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PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:46 am    Post subject: Speedwell Plate Frame Reply with quote

Hello all

Looking for some info and an approximate value of this license plate frame.
It's been in my memorabilia case for a while.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 7:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Speedwell Plate Frame Reply with quote

Is it truly old? One idea might be to email or call them and see if they still sell them. Or maybe have access to when they stopped making them as the case may be.

What I really would not do is rely on the age of VW parts manufactured by Speedwell to somehow equate to the age of the frame. The London UK letters just don't look vintage to me- more like an 80s style.

I sure see something like this wowing a buyer at a VW swap- but I have no idea what it may be worth.
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I wonder what the nut looks like.



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 8:31 pm    Post subject: Re: Speedwell Plate Frame Reply with quote

It seems odd that a frame ostensibly from London would be sized to fit standard US license plates.....
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 12:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Speedwell Plate Frame Reply with quote

hitest wrote:
Is it truly old? One idea might be to email or call them and see if they still sell them. Or maybe have access to when they stopped making them as the case may be.

What I really would not do is rely on the age of VW parts manufactured by Speedwell to somehow equate to the age of the frame. The London UK letters just don't look vintage to me- more like an 80s style.

I sure see something like this wowing a buyer at a VW swap- but I have no idea what it may be worth.


I think Speedwell was absorbed by EMPI years ago.

Here is one that belongs to a friend.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 6:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Speedwell Plate Frame Reply with quote

Wow, it wasn't too long ago the name was used with an aftermarket tuner of (mostly) modern Minis IIRC- while still in the U.K.. Now a Google search offers only Speedwellengineering based in California! My apologies if the world passed me by on Speedwell. I recall old literature (VW books) explaining Speedwell marketing with Empi- I didn't know they were absorbed. Crying or Very sad

I found this- so at least we won't get snookered on expensive valve caps! http://speedwellclassics.co.uk/
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I wonder what the nut looks like.



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 12:59 am    Post subject: Re: Speedwell Plate Frame Reply with quote

those speedwell frames were made in the mid 90's to feed the market for speedwell and empi stuff. They are not original and not from speedwell. they were £10 new.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 5:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Speedwell Plate Frame Reply with quote

I'm glad I am not completely crazy. Cool
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I wonder what the nut looks like.



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 2:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Speedwell Plate Frame Reply with quote

The original Speedwell company was wound up voluntarily in the early 70s. They had a trading arrangement with Empi but were never 'absorbed' into them. False news!
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