How many of you guys use historical license plates on your cars? Here in Ohio, you pay a one time fee that lasts forever (about $30.00!) It looks like a good idea. The rules state that the car cannot be used for general transportation, but there are soooo many loopholes its not funny. The car can be driven for "club events", car shows, parades, tours, etc., etc. But, not for "general transportation". Ok, whatever. Have any of you guys ever run into any problems?
I had them on my GS455 and I've got them for my 72 Skylark, although it doesn't have bumpers on it or a motor in it. No problems, but I usually drove it to and from the track or on nice days.
I bought an Antique plate for my 70 GS for $99. This is a one time fee. The car no longer needs a safety or emmisions inspection. One of the stipulations for the antique plate is that it can't be driven over 5000 miles per year. However, since the car no longer needs inspected, the state no longer has record of your odometer. My buddy did this with a 71 GS, and he was putting 20,0000 per year on it.
Here they are on my ride.......They were $12.90 :grin: Registration issue date reads 5/12/01 Renew date reads 5/12/50:laugh: They're good for 50 years!!! I only put about 30-50 miles a summer on my car but I've never been bothered
WOAH... nice wheelie i have original '72 plates on my car.. they say the same thing.. shows, parades, blah blah blah... i just make sure you have an excuse ready if something happens.. "oh i was taking to get the oil changed" lol i'm doubting people will really look into it.. i'd be more concerned with your insurance companies rules
You can get them in Michigan, with a copy of the plate for 25 yrs and older, supposedly no-expiration or you can get a historical plate if you don't have yr of car plate. You are not supposed to drive a car with the historical plates as an every day driver though! I saw what must of been a '76 Pontiac TA, was nice today on I-75 near Pontiac with a '76 Michigan plate. The Old Guy got pulled over near Franklin, TN with the '65 Sportwagon and the TN cop didn't recognized his '65 MI plate, a guick call to his leader, I think, proved him good to go! I have a them on my '68s, '70s! And the '66 Wildcat, that isn't registered, but they don't bother me about it cause it has a plate on it!
yup exactly. my plates cost a whopping $40 though.. yikes.. but i guess '72 plates are rather hard to come by they had '71 plates with '72 stickers and for whatever reason very few '72 plates were produced or something.. anyone know the real reasoning behind that?
What's interesting in WA is that we require front plates on all vehicles... except those with the Collector's plates!? So my GS455 had the black and red "GS" plate on the front. The other option is like Roberta mentioned; you can use the correct plate for the car's year of manufacture. This became an issue in a racing series where all cars must be licensed. Some of the cars had the year-correct plates. Since those aren't otherwise allowed, the director was going to boot them. I had to explain to him that they were legal plates.
Here's a picture of my old GS' plate laying on top of the new plate for my Skylark. Too bad I couldn't have just used the old plate. There was an increase of about 2000 numbers between the two. Also, the older plate is actually in better shape than the new one. It looks dirty because of the angle of the flash on the front plate, but it's cleaner and doesn't have the blue paint chipped off like the new one does.o No:
Here in Kentuckt you have to have two for the car (yes one for the front and one for the rear ). They cost me a one time fee of about $40.00 and $0.68 a year for taxes :laugh: When we had the VET program (smiff test), I was excused from it. VET- Jefferson County's version of a yearly emission check.
in ontario , canada , u have several options- 1) renew the regular licence plate @ $75 / year 2) purchase an historical vehicle plate @ $30 / year for renewal 3) obtain a personal plate ~~ $200 4) fine a manufactured vehicle year plate that can be registered . like a personal plate only more . i have the regular plate .
I just bought the historical plates for my car this year. 25.00 and they are good til 2050. I'll be dead before i have to renew em I have the 1970 year plates on my car...i just have to keep the historical ones in the car in case i'm pulled over. Sure is cheaper than the $75.00 a year for personalized!
Here in Conn. they have what are called "Early American" tags. These are the antique tags, and any vehicle(25 years or older)that wears them can only be taxed on $500.00:grin: It's nice that states have a program like this.
In Oregon we have a "special interest" tag which replaces the normal year of expiration. The cost is $45 one time fee. However, these can only be used on original (from year of manuf) plates. Since Oregon has not "called in" plates since 1956, there are still a lot of old cars with original plates which are nearly 50 years old. If your car doesn't have the original plates, you can find some at swap meets, etc., but the Motor Vehicle Dept. has to see them so they know they are in good shape. They are not for general use, but there is really no way to check on it. I've had a state cop pull me over because he thought there was something funny with the plates--he had never seen an orange sticker in the year of expiration place. I have collected many sets of vintage plates just in case. Chuck Dickinson
