Black and White Number Plates Explained ⬇️⬇️⬇️ In the United Kingdom, a car / vehicle can use these number plates for it’s registration if it follows this criteria: 🔴 Produced before Jan 1st 1973 However - updated government guidelines (April, 2020) allow for vehicles produced before Jan 1st 1980 to display their registrations this way. To obtain permission to use a black and white number plate or private number plate, you must: 🔴 Apply to the DVLA 🔴 Register the vehicle within the historic v