of room on a number plate. What will happen when CVL numbers exceed 9999.

The plate will look really cramped when CVL 10000 is reached

Sorry about that.

I quickly threw the list together to make the point that in what is generally known as Perth there are over a dozen 'cities' which means putting up 'City' on the desto is meaningless.

How about coming back on topic with your observations for November?

Continuing the "city" discussion, here is a list of Cities in what is generally know as the Metropolitan Area of Perth - Bayswater Belmont Canning Cockburn Fremantle Gosnells Melville Nedlands South Perth Stirling Subiaco Swan So it is best to leave the word 'city' out altogether. If the b...

Spotted in convey at 10.25 am today on Roe Hwy heading north near Berkshire Rd were 1017, 1018, 1019 and 1012.

On the way to the auction yard????

Going back to the photos at the start of this thread, showing bus no 2377 next to stop no 27377, was the numbering intentional or just coincidental?

No one got to keep their old all numeric plates. That's why I said history thrown in the bin. Now your friend's 1954 car is not authentic in all historic aspects as it has lost its original number plate to some bureaucratic decision made in 1968. All other states gradually moved to reflector plates ...

Slightly going off topic. If you had a vehicle in those days sporting white on black plates, you had to front up at a depot in Hay St east, take off your old plates and attach your shiny new black on white "reflector" plates. That was after forking out the sum of $1.50. This took place ove...

Renault ex Transperth fleet 619 is up for sale in Kalamunda. Is asking $7,500. Has been here for 2 weeks now, at the unofficial "Vehicles For Sale Lot" in Kalamunda. UQB619lf2TP_RenaultPR100.2_JWBolton_CnrCanningLewisRdsKalamunda854_20150702.jpg UQB619rrTP_RenaultPR100.2_JWBolton_CnrCannin...

Less than an hour ago, it has been reported a Transperth Gasbus caught fire today at the Esplanade Busport.

Here is a link to a news article: http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/espla ... 714-gic44o

The 25 year old Renault 1015 would be coming to the end of its service life anyway, so would not expect to see it being repaired.

As 1632 is only 9 years old, it would depend on the extent of the damage it suffered which would determine if it will be repaired and returned to revenue service.

My post above was purely my recollections. Tom did go broke sometime in the 70s, and that was the end of his retailing venture. There were several other supermarkets in the 6os. Freecorns, Gordon Mathiesons, Foodland, and Charlie Carters amongst them. These smaller ones ended up being rolled into th...

This is not an accident, but at the moment traffic is banked up on Roe Hwy Welshpool (WA) due to a truck blowing its right hand front steer wheel tyre.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Great to see those MTT operated buses and the business names of the period such as Boans and Aherns. I even spotted a pram hanging on a set of pram hooks on the back of one of the buses.

Here's a link to the West Australian's web page on the story: https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/259 ... in-morley/

I love all these photos you are posting Roderick. Brings back memories for me. On seeing the tank stand in your photo, I do remember Tom's fondly. Belonged to Tom Wardle who later became Lord Mayor of Perth. Tom's was a general merchandise, electrical/electronic store who used to import items from T...

I put my car in for a service today in Osborne Park. Had 5 hours to kill, so headed off to Glendalough Station. Caught B set 084 all the way to Butler Station A 490 was waiting outside, so caught it to Two Rocks - NH fleet 1762 Then rode 1762 back to Yanchep Central for a spot of lunch. After lunch,...

I remember seeing those plates on some trucks and some buses when I was at school in the late 50's & early 60's.

Never knew what they were for.

Waiting for more information to come forward too.

I just followed newbie 2454 on a 297 up Gooseberry Hill Road.

It is so new and shiny I could see my car reflected in its green back panel.

Optimus 2351 has been in the traffic wars.

I saw it in Craig St, Burswood yesterday wearing 2 shiny unpainted panels mid way down its right hand side.

Then the Morris Marina in the early 70's sealed the fate for Morris, BMC, British Leyland et al....

Not to mention the P76 in Australia.

Thanks for that comprehensive explanation Wolseley. Puts it all in perspective for me. My wife had a 1962 Morris Major Elite when we married. Later to be replaced by a Renault 12. My first car was a 1951 side banger low light Morris Minor, until I caught the Renault Bug, and we have only had French ...

Now I can see why you use the user name "Wolseley" on this board.

Thanks for the "Wolseley" history lesson Wolseley.

Was the same 4 cylinder engine used in the Morris Major/Austin Lancer duo?

Welcome to a brand new month.

People should have anticipated this frequency change anyway; the Government ran a series of ads in April-May advertising the change in frequencies and reminding people to re-tune their free-to-air TV channels. Just be mindful that not everyone is even mildly technical, so the ads probably would hav...