Re: Way Cool 60 Impala on eBay - 4K miles
 

Bel Air,I stand corrected.I guess all the yellow base plates running around now are through the Cal DMV YOM(year of manufacture program)They aren't currently offering that for the black base-and don't plan it anytime soon from what I've heard.I know that commercial black plates were not uncommon on even 71 trucks though.

I grew up a few blocks away from Baher,it used to Be H.E. Baher Chevy in Hermosa Beach(Dick Guldstrand used to sell cars there before he left to drive for Penske) than he moved the dealership to Northridge in the late sixties.It was Competition for about ten years in the mid eighties and has been in the Rydell group for about the last ten.

Re: Way Cool 60 Impala on eBay - 4K miles
 

Cool Mark...I think this car was a dealer trade somehow....not sure if it went from Baher to Jack Head or vice versa,,,

Re: Way Cool 60 Impala on eBay - 4K miles
 

I heard that some California folks are ordering current personal plates with their black plate number then putting the black plate on the car instead of the personal plate.
They would be the identical number.

Re: Way Cool 60 Impala on eBay - 4K miles
 

Tim,that's true,although DMV usually denies the request because of the sequence(they are hip to it;). They are extremely popular-I've even seen people paint their seven digit blue and white base plates black and yellow,really adds the final touch for that period correct and they look great with any body color.Finding an original Cali muscle or pony car that still has it's o.g. black plates currently registered is money in the bank!. If the person who buys this Impala lives in CA. they will have trouble keeping those tags as the reg looks to have expired in the 70's.I have a friend who paid eight years of back fees just to keep her 69 olds black plates after it had "rested" for a few years.

Re: Way Cool 60 Impala on eBay - 4K miles
 

Here in GA you will get a ticket for painting anything on your license plate. One of my buddies who likes to do it anyway ended up using vinyl this last time, so that he can just peel it off to appease the officer.

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Finding an original Cali muscle or pony car that still has it's o.g. black plates currently registered is money in the bank!.

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Darn-near impossible anymore, I'd guess. I've thought of registering my car at my parents' house in Sacramento using the YOM plates. I'd have to put new stickers over the 1968 and 1969 stickers on there now. Oh, and I'd have to deal with California DMV....nevermind!
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Re: Way Cool 60 Impala on eBay - 4K miles
 

I'd like to peel off the stickers of my original plate back to the 1967 issue, but afraid I'd mess them all up, just glad to have what I've got......... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif