Well, I can't speak very well for California, since I believe their
rules have changed in the last ten years, but Arizona has one standard
plate, one antique plate for cars more than 25 years old (I think, I
have never used it), and a bewildering variety of special interest (Save
the Spotted Owl) and vanity plates, all of which cost extra bucks.
Plate colors have changed rarely, and there is no particular cachet to
owning a set of peanut butter (they were supposed to be copper colored,
designed by committee) colored plates.
California issues plates based on the date of application, so that a
black plate car was first registered in 1956 (or whatever) and a blue
plate car in 1973, etc. You used to be able to score a pair of black
plates from somewhere and register a period car with them, but I believe
that has changed. I will let someone with more expertise answer about
California.
Enjoy your day, Bill
Slightly Classics
Tucson, AZ
Michel R. Gagne wrote:
>Hi folks,
>It is pretty early for you folks on the left coast but I was curious about
>when the changeover from black on yellow, to yellow on black (mid 60s?), to
>yellow on blue (early 70s?) plate changes occurred.
>
>If you see a vehicle with black plates, does that mean it has been
>continuously registered in CA since the mid 60s? If a car is imported into
>CA does it get plates corresponding to when it was born or when it was first
>registered in the state?
>
>Are there similar plate colors in Arizona?
>
>Thanks I9m just trying to understand the rules about these so called black
>plate specials, and if there are easy ways of making a car that say spent
>its life in Chicago then have a black plate upon registering it in CA.
>
>Thanks as always,
>Mike G
>Chapel Hill, NC
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