Year of manufacture plates

[Tommy]

Alabama recently allowed us to register original plates on our cars. I registered my original plates on the 68 and 72 Novas just the other day. Are other states allowing this and what are the stipulations in those states. They issued me a sticker for mine and said they wouldn't need renewing. It cost me 12 bucks for the 68 and since I hadn't registered the 72 I had to pay a total of 54 for it which included the plate. I think they will look pretty cool on the cars since tags now are starting to get pretty ugly and lots of states are even putting dot coms on the plates...

Tommy

[Mr70]

Illinois recently added the same here too.
I can drive legally with these on,as long as I keep the newly issued Il. antique plates & registration in the car at all times.The law allows me to keep the renewal sticker on just the Il. antique plates too.



When I saw this unused plate in a license plate collection,it was a HAVETOHAVE for me,being as my car was sold new in Joplin,Mo.
The local police here still pull me over from time to time,but I just keep a copy of the Illinois law article which allows this,in my glovebox and hand it to the officer along w/my Il. Antique plates.
They always end up scratch'n their heads saying they had no idea it was legal now.

[Late BrakeU2]

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[ANDY M]

Ohio has a one time charge for antique plates , and if you register an Ohio year of manufacture plate, you can drive with it as long as the antique plate is in the car.
I've never seen an out of state plate, like the CA black plate, used in place of the OH tags.
I have seen a street rod with a '32 OH tag airbrushed on the trunk, and unless you're 3' away, you would think it was real. Legal, too. He's got the antique tags in his trunk.

[Belair62]

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HEY !!!! whats up with the 62 ??? Very cool. I thought all Cali gold plates had to be turned in for black plates in 63 ?

[Xplantdad]

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HEY !!!! whats up with the 62 ??? Very cool. I thought all Cali gold plates had to be turned in for black plates in 63 ?

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Oh...you'll find out...soon enough...LOL! Right Mark?

[Late BrakeU2]

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HEY !!!! whats up with the 62 ??? Very cool. I thought all Cali gold plates had to be turned in for black plates in 63 ?

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Thanks Bob,I'm having a blast hitting the local shows with it-it's a real oh nine/oh nine with complete owner(and track)history.Bruce knows the story on the car and is graciously going to do a members ride piece on it,but I need to put detailing time in under hood-nothing like your blue car but i'm working on it!
On the plates you are correct.In 63 all yellow base plates had a mandatory DMV surrender for the black base,but Cali has a YOM program for all 47-62 period plates so the bubble just made the cut.There is a bill in legislation right now to allow the 63-69 black base in the YOM program..I kinda hope they don't pass it because I have a 69Z with it's black plates I bought from the first owner who kept the reg current,but that's a bit selfish as they look great on any car...pretty much a badge of honor out here but you would be amazed at the lengths people go to attempt to duplicate the look..

[Xplantdad]

Believe me...Marks '09 is AWESOME (and hasn't had any McDonalds on top of it either...LOL).

Can't wait to get Members Rides info on it

[427TJ]

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My take on CA black plates being a badge of honor is that they make the statement "I have been here longer than you have." Having grown up in California (I was born in GA after my dad got recalled to the USAF during the 1961 Berlin Crisis) and watching it's demographics change dramatically, especially where I grew up, I think those who have lived there a long time (more than 30 years or so) use black plates as a badge of native pride. With so many immigrants to California (of all colors and economic levels) over the years, all trying to fit in and become 'old timers' too, black plates tell the car show crowd that you're more senior than everyone else. I still have an old bumpersticker from the early 1980s that says "Welcome to California, now go home." Black plates and yellow plates tell other car guys that you ARE home. "I was here before everybody else." That's a very Californian attitude given the constantly-changing face of the population. That's how I see YOM CA plates, anyway.

By the way Mark, that '62 is STUNNING.

[ORIGLS6]

Rick, I talked with a State Trooper about this and he reluctantly agreed it was true. I don't think they like to admit it though.

Do you recall the statute number, etc?

I still run my outdated "ORIGLS 6" plates but carry the AV plates with me. Rarely a problem as my mileage is limited these days. My 1970 plates aren't in very good shape, plus the number doesn't have much interest.