What is the significance of the license plate number on the Ford Anglia in Harry Potter?
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the flying Ford Anglia has a license plate number of 7990 TD. Is there any significance to this, or were those digits just randomly selected?
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Based on the answer given to a somewhat similar question posted on SciFi a couple years back, they appear to be random:
Is there any significance to the licence plates on the Ford Anglia?
There is a link in one of the answers that shows the tag was the actual registration tag (the link is to a news story of the car being reported stolen from a studio lot).
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What is the license plate of the Weasleys car?
Nope, it's "7990 TD" in the movies. The HP Wiki has an interesting tidbit: Also, in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the car's registration plate is 7990 TD. However, on the cover of one edition of the book, the plate can be seen to start with "H".What is Hagrids license plate?
The license plate is GDO 558, just as it was in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One," when Hagrid scooped Harry up to head into the skies.Why did JK Rowling Use a Ford Anglia?
Rowling chose the little blue Ford Anglia because it reminded her of her friend, according to Carsforsale.com. J.K. Rowling reportedly rode around in the car with her friend, Sean, and it represented escape and freedom. It was appropriate then that Harry Potter and Ron Weasley would use the car to escape.Why do Harry and Ron fly a Ford Anglia to Hogwarts?
Flight to HogwartsRon was worried that his parents might not be able to get back through, so they used the car to fly to Hogwarts. Just as they arrived on school grounds, the car began to break down and they ended up crashing into the Whomping Willow.Harry Potter \u0026 the Deathly Ford Anglia 3 Cylinder Inline 39 BHP
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