As there's so little maintenance needed on an 80 (the essentials not neglected of course) I set about getting rid of my offending front number plate. It's been bashed, bent and it never fitted properly, so yesterday afternoon I had to run the gauntlet of filling in forms at the registration department.
I had had to fill in a request for new plates;
A declaration of why they were being changed (separate form);
I had to provide the original and a copy of the vehicle registration document;
The original and a copy of the "Talon" which is a mini version of the registration document, to be carried at all times;
The original and a copy of my passport; and
The original and a copy of my Residency Permit.
Join a queue that took 50 minutes to get to the front of, then it was too late to get the new plates made up. That meant me lying on the declaration, saying they were lost not damaged, so I could refit them to the car and go back the next day to collect. That was this morning, and after a 10 minute queue, I got my plates!
before
After
The plates cost the equivalent of £4 each and the same for the plastic carrier bit that bolts to the truck. 15 minutes of fitting, and job done!