A VINTAGE red Mustang convertible would always be likely to turn heads… even without an equally eye-catching number plate.
Offers north of £200,000 are being invited for the classic Ford, which dates from 1964, and its accompanying registration: J99.
With two-figure “J-plates” having sold on several occasions for sums ranging between £73,000 and £103,000 between 2017 and 2021 – and on one occasion fetching £139,000 last year – it seems that the opening price could be realised.
The vendor, who is conducting the sale via a JEP advertisement – but who did not wish to be identified – said he believed the Mustang, one of the first of its type built between 1964 and 1966, could have commanded £80,000 had it been sold with a “normal” plate.
“J99 should be an attractive plate for the right buyer,” he said. “Having two digits the same should add extra appeal – 99 would be a good plate for an ice cream van, although it might be out of reach, unless they put the price of a cone up to £25.”
Having collected rare registration plates since the 1970s, the vendor said he had owned J99 for more than 40 years, and the Mustang, which has automatic power steering and disc brakes, since the late 1990s.
The record price for a registration plate at auction was achieved in 2020, when J4 – a plate that once belonged to the Lieutenant-Governor – was sold for £380,000.
Bids for the car and its J-plate should be sent to J179, PO Box 582, JE4 8XQ.
