License Plate Restore - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

fishuntr · 03-19-2002, 07:09 PM

Maybe a dumb question..does anybody do replacement license plates? Might not even be legal, but i thought i would ask. Mine are terrible; faded, slightly bent etc. Now that i got my truck painted, my 30 yr old Kali plates look awful. Thanks

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72 C-20,LB,350, 4spd, 1 owner

bouncytruck · 03-19-2002, 07:23 PM

Have you tried contacting the DMV to see if they will issue you an new plate? They may charge you a little and you'll have a new plate number.

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'69 K-5 Blazer - 350/TH350, 6" lift, 35" tires
Bothell, WA

spinning wheels · 04-01-2009, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by bouncytruck

Have you tried contacting the DMV to see if they will issue you an new plate? They may charge you a little and you'll have a new plate number.

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'69 K-5 Blazer - 350/TH350, 6" lift, 35" tires
Bothell, WA

In CA the DMV will not re issue old style plates. The will issue you the current style plates. I could be wrong, but I think you are not supposed to restore the plates, but turn them in for new one. Most cops will look the other way on that one. Unless you give them lip.
Next Long Beach swap meet is April 12th. The Pomona Swap Meet is April 26th.

Longhorn Man · 03-19-2002, 07:24 PM

I have read in magizines about a service to restore old plates. i just dunno where to look.
They're out ther...I just can't help you.

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'69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man
I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it.
Need to pick up the one ton Longhorn with a PONTIAC 350/350soon.
Thanks every one!

Check out The Longhorn Webite.
If you need a pic posted, E-mail me at longhornmail@yahoo.com
Andy, in Columbus Ohio

fishuntr · 03-19-2002, 07:29 PM

I thought about just going to the DMV for new plates, but I want to stay with the "vintage" blue plates. I don't really care about the numbers. I doubt if you could get any of the blue ones from the Kalifornicate DMV. They want to crush all our trucks anyway.

**Smitty** · 03-19-2002, 10:27 PM

hey Fish if you go to the Long Beach or Pamona Swap Meets or someother such gathering there is usually someone in attendance who restores your existing plates. Vintage Blue????? Mine are Black with Yellow letters.

blue72stepside · 03-20-2002, 03:06 AM

here u go. www.mojoartworks.com

70c10 · 03-20-2002, 08:02 AM

You can do it yourself. It's not hard to do, just time consuming. I'm doing a set right now for a guy's truck. Go for it, when you finish they really set your ride off!

Mickey · 03-20-2002, 08:38 AM

You might want to check out this web page. www.darrylsplates.com
I had several sites to look at and this is the only one that I can find.

fishuntr · 03-20-2002, 08:07 PM

Thanks for all the replies. I like the suggestion for the Pomona Swap Meet best; great excuse to go. I think they have those about every month don't they? Hey Smitty; what can i say? I envy your black plates, but with a few exceptions they quit makin em in 69. Us guys with those "late model" trucks are outa luck. Jimmy

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72 C-20,LB,350, 4spd, 1 owner

**KevsClassics** · 04-01-2009, 12:45 AM

Hey C/10 King's wife restores plates I have seen them they are like original

kwplot34 · 04-01-2009, 01:45 AM

My 1 owner 67 that i just purchased has the black Ca tags dated 1963. No good to me here Mo. but like my other old cars i will run year correct tags on it.

spinning wheels · 04-01-2009, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by kwplot34

My 1 owner 67 that i just purchased has the black Ca tags dated 1963. No good to me here Mo. but like my other old cars i will run year correct tags on it.

A lot of the black background and yellow letter/numbers plates have the 1963 stamped on them. But they were not made in '63.
The CA plates started switching to blue background with yellow number/letters in '69. In 83/84 they started to issue the reflective white background with blue numbers/letters, but mainly on passenger cars. Pickup trucks have commercial plates, not sure about Suburbans, and had a few more years of blue background with yellow numbers/letters.

**leddzepp** · 04-01-2009, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by spinning wheels

A lot of the black background and yellow letter/numbers plates have the 1963 stamped on them. But they were not made in '63.
The CA plates started switching to blue background with yellow number/letters in '69. In 83/84 they started to issue the reflective white background with blue numbers/letters, but mainly on passenger cars. Pickup trucks have commercial plates, not sure about Suburbans, and had a few more years of blue background with yellow numbers/letters.

Actually, it was '72 that they switched to the blue/yellow numbered plates.

The years get confusing, don't they?

If you go to the DMV website, they lay out a history of the changes. 70 was the last year black/gold plates were issued, which would explain why so many ended up on 71's that were bought at the end of 1970.
They do say that in 83 they switched to the sun background (remember "LA Law"

)...but we bought an 86 Bronco in 1986 that had, and still has blue/gold plates. If the website is correct, then I am guessing someone transferred them from an older vehicle before it was sold to us? Only thing I can come up with.

C/10 King · 04-02-2009, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by KevsClassics

Hey C/10 King's wife restores plates I have seen them they are like original

Funny you should mention it, she just painted some the other day. And some frames too. "it's nice to have a wife that does nails for a living"

LONGHAIR · 04-02-2009, 07:58 PM

This has to be the shortest thread aver to get resurrected after 7 years....Wow

Rattle Can Joe · 04-08-2009, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by C/10 King

Funny you should mention it, she just painted some the other day. And some frames too. "it's nice to have a wife that does nails for a living"

Here are the license plates that the C/!0 King's wife painted for me.

pritch · 04-08-2009, 10:26 PM

I had to make a new plate one time. Years ago, there was this UHP trooper around here that just hated me. I never knew why, but he would pull me over every single time he saw me. I had an old '67 Trazer. This once, he pulled me over and when he came up to the window first thing out of his pie-hole was "Where's your front licence plate?"

"It's right there on my front bumper."

He walked back to the front of my truck and I could just see the red rising up his face. "Where the hell is your front bumper?" He was really hollering by then.

"How would I know-it fell off years ago"

Sure enough, I got a ticket for no plate and no front bumper. So I read the law and got the barest minimum of a chunk of metal for a bumper, then I took my rear plate and made a little form and put the plate in it and poured some concrete on it. After it cured for a couple days, I took an old plate and pounded it out flat then carefully hammered it into the mold. Utah's plates at the time were just a basic white with black digits so it was easy to get close. Then off to see the Judge. We still had a Justice of the Peace back then, and his day job was owning the local laundermat. Laundermat Court was quite a tradition in our town. He was the kinda Judge that if you got to BSing with him and took him cash money, most times tickets wouldn't really show up on our records. Well, since all I had was basicly a fix-it ticket, and the windows of the laundermat were kind of fogged up, 'ol Reed just gave my truck a quick look out the window, saw my bumper and plate and said "Ten bucks". Good enough.

Longhorn Man · 04-01-2009, 05:20 AM

did ANYONE notice that this is a 7 YEAR OLD thread?????

petey-pablo · 04-01-2009, 05:27 AM

I guess not I just did though

**70cst** · 04-01-2009, 07:38 AM

observation...I didn't but I found this thread interesting. It goes to show old threads never die they just hibernate for a while.

ashx2 · 04-01-2009, 09:42 AM

I've found this guy that does tag restoration. Even tags that are bent/damaged beyond belief can be repaired. Check him out, he does some fantastic work (well, him and another fella he knows)

tagdr.com

Greg

haysonj · 04-01-2009, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

did ANYONE notice that this is a 7 YEAR OLD thread?????

Looks like KEVSCLASSIC has a lot of free time going back 7 years

Tx Firefighter · 04-03-2009, 06:23 AM

This thread is timely. I got a few minutes yesterday and pulled my old 72 Texas Farm Truck license plates off my beater. I'm in the middle of powdercoating them this weekend. Green letters, white background, and a coat of clear powder on top of all of it. Should be durable.

ChevLoRay · 04-03-2009, 09:59 AM

That's a good idea. I have a buncha old AR plates, and a few of them are truck plates. In Arkansas, truck plates ran from July 1 of the issue year, until June 30 of the following year. In '68, Arkansas started producing "permanent" plates that had three letters/three numbers and no specific year. So, my '69 truck can't get a specific year Arkansas plate....hence the Arizona plate that I had in AZ in '69-71.

03-19-2002, 07:09 PM	#1
fishuntr Registered User Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lucerne Valley, CA., USA Posts: 50	License Plate Restore Maybe a dumb question..does anybody do replacement license plates? Might not even be legal, but i thought i would ask. Mine are terrible; faded, slightly bent etc. Now that i got my truck painted, my 30 yr old Kali plates look awful. Thanks ------------------ 72 C-20,LB,350, 4spd, 1 owner __________________ 72 C-20,LB,350, 4spd, 1 owner

03-19-2002, 07:23 PM	#2
bouncytruck SKINNY TIRES RULE! Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Bothell, WA Posts: 11,049	Have you tried contacting the DMV to see if they will issue you an new plate? They may charge you a little and you'll have a new plate number. ------------------ '69 K-5 Blazer - 350/TH350, 6" lift, 35" tires Bothell, WA __________________ bouncytruck 1972 K5 The Hauler 1994 K1500 Suburban The Daily2010 Kia Soul Wife's Ride2014 Fiat 500L

03-19-2002, 07:29 PM	#5
fishuntr Registered User Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lucerne Valley, CA., USA Posts: 50	I thought about just going to the DMV for new plates, but I want to stay with the "vintage" blue plates. I don't really care about the numbers. I doubt if you could get any of the blue ones from the Kalifornicate DMV. They want to crush all our trucks anyway. __________________ 72 C-20,LB,350, 4spd, 1 owner

03-19-2002, 10:27 PM	#6
Smitty Senior Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Spring Valley, Ca. Posts: 1,112	hey Fish if you go to the Long Beach or Pamona Swap Meets or someother such gathering there is usually someone in attendance who restores your existing plates. Vintage Blue????? Mine are Black with Yellow letters. __________________ Smitty '71 Short Fleetside Spring Valley, Ca.

03-20-2002, 03:06 AM	#7
blue72stepside Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Morgan Hill, California Posts: 309	here u go. www.mojoartworks.com __________________ 72 Cheyenne Stepside 357/TH350 3.07 Posi 379HP@5500 412FT#@4000 96 1500 Work Truck 88 Chevy Van 3/4 97 Tahoe 8.5 Lift (Sons) 00 1500 LT 4x4 (Sons) 98 Ford Cobra (Wifes Car)

03-19-2002, 07:24 PM	#4
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	I have read in magizines about a service to restore old plates. i just dunno where to look. They're out ther...I just can't help you. ------------------ '69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it. Need to pick up the one ton Longhorn with a PONTIAC 350/350soon. Thanks every one! Check out The Longhorn Webite. If you need a pic posted, E-mail me at longhornmail@yahoo.com Andy, in Columbus Ohio

03-20-2002, 08:02 AM	#8
70c10 67-72 Addict! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The TAX State! Posts: 7,857	You can do it yourself. It's not hard to do, just time consuming. I'm doing a set right now for a guy's truck. Go for it, when you finish they really set your ride off! __________________ Jim 1970 C/10 Fleetside w/Ghost Flames Lowered 4.5" front and 4" rear (Raked) 355/350 Turbo w/shift kit 10" Redneck Performance Verter w/2500 stall Hooker Super Comps part#2808-1 Performer RPM Air-Gap 12 Bolt w/3:73 gears- Eaton Posi Comp Cams XE262 with 1.6 Crane Energizers, Road Demon 625 and Brodix IK 180 heads

03-20-2002, 08:38 AM	#9
Mickey Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Fayetteville, Georgia Posts: 157	You might want to check out this web page. www.darrylsplates.com I had several sites to look at and this is the only one that I can find.

03-20-2002, 08:07 PM	#10
fishuntr Registered User Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lucerne Valley, CA., USA Posts: 50	Thanks for all the replies. I like the suggestion for the Pomona Swap Meet best; great excuse to go. I think they have those about every month don't they? Hey Smitty; what can i say? I envy your black plates, but with a few exceptions they quit makin em in 69. Us guys with those "late model" trucks are outa luck. Jimmy ------------------ 72 C-20,LB,350, 4spd, 1 owner __________________ 72 C-20,LB,350, 4spd, 1 owner

04-01-2009, 12:45 AM	#11
KevsClassics TILT COLUMN GURU Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: FRESNO CA Posts: 4,276	Re: License Plate Restore Hey C/10 King's wife restores plates I have seen them they are like original __________________ Instagram kevs_classics64 64 Impala SS Conv 72 Blazer 2wd 75 Jimmy 2wd 63 Belair wagon 02 Silverado ext cab. DD RIP EL JAY

04-01-2009, 01:45 AM	#12
kwplot34 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Liberty, Missouri Posts: 35	Re: License Plate Restore My 1 owner 67 that i just purchased has the black Ca tags dated 1963. No good to me here Mo. but like my other old cars i will run year correct tags on it.

04-08-2009, 10:26 PM	#18
pritch Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hoytsville, Utah Posts: 3,365	Re: License Plate Restore I had to make a new plate one time. Years ago, there was this UHP trooper around here that just hated me. I never knew why, but he would pull me over every single time he saw me. I had an old '67 Trazer. This once, he pulled me over and when he came up to the window first thing out of his pie-hole was "Where's your front licence plate?" "It's right there on my front bumper." He walked back to the front of my truck and I could just see the red rising up his face. "Where the hell is your front bumper?" He was really hollering by then. "How would I know-it fell off years ago" Sure enough, I got a ticket for no plate and no front bumper. So I read the law and got the barest minimum of a chunk of metal for a bumper, then I took my rear plate and made a little form and put the plate in it and poured some concrete on it. After it cured for a couple days, I took an old plate and pounded it out flat then carefully hammered it into the mold. Utah's plates at the time were just a basic white with black digits so it was easy to get close. Then off to see the Judge. We still had a Justice of the Peace back then, and his day job was owning the local laundermat. Laundermat Court was quite a tradition in our town. He was the kinda Judge that if you got to BSing with him and took him cash money, most times tickets wouldn't really show up on our records. Well, since all I had was basicly a fix-it ticket, and the windows of the laundermat were kind of fogged up, 'ol Reed just gave my truck a quick look out the window, saw my bumper and plate and said "Ten bucks". Good enough. __________________ '68 Panel Project Boogie Chillin' '68 C-10 Ol' Green Last edited by pritch; 04-08-2009 at 10:27 PM.

04-01-2009, 05:20 AM	#19
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: License Plate Restore did ANYONE notice that this is a *7 YEAR OLD* thread?????

04-01-2009, 05:27 AM	#20
petey-pablo "THE GREEN GOBLIN" Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Fremont Ca. Posts: 1,025	Re: License Plate Restore I guess not I just did though __________________ Petey-pablo "THE GREEN GOBLIN" 1972 Cheyenne 10 Short Fleet Side Front 2.5inch Spindles with 2inch Springs Rear 4inch drop Springs. 454BBC TH400,Posi 1971 Cheyenne 10 Long Fleet Side 454BBC TH350,Posi Sold Drive it like you stole it! Petey-pablo@sbcglobal.net

04-01-2009, 07:38 AM	#21
70cst Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: New Madison, Ohio Posts: 21,365	Re: License Plate Restore observation...I didn't but I found this thread interesting. It goes to show old threads never die they just hibernate for a while. __________________ A husband can be right...or...A husband can be happy. 67-72 Chevy and GMC Trucks...The Classic Truck for the Classic Folk. 1970 CST Two tone green, 402BB, 400 Automatic, Tach, Buckets, AC, AM-FM, Tilt, GM CB, GM 8 Tract, LWB, etc JOHN 17:3...The better side of "LIFE" Remember: Everyday is a good day...Some are just gooder!



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04-01-2009, 09:42 AM	#22
ashx2 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Graham, Texas Posts: 239	Re: License Plate Restore I've found this guy that does tag restoration. Even tags that are bent/damaged beyond belief can be repaired. Check him out, he does some fantastic work (well, him and another fella he knows) tagdr.com Greg

04-03-2009, 06:23 AM	#24
Tx Firefighter Watch out for your cornhole ! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Azle, Texas Posts: 14,162	Re: License Plate Restore This thread is timely. I got a few minutes yesterday and pulled my old 72 Texas Farm Truck license plates off my beater. I'm in the middle of powdercoating them this weekend. Green letters, white background, and a coat of clear powder on top of all of it. Should be durable. __________________ I'm on the Instagram- @Gearhead_Kevin

04-03-2009, 09:59 AM	#25
ChevLoRay Old Skool Club Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas" Posts: 10,880	Re: License Plate Restore That's a good idea. I have a buncha old AR plates, and a few of them are truck plates. In Arkansas, truck plates ran from July 1 of the issue year, until June 30 of the following year. In '68, Arkansas started producing "permanent" plates that had three letters/three numbers and no specific year. So, my '69 truck can't get a specific year Arkansas plate....hence the Arizona plate that I had in AZ in '69-71. __________________ Member Nr. 2770 '96 GMC Sportside; 4.3/SLT - Daily driven....constantly needs washed. '69 C-10 SWB; 350/TH400 - in limbo The older I get, the better I was.

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