Subject: [Healeys] California Legacy License Plate program

From: Rohan Marr <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 16:41:31 -0700

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Apologies if this has already been discussed, but I found this today and =
as an owner of an original =E2=80=9Cblack plated=E2=80=9D California =
car. I have mixed feelings on this one. Firstly it is worth reading up =
on the announcement and links:

Classic California License Plates to Hit Streets this Summer: =
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/newsrel/newsrel15/2015_41 =
<https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/newsrel/newsrel15/2015_41>
CA DMV: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/legacyplates/index =
<https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/legacyplates/index>

So why the mixed feelings, well original black plates had some value and =
meaning - the car was an original California car. Unfortunately my =
plates have really deteriorated, and after a few steep driveways (you =
know how low our cars are) I have bent them in half one by one until =
they broke in half. I only ever had one plate on the rear and swapped it =
=E2=80=A6 the current one is hanging on by a thread. So I was looking to =
see if someone would reproduce them and I remember a link to someone who =
=E2=80=9Cunofficially=E2=80=9D remade them published on this list a few =
years ago. These new ones will reportedly use the same dye press tooling =
as the originals out of Folsom Prison (not sure where I read that), but =
unlike the original these will have a modern reflective coating and more =
importantly be available for use on any vehicle, both old and new, or =
car, truck or motorcycles. I know how I feel about a Prius with black =
plates!

So what I really want to do is replace my plates with the same number =
etc with an original look, or do I want to give up on that and bite the =
bullet for a vanity plate with the new black?

What does everyone think of this?

Rohan (aka Aussie)
=E2=80=9956 Longbridge BN4 =E2=80=9CHellouise"=

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charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" =
class=3D"">Apologies if this has already been discussed, but I found =
this today and as an owner of an original =E2=80=9Cblack plated=E2=80=9D =
California car. I have mixed feelings on this one. Firstly it is worth =
reading up on the announcement and links:<div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Classic California License Plates to =
Hit Streets this Summer:&nbsp;<a =
href=3D"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/newsrel/newsrel15/20=
15_41" =
class=3D"">https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/newsrel/newsrel15=
/2015_41</a></div><div class=3D"">CA DMV:&nbsp;<a =
href=3D"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/legacyplates/index" =
class=3D"">https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/legacyplates/index</a>=
</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">So why the =
mixed feelings, well original black plates had some value and meaning - =
the car was an original California car. Unfortunately my plates have =
really deteriorated, and after a few steep driveways (you know how low =
our cars are) I have bent them in half one by one until they broke in =
half. I only ever had one plate on the rear and swapped it =E2=80=A6 the =
current one is hanging on by a thread. So I was looking to see if =
someone would reproduce them and I remember a link to someone who =
=E2=80=9Cunofficially=E2=80=9D remade them published on this list a few =
years ago. These new ones will reportedly use the same dye press tooling =
as the originals out of Folsom Prison (not sure where I read that), but =
unlike the original these will have a modern reflective coating and more =
importantly be available for use on any vehicle, both old and new, or =
car, truck or motorcycles. I know how I feel about a Prius with black =
plates!</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">So =
what I really want to do is replace my plates with the same number etc =
with an original look, or do I want to give up on that and bite the =
bullet for a vanity plate with the new black?</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">What does everyone think of =
this?</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Rohan =
(aka Aussie)</div><div class=3D""><div style=3D"margin: 0px;" =
class=3D""><font face=3D"Helvetica" class=3D"">=E2=80=9956 Longbridge =
BN4</font>&nbsp;=E2=80=9CHellouise"</div></div></body></html>=

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