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The S1 registration plate car modles licence is sony car stereo being sold
Edinburgh's first ever car number plate is set to fetch up to �250,000 at auction.
The registration plate "S1" was originally bought in 1903, the year registration fingerprint car alarm numbers were introduced.
It was bought by Sir John H troubleshoot car heater A MacDonald, the Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland between 1888 and head-on car crashes 1919.
Also known avis rental car coupons as Lord Kingsburgh, he was a motoring pioneer who foresaw the rapid development of the car and the need for a proper road system.
He was one of Scotland's first car owners, and was also a founding wholesale car care products member of the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland, which later became the RAC, Classic Car Show In Danville and was the used car prices first president viper remote car starters of the Scottish Automobile Club, founded in 1899.
I would imagine it would appeal to a patriotic Scot who wants to drive around with Car Insurance In Vermont S1 which could stand for Scotland 1
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The historic S1 plate has been in Sir John's family ever since, and is now being offered for sale by his descendants.
The licence will be fuck child in the car sold by Bonhams auction house at the Goodwood Revival Sale on 19 September. The owner then can have the plate made using the licence.
Toby Wilson, head of Bonhams automobilia department, said: car engines "The number plate (licence) has come directly from the family, and has been with them since it vw car toy was first bought.
"I would imagine it would appeal to a patriotic Scot who wants to drive around with S1 which could stand for Scotland 1.
"Obviously, it could also appeal to someone called Simon or whose initials are SI.
"However, so far the interest we portland car rentals have received is from neither a Scot or a person called Simon.
"First and foremost, it car driver will be someone who understands motoring history."
In 2005, Bonhams sold registration "1F" for �144,500 and in 2006, it sold "M1" for a then world record auction price of �331,500.
In January this year, car design entrepreneur Afzal Khan paid �440,625 for the Formula One initials "F1".
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