I see mini coopers that have a GB on the back boot. Can anyone please tell me what the GB means.

 

GB = Great Britan

 

I've got GR on mine.

= Greece :-)

 

I think mini63 may have meant the chrome GBs on some folks' boots. They mean the same thing: Great Britain.

 

I remember, in the 60s - mid-70s, seeing those oval GB stickers on the rear of MGs and such, and I always thought, 'How cool!'

 

Get Bent

 

Reply to gB post.

In 1969, the UN (United Nations ) intiated this . When you take your car to another country you must display the car's point of origin on the rear of the car.

Since most of the license plates around the world are only numbers and have no country designation on them, usually this is done with a decal/sticker with the 1- or 2- (or 3?) letter country code. The code for Great Britain is GB. For Germany, D for Deutschland, etc.

There are many variations of these stickers sold here. The standard white on black letters or the reverse is mostly used in Europe. Flashier versions are sold and displayed here in the States, because we love to gob up our cars with stickers over here.



For the 1999/2000 Rover MINI 40 LE (40th Anniversary Limited Edition), the GB was standard in chrome on the boot an may have been also on other Classic Minis.


For the new MINI, I'm not sure if one of the Special Editions comes with the GB badge or not. You can buy a set at Mini Mania, if you like...or you can pay a lot from MINI for one.

More than you wanted to know, I'm sure. Wanna know more? Go here.

 

The MC40's came with a chrome GB on the boot...

Hey Jeff, are you guys back? We were just talking about you the other day at the Monterey Historics...

 

Would that apply to all drivers following you or aimed mainly towards the honking BIG suv welded to your Mini's back bumper?

 

Want a country sticker? These guys are good:

http://www.europeanplates.com/originstickers.htm

Dave

 

And here I thought people were just paying homage to my NAM username in initials.

 

Country Stickers USA