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04-25-2007, 07:28 PM | #26 | |
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either it's illegal or it isn't ... there is no room for "how" illegal in the eyes of the police or judge. |
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04-25-2007, 07:43 PM | #27 |
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Re: How illegal is this? Modifying license plates to look original...
Im thinkin most LEOs dont get to worked up about this type of thing. However as we all know there are the uniforms that need to prove somthing, need stats, are Rookies, FNGs etc, and will work you over till now end. I woundnt recomend it even though it looks nice.
Just so happens that Ive been working on this very thing in Idaho this week. Here you can register a vehicle with a correct year plate to same year vehicle. The problem is they have 67 and 68 plates and none again until 74. I have a 72 and several 67 and 68 plates, (looks like I need a couple more trucks to use them plates). Idaho also has a classic plate for use on 30+ year old vehicles but must be near original, and have limited use. The bonus is you can run without a bumper registering this way, kinda. |
04-25-2007, 08:16 PM | #28 |
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In Colorado they won't re-issue plates unless they're '34 or older, so I requested personalized plates with this number, then when I got them I stuck the new plates under the seat and put the tags on the old plates. It's my number and the stickers are on there, I have not had any issues yet and I drive my truck everyday and have had numerous cops behind me.
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04-25-2007, 08:43 PM | #29 | |
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I found out today that in Ky(KRS 186.043) you can run your year specific plates, but you must have antique vehical registration and you have to carry the antique plates and registration with you(law anyway) at all times and you are legal. However they say they do not have a way to register the actual tag in question, so as soon as a LEO gets in behind me and sees the 69 tags and runs them, they come back non-registered= numerous hassles, and traffic stops, at least IMO anyway. I may run them from time to time just to see if I get stopped and tell them about the law that allows it. I called the vehicle enforcement division first and found out the law and it's reference # and that it could be done.Then proceded to contact the DMV and posing like I didn't know and asked if I could run the old plates and the womans response, very quickly I might add was NO! After referring her to the statue she ask to hold and come back with a new attitude( nice for a DMV worker, if that is possible ) She then told meI could, then stated the requirements to use them. I was kinda PO that I couldn't actually register the tags, but at least I can use them
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04-25-2007, 11:06 PM | #31 |
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Hello all Here is one that sucks if you do a lien tital on a car or a truck you have to forfet the black and yellow plates I wish i could find a good counterfitter to make me up a fake Registation Card if you have some sort of card in the truck or car that say them plates belong on the truck you can keep them but if you don't forfet
NOw i've been told you can go to personal plates if you have a set of old black and yellow truck plates and you ask the DMV to make a new set with them same letters and numbers and they come in the mail i say put the old ones on and put the new ones in a file cabnet and put your stickers on the cops running that plate will come back as a personal plate i dout they will hassle you One last thing i need a decoding For a 1969--1970 Nova this is the VINE # 1X27H2L118239 THIS IS THE REST OFF THE VIN TAG ST 72 72 -11427 L 13273 TR 753-A51 75 75 PNT A2 9 454019 03077 IF YOU CAN DE CODE THAT IT WOULD REALLY HELP IT HAS AIR POWER STEERING IT HAD AUTO NOT SURE WHAT AND IT CAM WITH DELUX INTIOR AND BUCKET SEATS AND CLOCK IT HAS DRUM BRAKES NO POWER BRAKES AND A 10 BOLT 2 DOOR POST PAINT ON CAR IS RED WITH BLACK INTIOR HAS FRONT SWAY BAR AND IT HAD A LOT OF UNDER BODY CODING UNDER IT A LOT AND I MEAN A LOT nO CANCER IN FLOOR OR IN TRUNK HAS A LITTLE IN REAR LOWER QUIRTER PANLE WHERE THE MUD GETS THROWN |
04-25-2007, 11:08 PM | #32 | |
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I thought of that, but in CA you can't get vanity plates that match a sequential plate. I'm not actually sure about the older sequences though. I could get away with it by registering a non-sequential 6-digit vanity plate and then getting some repop plates made to match it. That gets pricey just to accomplish the same damn thing as I'm trying now. Plus paying vanity plate fees every year, which adds up. There absolutely is. Putting a clear cover over your plate is illegal here. Driving with a taillight out is illegal. Going 5mph over the speed limit is illegal. But in the eyes of the cop, they won't give a crap.
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04-26-2007, 12:14 AM | #33 | |
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Not to be argumentative, cause I know where you are coming from, but the guy (original poster) ask "how illegal" something was ... I was only making the point that either it IS illegal or it ISN'T. |
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04-26-2007, 01:08 AM | #34 | |
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04-26-2007, 01:22 AM | #35 | |
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04-26-2007, 01:31 AM | #36 |
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why don't you try the same thing 'Powell72' did , only with the cali DMV. or just use your ' modified' plates at car shows- just swap-em out when your doing your detail...
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04-26-2007, 01:33 AM | #37 |
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Again, you can't get vanity plates that are a sequential numbering system. So anything that was standard issue in the past, you can't get vanity plates to match it. They do this so they won't have two cars with the same plate #.
The only way close would be to get old vanity plates made that are not in use and then try registering new vanity plates to match the old ones. Even then, vanity plates were not available before 1970 in the black/yellow scheme, so a cop my know this. I don't do car shows.
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04-26-2007, 02:01 AM | #38 |
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I got a set off fleabay, 1969 black plates, was a deal because he only had one plate...
When I registered my truck, I did so at AA, NOT DMV... I walked out with the new paperwork, and walked right back in and said, I think there is a mistake, I have old black plates on this truck, they did a quick DMV search, and the plate was vacant, and they swapped the plate numbers to the old black plates, and handed me the new registration, and zero'd out the white plates that came on it... No worries... About front plates... You have to remember that most cops only know about 10 lines of the Vehicle Code... When Ive been pulled over in the C10, and they ask about the plate for the front, I tell them that in 1970 they didnt require a front plate on a commercial vehicle, only a rear, and no provision was ever made to grandfather them in. So far every one, including the one with the hard on about my limo tinited windows couldnt write me for it, because he couldnt prove otherwise, and if he HAD written me for it, and I was right, just about every judge would have thrown out the entire ticket. Always do. and IMHO, do what you want with your truck and just pay the fixit ticket.... As I have told many a cop, this is the way I like it, and I can keep paying the $40 to write off the fixit tickets, but my truck is my truck, and if I wanted it legal, It would be all stock... Its all in the name of revenue anyways, not law enforcement...
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04-26-2007, 02:11 AM | #39 |
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Alcoholics anonymous is registering vehicles now?
Couldn't pass that one up
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just tell him. "kiss my ass barney 5" =)
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04-26-2007, 10:35 AM | #43 |
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For what its worth, I repainted my white personalized plate black and yellow and ran it for 6 years before selling it . It was on my canary yellow dropped 69 SWB. No cop ever said anything, and I drove it all over (even out of state). I was stopped for other things, even for not having a plate on the front... so go figure.
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04-26-2007, 03:32 PM | #44 |
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i painted a set just for use at the local car shows like one guy mentioned.. i wouldnt dare put them on to drive around town in this area of californa. around here the cops pull you over for everything.. it takes a swat team of them to pull an old lady over for doing 28 in a 25
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04-26-2007, 05:31 PM | #45 |
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Yep, in Texas you can get year specific plates that are in good condition and register them to your truck. You have to have two plates though. They have to be in good condition too! You bring them to the DMV and ask if they are ok to use. My wife asked them this because I wanted the 71 plates. But when I was looking around for them they wanted 60 to 80 for both plates. Some weren't even in very good condition. I did find some in Canton at the first Monday Swap meet thing that had never been used too! Those were 60 but I was broke and didn't want to be there anyway. The swap meet thing had nothing to do with cars.
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Has anyone ever tried to weld on old plates? Just curious. A while back I came across a set of 72 Ohio plates on ebay that read "6 C10 2". Now, having a 72 C10 I thought it would be cool if I could splice a couple of "7"s into them to make them "7 C10 2", so I picked up a second set of plates that had 7's in them. (did I mention they were also truck plates?) After that they got packed away when I moved, so I never did anything else with them. I don't even know if you can weld plates like that, but I don't see why not? Obviously they would have to be refinished afterwards, but at least the ones I got are ALMOST what I want them to say, not like I would be splicing ALL of the letters and numbers together to get what I wanted.
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http://www.newtimes-slo.com/archive/...-25/whatsnews/ We call them the "Cal Poly Gestapo". I got a street racing ticket there for peeling out in a empty parking structure. (empty except for the cop obviously.)
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nvrforgotten52... Hey, I live in Paso. Barney Fife never bothered me over here LOL.
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