Re: IML: License Plates in California

[Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>]

get it re-plated and start fishing in the plates box
at the local swap-meet for appropriate ones.  Some
folks can tell the prefix that would have been correct
for your year car, and get a decent pair.  You can
then graft them onto the car once it is registered to
you if the plates you get are "clean", and coming out
of a box means that they have probably been out of
circulation for more than the 3 years that DMV keeps
them on record.

Good luck.

-K

--- dansgarage@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>  Thanks Kenyon!, by the way, the car is comig from
> out of state.
> Thanks much!
> Dan
> ---- Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> There are such plates, but they are generally for
> much
> older cars.  
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> The one thing to be aware of in CA is that the DMV
> likes to confiscate old plates and issue new ones. 
> If
> you buy a car that has its original plates (blue,
> black, yellow), you'll be ahead if you remove them
> and
> report them "lost", as in "the car came to me
> without
> plates".  They will then issue the same new plate
> that
> you would have gotten otherwise and you hang onto
> the
> old original plates.  
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> At some point later, you can get the original plates
> (or others that are correct for your car) - On the
> condition that those plates are not in the DMV
> database as registered to another car.
> 
> Therefore if you report your originals as stolen, it
> may take a period of time for them to drop out of
> the
> DMV's system before you can activate them again.
> 
> There is a classic or parade car thing, but they
> have
> terribly strict rules on use and mileage and so
> forth.
>  Better off not bothering, I would suspect?  I'm
> sure
> others will chime in with better info on that.
> 
> --- dansgarage@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > Hi All....I guess this question is for those
> members
> > in California.....being relatively new here, can
> > someone tell me if there is such a thing in CA as
> > "antique" plates ? and if so, how old the vehicle
> > has to be to qualify? back in NJ I didn't have to
> > get the car inspected and only paid Registration
> > every 4 years, also any car over 25 years old was
> > considered a "antique" and got special
> > consideration, special rates. etc.....anyone who
> has
> > experience here in California with registering a
> > 1966 Imperial PLEASE email me
> > (dansgarage@xxxxxxxxxxxx) so I can at least go
> into
> > the DMV with some understanding as to how they are
> > going to mess things up before hand.
> > Thanks all!!!!
> > Dan Melnik
> > 
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