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Rambling, Malarky, Rants, Etc. => Rambling, Malarky, Rants, Etc... => Topic started by: Carls_jeep on November 25, 2011, 11:45:34 PM

Title: New old license plate
Post by: Carls_jeep on November 25, 2011, 11:45:34 PM: In Ky if you have an antique vehicle license plate you can also display a license plate for the year of manufacture. My son bought me a 1951 license plate for my Jeep and it's the one on the left in the photo. He said license plates for Spencer county for 1951 are almost non existent so he got this one.

(http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j276/yeathatshim/PB250001.jpg)
Title: Re: New old license plate
Post by: philshevlin on November 26, 2011, 09:45:46 AM: Nice.

I'm looking to get one here in Tenn. However you can run with the old plate only here. Its just tough finding them for a decent price. They run about $100 for a 1951 Tenn. But they sure look sweet.

(http://media.knoxnews.com/media/img/photos/2009/09/23/UT_license_t607.jpg)
Title: Re: New old license plate
Post by: Carls_jeep on November 27, 2011, 11:18:08 AM: You can do the same in Ky if you carry the real plate in the vehicle. I put both on so I would have holes for both if I want to run one or both. They seldom stop old vehicles anyway but the plate with all the 0's may catch their attention. I know most the cops here and we wave at each other as we pass. I think they like seeing the old Jeep driving around.

I didn't ask what Richard paid for the plate but I suspect it wasn't cheap.
Title: Re: New old license plate
Post by: Matto on November 27, 2011, 09:46:25 PM: Hi Carl.
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ Here's a pic of my CJ3B with a 1954 Connecticut plate.
Matt
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Title: Re: New old license plate
Post by: calvinhunt on November 28, 2011, 12:09:06 AM: Matt,
ï¿½That's a great "Post Card" photo of your 3B, your dog, and the beautiful woodlands. It actually looks like you have enabled us to step back in time to the year 1954. Thanks.

ï¿½In Utah you can license your old vehicle using a state-issued plate the same year as the vehicle. ï¿½Here we are required two plates, front and rear. ï¿½Got them from a plate collector--$100 for the two. ï¿½I have only installed the rear plate. ï¿½ No one has ever bothered me about the missing front plate. ï¿½All the cops know me around here.

ï¿½The collector had two sets of 1949 plates. ï¿½I chose the one with the 3A. ï¿½ï¿½

(http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo336/calvinhunt/Unique-Lic-Plate/BigCanyon008.jpg)
Title: Re: New old license plate
Post by: Carls_jeep on November 28, 2011, 12:23:41 PM: Matt, that's a wonderful photo of your Jeep and dog. You have a very nice looking Jeep there and the dog fits right in.
Title: Re: New old license plate
Post by: macrisel on November 29, 2011, 04:55:32 PM: Very neat Calvin! Any idea what the 3A stands for on the license plate?
Title: Re: New old license plate
Post by: calvinhunt on November 30, 2011, 02:02:26 AM: The small number and letter on the old Utah plate identified a county in the rural areas and a certain division of a county in the urban areas.
Title: Re: New old license plate
Post by: Carls_jeep on December 20, 2011, 09:38:55 AM: 8-) I just found the Alabama Antique license plate I took off my Jeep when I bought it. I may hang it on the Jeep with the others or hang it on the wall in the shop. Wouldn't it bugger up the minds of the local police with three plates on the Jeep ;D.
Title: Re: New old license plate
Post by: Matto on December 20, 2011, 08:49:40 PM: I don't know Carl, that might be asking for trouble. Like putting on a bumper sticker that says " Bad cop, no donut!"
Title: Re: New old license plate
Post by: Carls_jeep on December 21, 2011, 12:03:49 AM: Yeah, I don't plan on doing it. They are friendly right now so I don't want to make them mad. :)