Birthday Present

[bugedd]

I recently celebrated my 42nd and for that, my lady scored something I think is pretty cool. She overheard me talking to a friend about getting rid of the new plates and finding the correct year of manufacture plates. And that is what she found! Sneaky little lady. Anyhow I took the car to a show today and just put the plates on a couple nights ago, and had a good shot of the rear end so I thought I'd take a pic. IMO, it looks way better than new plates. Something about a classic with the proper plates. In California, 1956 was the last stamping of plates until 1963. So correct for the car is a 56 plate with the 1960 YOM sticker.

 

[SaxMan]

Very cool. I've been mulling picking up a set of vintage plates for my car. Maryland used to do yearly (or every other year, IIRC) stampings until 1971, so I've had my eyes on a set of '69 or '70 plates.

 

[HealeyRick]

Nice. I think new plates that have 7 digits really look out of place on a vintage car. I have a 5 digit '59 Massachusetts plate on my bugeye.

 

[nomad]

She's a keeper!

Kurt

 

[bugedd]

SaxMan, if you need a source for clean plates, let me know. And thanks for the compliments!

 

[Boink]

Very nice. What a thoughtful gift.
I acquired some 1959-stamped Oregon plates, but they need some restoring (and that's about $100). So for now, I'll stick with my vanity "Boink" plates.

 

[Boink]

Very nice. What a thoughtful gift.
I acquired some 1959-stamped Oregon plates, but they need some restoring (and that's about $100). So for now, I'll stick with my vanity "Boink" plates.

I have some black California plates that came with my car. What year did yellow turn to black?

 

[bugedd]

the first run after 56 yellow plates was in 63 with the black plates with yellow lettering. those went thru 69

 

[BillW103]

I found this on in a swap meet. The car is a 60 and it may have been built on the 9th mo. I haven't check into build date.