whats under your tag???

[GREASEMONKEY72]

just like the title says, whats under your year tag on youre plate?

when i went to put on the 07 tag last year i pulled off all the old ones that were still on and wouldnt you know theres the tag from 1972 sittin there so i left it on and when i went to put on the 08 tag a a couple weeks ago i pulled off the 07 and remembered the 72 so i took a pic and thought id post it and see if i could get a thread started on it

so with that said, whats under yours???

[Aarons72s]

Thats cool steven. I bet not to many decals have made it that far.

[GREASEMONKEY72]

the simple things in life bring the most joy, like seeing the original tag thats been on the plate for 35 years

[Aarons72s]

I got a stack of plates off mine over the yers in my storage builfing. I need to mount them on the wall in the garage.

[GREASEMONKEY72]

sounds like a plan to me aaron

[bad6772]

thats very cool, they shure dont make decals like the used to

[RicksTrucks]

I bought my 70 flatbed in California and had it shipped home. I have kept the old California plate on the front.

[Stocker]

Mine still has the original Cali black plates, but nothing special under the stickers. After the stack gets too high, I peel 'em all off and start over.


Hey wait a minute greasemonkey -- if my original plates are black, why are yours blue? Can't remember when they changed from black to blue, guess maybe sometime in 1972?

[Orange]

GA has changed actual metal plates too many times to keep an original sticker on there.

There were actually several years worth that they were stamped into the metal.

I do have an original 1971 tag from Alabama though (my truck was built in AL, and it's a '71).
It's the stamped metal kind as well.

DLB

[67ChevyRedneck]

Where is ALIORNIA?

[Stocker]

[mrein3]

You need to have legislators that are in the back pockets of the man like we have here in Minnesota. Home of 3M (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing). 3M makes the reflective backs for our plates. They lobbied the state legislature to require new plates every 7 years. All our "normal" plates get tossed out every 7 years. My 1994 Escort is scheduled for its 3rd set this winter. Its a good deal if you sell reflective coatings.

[sdkid]

Yep, we get new plates every so often too. I think 5 years.

[glock35ipsc]

My 70 4x4 had the same plates on it since my Dad bought it in 72, from 1972 until 2005. I finally had to get new plates for it because the rear was literally torn in half from so many years of backing up to the trailer too far and hitting the plate. The stickers were stacked about 1/4" thick on there!

[cameeks]

It's kind of hard to do this in Texas. Back in the '90s they moved the sticker to the inside of the cab.

[GREASEMONKEY72]

wow all that sucks for you guys with the new plates and all that crap, they changed to blue plates in cali in 70-71 i believe

and ALIFORNIA is alot like CALIFORNIA, atlest thats what everybody tells me

[FingerTight]

I have the OG black Calif. plates on mine as well, just put my '08 sticker on...will check this out next year!

[LUV2XCLR8]

We can't run those here, only new style tags or the new edition antique tags

[nplocoman]

Maybe these are where the rust comes from!

[cameeks]

oh forgot to add that we are supposed to replace plates every 7 years. Or at least thats what the DMV said.

[GREASEMONKEY72]

Originally Posted by cameeks

oh forgot to add that we are supposed to replace plates every 7 years. Or at least thats what the DMV said.

thats lame as hell