Unususal License Plate Bracket

[Alpine 1789]

My late mode SV (B395017894) parts car has a different kind of rear license plate bracket, shown in the attached photos. I always assumed this was one of the late model parts bin changes, like the headlight rims and license plate lights, but made an interesting discover yesterday. I removed them from the trunk and found that the bolts holding them on were 10mm. I couldn't find any evidence that the standard type were once there. Could Rootes have done this? Or, what they a dealer installed feature and these were just what the dealer had laying around at the time?

 

[mikephillips]

I've never seen one like that. I would guess it's either just something a dealer had lying around or something a prior owner did on his own.

 

[SIVAllan]

My late mode SV (B395017894) parts car has a different kind of rear license plate bracket, shown in the attached photos. I always assumed this was one of the late model parts bin changes, like the headlight rims and license plate lights, but made an interesting discover yesterday. I removed them from the trunk and found that the bolts holding them on were 10mm. I couldn't find any evidence that the standard type were once there. Could Rootes have done this? Or, what they a dealer installed feature and these were just what the dealer had laying around at the time?

My late SV parts car (Nov 67) has the same brackets; the nuts are larger than 7/16 and smaller than 1/2 possibly due to corrosion. The bolt heads are smaller than 10mm, I'd guess ~7mm.

Allan

 

[RootesRich]

Jim, my late SV has the same bracket. I never thought to check the bolt, but will in the coming weeks and let you know.

 

[Alpine 1789]

Well, we now know there were at least three of them, so this must be one of those late SV things. The metric bolts could have been put in at anytime; they looked pretty clean inside and my not have been the original ones.

Thanks.

 

[miket]

Jim, make it 4. Mine,also a late SV , has the same brackets.

 

[George Coleman]

Those are brakets off of a British lic. plate holder I have two sets of them! some one must have used them to attach the plate in the back, as this is from the front plate holder.