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Re: Rear License Plate
« Reply #15 on: March 08, 2014, 05:22:04 AM »
[size=14]You could double hinge it, one top and one bottom. Mild springs to keep the wind from blowing it up and to allow you to back up and not totally destroy it. The top hinge bracket is hinged to the lower inner.[/size][/b]
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Re: Rear License Plate
« Reply #16 on: March 08, 2014, 10:14:16 AM »
Here's another solution, you could just remove it.  I have wing nuts on mine and remove it for car shows, plates don't look right on a M38.
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Re: Rear License Plate
« Reply #17 on: March 08, 2014, 10:14:51 AM »
Hmm, well, maybe Ky requires a light on the plate too. Since I don't drive out of my county and when I go to other states riding trails I haven't had a problem with my setup. I also seldom drive at night on the highways.

Calvin has his plate in the original spot but he takes it off when he goes on trails.

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Re: Rear License Plate
« Reply #18 on: March 08, 2014, 10:19:15 AM »
Wing nuts or one of those magnets that dealers use on their plates...

I drove my Toyota around for I don't know how long with the license plate bulbs burned out....it's probably not a big enforcement priority...!
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Re: Rear License Plate
« Reply #19 on: March 08, 2014, 11:20:34 AM »
I like the custom bracket set up.  Will look at that solution.  Thanks for the help. 
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Re: Rear License Plate
« Reply #20 on: March 08, 2014, 11:41:10 AM »
That bracket is really slick.... And the color scheme of the Colorado plate works well.....� �Now Kansas....??????? ::)

I seem to recall that my model A ford had one rear light on a stem and there was a white lens on the lower side to illuminate the plate.  That was 1930.
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Re: Rear License Plate
« Reply #21 on: March 08, 2014, 04:27:42 PM »
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....it's probably not a big enforcement priority...!

  Probably not, but it IS "probable cause", if they want to look at your eyes or smell your breath  ;).    BW
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Re: Rear License Plate
« Reply #22 on: March 09, 2014, 12:19:38 AM »
Sounds like the voice of experience ;D
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Re: Rear License Plate
« Reply #23 on: March 14, 2014, 01:10:29 AM »
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Calvin has his plate in the original spot but he takes it off when he goes on trails.


I do like the special numbers on the old original 1949 plate I was able to find to register my Jeep with, so after bending it a couple of times, like Carl says, I do take it off on the rougher trails.
« Last Edit: March 14, 2014, 01:13:33 AM by calvinhunt »
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