Friday 8 February 2019

New Nimrod picture emerges

This lovely picture, with a man admiring the shapes of a Nimrod in Reading, Berkshire, turned up recently and was sent over to me by Jono Barber. The Nimrod seems to be a new one to me. The number plate is hardly visible, but from what I can see it doesn't look to be any of the others that I have in the files. The picture was made in about 1975 in Reading's London Street. The building in the backdrop is Huntley Boorne & Stevens Ltd, which manufactured biscuit tins.

The Nimrod registration numbers I have been able to find on photographs on file are:

75 RYD
KPN 438E
WPJ 596G
WPN 438G (I think)
ARR 132H
MBD 475K
GPG 649K
ORX 677K
APX 37L
Q24 NYA

Anyone who is eagle eyed enough to decipher this one?

UPDATE 11 February: Alan Brown knows of another car (MBD 475K) and sends over a photograph. Thank you Alan, it's added in the little list above now, too. Suggestions for the number plate seen below are: LAQ 72## ; LRC 729K ; LRG 729K and URG 729H. 

London Street, Reading 1975. That's a rare and red Nimrod being admired 
Picture Lyn Ford via Jono Barber

Zoom in and see if you can read the car's registration number...
Picture Lyn Ford via Jono Barber

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