Build Date Question

[DeadheadNM]

Originally Posted by IronCanine

Also, a Blazer should be a J code based on curb weight. The D code tag in that pic was for a sub 3000 lb vehicle....Not that the local tag office would care and no one would know. But what respectable person that spends an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out the month their truck was made...aggravating others in that quest no less...would run a license plate that would be technically inaccurate 44 years ago...I mean really, that guy sounds like a jerk to me.

LOL! In New Mexico it was a PITA educating the DMV reps about YOM plates. The upswing of that is they have no idea what plate is correct for what. As an example, a member here with a 68 stamped NM plate will almost certainly be able to register it for his 68 pickup despite the fact it's for a trailer home ("T") and 65 stamped plates were in use for pass vehicles through 1971. I have truck stamped turquoise NM plates on my K5 and K20 but ran a 72 passenger plate on my old K10. In MT (you need matching plates here front/rear) I expected the same - was wrong. They're savvy here - I couldn't use a 70 white/green plate set for the K1500 correct for my county (#7) despite the fact the embossed year is covered by the registration tag. I had to use the white/blue correct for 71-72 but didn't need to have county correct plates.