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The state of Minnesota allowed me to register a pair of 29′ plates. Sweeeeet
Richard,
Most, if not all, States allow Year of Manufacture (YOM) plates.
Usually, the plate has to be in “original” condition, as in not refinished.
Then, after the car is registered with the plate, you can send it out for refinishing.
Peter
great to know
The problem I had to face was the prefix of numbers on these plates were adopted for trailers some years back. These plates had to obtain a special exception because of that prefix.
I thought it would be funny if an officer ran the plates and it came back as a boat trailer. lolo
The license plate I currently have on my daily driver was first issued to my paternal grandfather when he bought his new 1928 Hupmobile Century Six. He gave up driving in 1940, and the plate was transferred to my dad’s new 1940 Dodge. My dad kept the plate over several cars until he died in 1996, and the Secretary of State here allowed me to take the plate over, which I have had for the last 22 years. I plan to have a repro plate made up with the same number for my 1933 Pierce 1236, unfortunately I only have the original plates back to 1940. Strange side note..because of the WWII metal shortages, some of the plates issued during the war years were made out of Masonite. I wonder if having the same plate for 90 years, grandfather, father, to son, is some kind of a record.
Amazing story Kenneth, thanks for sharing!
Here is my Year of Make Plate.
That is a great story. I hope my plate/car sticks around my family for at least 90 years. My car will be here long after I’m pushing up daisies.
Mass plate number one was issued to a gentelman in Elliot Mass, and the family still has it on one of their modern cars. My guess is it’s now fourth or fifth generation.
California accepted these refinished
I should have mentioned they also sent add on tabs for the stickers
Jim,
Did you have to send the plates to Sacramento? My DMV office says I have to turn them in and they will send them to Sacramento and if they approve them they will send them back. If not approved they are gone.
Dave
No,
they made xerox copies of them. The problem was that the prefix is now used for trailers in Minnesota.
I sat at the DMV, with a super nice clerk, for over 2 hours. If it was not for this super kind lady, I would never have gotten to use them.
She knew all the correct people to call. She built an approval process from the ground up. She started at the bottom, received piecemeal approval and then worked her way up to the person that gave her the official OKY DOKY>
She told me there is a special exception notation in the computer for my plates. She indicated that this was not the normal procedure. It was a quagmire only because of the prefix that was used on some plates in 1929.
When we registered our YOM plates to our Rickenbacker it was an arduous process.
It took at least 5 trips to the DMV and a whole lot of hours to complete.
One clerk tells you that you need this particular paperwork filled out.
You do that and go back then you’re told that you need another form and a vehicle inspection. You get that done and then you’re told you filled out the wrong forms and you need to fill out more paperwork.
We finally ended up speaking to an upper level manager who made the final approvals.
The plates never had to be shipped to Sacramento and I would have refused to do so had they asked.
The ended up with the plates being registered to the car and having a ‘special plate’ fee levied every year when we renew the registration.
Craig, The stated requirement that they had to go to Sacramento was why I did not go through with the process. Additionally, they wanted the extra fee plus you have to pay the standard DMV fees based on value. It was way cheaper to go with Antique Vehicle plates, which is what I ended up doing. Everything with Cal DMV is about fees. I have also been through the one person says this, the next person says that thing. I now go onto the DMV web site and look up what I am trying to do, print out what the website says needs to be done and take that with me when I go to the office. It stops a lot of unnecessary paperwork and multiple trips. Dave
I’ve printed out stuff from the DMV website and had clerks tell me the website is wrong.
And it’s not just the Calif DMV that is all about fees, it is every last aspect of Calif.
I have been wanting to put YOM plates on the Pierce Arrow but I don’t want to go through the same hassle again.
Ok……I have custom plates made that replicate something from the year of manufacture, then just put them on the car. I keep the real plates under the front carpet. In almost every state its a 25 dollar fine for failure to properly display. Have been stopped over the years and not a single cop ever said a word. Works for me for about 19 years now……..I’m too old to change.
Craig,
One of our PAS members from Nevada has 1918 New Hampshire plates on one of his cars.
The car is not even registered.
He has never been pulled over.
In Massachusetts, you don’t have to put the Registration Sticker on YOM plates, just keep it with the Registration.
Maybe you should get some 1929 MASS plates.
I do like Ed’s approach of keeping the REAL plates under the carpet.
Peter
As Richard said was my case also I took the plates To the local DMV and they took picture of them. My first attempt was with rusty original YOM plates and they would not accept due to poor finish. To make it worse they would not assure me of accepting without seeing good plates so I took the risk and bought some restored plates. But those were accepted.
The plates I was registering to the car were brand new, never mounted 1926 plates in mint condition.
Didn’t matter with them.