Can I save a private plate?

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I am sure you can fill in a form to keep the current reg

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...ion-number

Yup, and as it says clearly on that link.. You need to include the MOT!

might have put the wrong link JJ as this one states that you need to have either sorn or MOT,

https://www.gov.uk/keep-registration-number

Seems odd, why do you need MOT to transfer a plate?  Surely there's a reasonable amount of people who will only buy a new car (and transfer their plate) when the current one fails MOT!

It is daft mind,  I am sure one of the lads on the metro owners club kept the reg from his old mg metro mk1 that he scrapped back in the 90s, I may have posted the wrong link.