Hmmm, if so, that is a relatively recent development. I've never met anyone
who has done that, at any rate, and I know a lot of car hobbyists.
on 4/1/05 5:57 PM, Ron Fine at RonFineEsq@earthlink.net wrote:
> I think you might be wrong about California DMV allowing use of old plates.
> My understanding is that if the old plates are "clear" and appropriate for
> the year of manufacture of your old car the DMV will allow you to register
> them to your old car. For example, on my 61 Austin Healey, if I purchase
> plates manufactured for the years 56 to 63 and the DMV shows them as not
> currently registered to any car I can have them registered to my Healey.
> That's why there are a lot of plates being sold on Ebay for year of
> manufacture use in California. I know people who have done this and I am
> currently searching for the "perfect" set of plates for my Healey.
> RON
>
>
> California has no provision for re-using old out-of-use plates, so there is
> no market for trading in them (other than the license plate collectors),
> unlike some states, where people restore and resell old styles of plates to
> car hobbyists.
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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