Question re: dealer license plate frames

[DeadheadNM]

Back in the day, were dealer license plate frames typically installed up front, in back, or at both locations? Mostly interested in what if any convention dealers has in CA but curious about any and all examples.

[Casper42]

dating back to 1982 for me as a kid, I worked at a Chevy dealer in the outskirts of Seattle. Dealers ALWAYS used two license plate frames. this was advertising for them. I imagine the same for nearly all for many years before my known memory.

[yuccales]

Every PDI that I did got front and back frames. Good quality metal ones.

[Keith Seymore]

Hadn't really thought about it - but - put me down for front and rear, too.

K

[jeffahart]

Oh, both for sure, and then some. The dealers were/are litteraly shameless. They'd paint their signage on the car door if they thought they could get away with it.

Ever see the dealer engraved rear bumpers? That pretty much says it all! It makes me think of a dealer in a yellow plaid suit with white patent leather shoes yucking it up... "Har har har... let's see em remove my name off that.. .har har har". The dealers are shameless!

j

[72SB]

Front & Back and some dealers even installed metal emblems with their name on the trunk lid or tail gate.

[michael bustamante]

well honestly i guess it just depended on the state..
if you remember, NM only requires one plate but like texas, you need two plates.. so maybe it was like that butttttt i remember galles chevy ouuting their vanity plate and plate frame on the fronts
speaking of...... you didnt drag any ed black plates or frames up there by chance did you? you dont need those up there

[MJN]

Lots of nice examples listed for sale;
https://www.oldsobsolete.com/product...arts-for-sale/

[DeadheadNM]

Good deal guys thanks for the follow up. I had a pair reproduced from a photo until I can find original examples.

Michael, did you see that NM want to add a front plate now? Helps with the surveillance cameras apparently. But you'll be safer

[yuccales]

Originally Posted by 72SB

Front & Back and some dealers even installed metal emblems with their name on the trunk lid or tail gate.

Yes they did.

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by DeadheadNM

Good deal guys thanks for the follow up. I had a pair reproduced from a photo until I can find original examples.

Michael, did you see that NM want to add a front plate now? Helps with the surveillance cameras apparently. But you'll be safer

I saw that too. I’d love to comment but the thread will get locked.

[cericd]

Originally Posted by DeadheadNM

Good deal guys thanks for the follow up. I had a pair reproduced from a photo until I can find original examples.

Looking good. Where did you have the reproductions made? Is the design stamped or cutout billet, or are they flat and painted/stickers?

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by DeadheadNM

Back in the day, were dealer license plate frames typically installed up front, in back, or at both locations? Mostly interested in what if any convention dealers has in CA but curious about any and all examples.

De Anza Chevrolet in Riverside, CA used them front and back.

A friend of mine took a pair of these off of a totaled car and gave them to me when he worked at DE ANZA Chevrolet back in 1964. They have been on the same car ever since, my 1936 Ford Coupe.

LockDoc

[mrtoni]

Originally Posted by yuccales

Yes they did.

I have a few of those Herb Hallman frames

[old51sedan]

Here's a neat one on my 51, never seen another quite like it.

[DeadheadNM]

Originally Posted by cericd

Looking good. Where did you have the reproductions made? Is the design stamped or cutout billet, or are they flat and painted/stickers?

Thanks. A friend gave me the contact info for a guy who makes these. He’s got a presence on Facebook but no website. It’s a flat custom decal basically. Cast examples can be created but there’s a minimum order size of 500 pieces.

Here’s what the original would look like:

[DeadheadNM]

Originally Posted by LockDoc

De Anza Chevrolet in Riverside, CA used them front and back.

A friend of mine took a pair of these off of a totaled car and gave them to me when he worked at DE ANZA Chevrolet back in 1964. They have been on the same car ever since, my 1936 Ford Coupe.

LockDoc

Leon that looks nice.

[DA71Grande]

Originally Posted by DeadheadNM

Thanks. A friend gave me the contact info for a guy who makes these. He’s got a presence on Facebook but no website. It’s a flat custom decal basically. Cast examples can be created but there’s a minimum order size of 500 pieces.

Here’s what the original would look like:

https://www.facebook.com/oldschoolplateframes

[yuccales]

Originally Posted by mrtoni

I have a few of those Herb Hallman frames

I'd give you this one. But I don't want the 3 holes in the tailgate.

[DeadheadNM]

Originally Posted by DA71Grande

https://www.facebook.com/oldschoolplateframes

Yep. That’s him.

[GOPAPA]

Originally Posted by DeadheadNM

Back in the day, were dealer license plate frames typically installed up front, in back, or at both locations? Mostly interested in what if any convention dealers has in CA but curious about any and all examples.

This is the Dealer license plate frame I found on EBay recentley that was like the ones I got on my brand new 1965 Chevy Truck I bought from this dealer, I had both front and back and took them off as at the time I did not want to advertize for this dealer.. young and all then ,,now wouldnt do it for the reason I had back then..

[LONGHAIR]

Originally Posted by DeadheadNM

Good deal guys thanks for the follow up. I had a pair reproduced from a photo until I can find original examples.

Michael, did you see that NM want to add a front plate now? Helps with the surveillance cameras apparently. But you'll be safer

That's funny, because Ohio just got rid of the front plate 3 years ago. I had been hoping for it for decades. Back in the 80s, I ran my CJ-5 for several years without one and only got called out on it once.
When I bought the Camaro new in '14, I instructed the salesman to not let the prep guys install one on it. The bracket comes in the trunk, out of respect for the states that don't require this stupidity.....but they did it anyway.
The '20 Colorado which was purchased in December of '19, has never had a front plate, but the bracket it there nonetheless. The law didn't actually take effect until July, but I "risked it" for 7 months.
The dumb thing is that you can still "opt" to have two plates when you renew?
I don't really know why they would do that? They also give you the option of multiple years at once. I think up to 5? though I only did 2 last time.

[GSP7]

[mr.mud1]

Leo Hoffman Chevrolet plate frame on my truck.