my flea market find

[jott_06]

I got this set of 68 Ohio plates from a flea market yesterday about 30 miles from me. The man had about every year Ohio plate you could think of and he had multiple sets of each year. This was the worst set out of the 4 sets of 68 plates he had. I got them for $15. He had a set that were near mint for $20 but thats all i had on me because I mainly just went for the ride and didnt intend to buy anything. The next time i go i plan to buy the mint set if he still has them and i'll use them for wall art and use these for my truck.

[Longhorn Man]

i recently got a set of 72's for the burb. I need to repaint them though as the front one was a little rusty... I'd give them a 6 or 7 outta 10.
Only problem with 72 tags is they are straight up michigan colors.

[chrislehr]

Congrats. I just got 1970 plates (see av) for my truck. Love having the matching plates.

[Premium72]

i got a 72 ga tag on mine. but thats when they started using stickers here, so the tag is stamped 70 on one side an has a 72 sticker on the other..oh well. i still like it!

[Ace in the hole]

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

Only problem with 72 tags is they are straight up michigan colors.

I don't see a problem with that

[Chevyholic]

I'm still waiting for delivery of my 71 plates. Hopefully, they will be here in the next couple of days. Then comes the lengthy process of getting them approved for my truck.

[lks dcvn]

Nice plates - I found a set on ebay that were still in the Ohio BMV envelope (matched set) - they had some surface rust on the back and were a bit dirty - but after some simple green and some light work with some steel wool - they look brand new...

[myoldchevytruck]

Picked up a really nice 68'/69' Red Florida Plate from eBay. $20.00 shipped. It's a perfect match to my 68' Front End and Red Bowtie/69' SWB Stepper Bed, Cab and Frame. I'm waiting for it to come back from Tallahassee so it's legal.

[chrislehr]

Originally Posted by Chevyholic

I'm still waiting for delivery of my 71 plates. Hopefully, they will be here in the next couple of days. Then comes the lengthy process of getting them approved for my truck.

Yer in TX.


I spent 20 minutes at the tax assessors once I had the plates in hand and I was legal.

[1971 K10 shortbox]

I have a set of 71' that I bought last fall up here in Michigan, I Paid $25 for them and they are still brand new in the envelope the came in. Not a scratch, no rust. They were left overs from 1971.

[Longhorn Man]

Originally Posted by Ace in the hole

I don't see a problem with that

I KNEW one of the MI guys was gonna jumpon that.
I had considered chainging the color on them... I haven't confirmed it, but I've been told you can do that here on vintage tags, but I figure I'll leave them alone... they kinda look like Cali tags at a glance.
Hmmm, maybe I should go with the goldish yellow on black.

[jott_06]

The thing with my plates is from a glance they look just like the plates that are on state vehicles in Ohio

[Redneck-Mafia]

Lucky you!

Here in Cali we can't run anything but new unless it's old enough to be yellow plates or you have the original black or blue registered to the vehicle.

I bought a yellow plate w/black letters for my Harley at the swap meet a couple of years ago for about $50. It took a YEAR to get them registered to the bike!
Why do you want them? what are you going to use them for?... it was hell. They finally registered them as "year of manufacture" and sent little tabs to put the stickers on. I have to pay about $50 a year more for having "custom" plates and they now supposedly belong to the DMV. If I ever stop using them I'm supposed to turn them in to the DMV.....yeah, right! I'll be right there!

Dave

[Longhorn Man]

Originally Posted by jott_06

The thing with my plates is from a glance they look just like the plates that are on state vehicles in Ohio

wait till you see the next plates they are planning on... they look GAY!

[jott_06]

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

wait till you see the next plates they are planning on... they look GAY!

I dont really like any of the Last few plates we have had here. The only ones i like are the bicentenial plates that are on my camaro because they were sort of a one year thing.

[ChevyDude]

I just found this near mint condition set of plates...bought them for $11 bucks including shipping. Going to see at the DMV if I can use them on the my Lil' Red truck.

[lks dcvn]

Ohio is pretty easy - I got my plates before I got my truck (shipping took too long) and then went to the title place - got a new title - walked next door to the license bureau and she took a photo copy of my 'year plates' and then gave me a set of 30 day 'antique plates' - she said as long as I had the antique plates in the truck I could run the 'year plates' all the time. I got my antique plates in the mail about 2 weeks later...

She also went on to say that if I found other plates (that I would rather use) - just to bring them in and she would photo copy them and then I could run those instead - longest part of the whole process was waiting in line to get to the counter -

Best part was ~$20 I spent on plates that expire in 2050! Wish I could give my 95 Impala SS those plates since it only gets driven on nice days as well - I have to pay for annual tags on that one...

[lts70]

How can I find out if I can run original plates in Utah on my c-10 70daily driver?

[lowrollin70gmc]

I just put 1970 plates on my GMC I think they were $15 on ebay from western SD and unused. A whopping $10 and I'm registered for life! Beats the $50 I was spending yearly on personalized plates.

Sent in one little form and some pictures, got registration back no questions asked.

[powell72]

Originally Posted by ChevyDude

I just found this near mint condition set of plates...bought them for $11 bucks including shipping. Going to see at the DMV if I can use them on the my Lil' Red truck.

Alex, they'll tell you no. Just ask for that number in a personalized plate and put the stickers on the old plates. That's what I did, no hassles as of yet, I've had them on over a year now. I keep the personalized ones under my seat if anyone wants to see. We probably got them from the same guy, mine where $11 also.

Colorado truck plates are a lot harder to come by then the cars ones aren't they?

[1969stepside]

has anyone foun a tennessee 1969 plate for sale if so let me know cause i cant find one i have looked every where

[Longhorn Man]

Originally Posted by jott_06

I dont really like any of the Last few plates we have had here. The only ones i like are the bicentenial plates that are on my camaro because they were sort of a one year thing.

I totally agree, that's what's on the longhorn too.

Originally Posted by lks dcvn

Ohio is pretty easy - I got my plates ... went to the title place - got a new title - walked next door to the license bureau and she took a photo copy of my 'year plates' and then gave me a set of 30 day 'antique plates' - she said as long as I had the antique plates in the truck I could run the 'year plates' all the time ... Best part was ~$20 I spent on plates that expire in 2050!

Total bummer you aren't *supposed to* run them on a daily driver. I know everyone runs historical tags and drives them anyways... but it's a pretty ugly ordeal if you get in an accident and they charge you with improper registration, then the insurance company has an out to not pay you and it just sucks all around. (happened to a guy at work a few years ago)
I wish Ohio would let us run dated tags in place of daily driver tags... it'd save them money, and personally, I'd be willing to pay 5 or 10 bucks more a year for the privelage. Free revenue for the state... you'd think they'd be all over that.

[lks dcvn]

yeah - I only run the year plates on my Blazer - it stays indoors for bad weather...and doesn't come out in rain, snow, etc.

On my project truck (72 c/20) - I got regular plates - not sure why they are more expensive than car registration though ($20 more expensive for truck - even though I don't have 'truck' plates)...

[w/gcd72]

yeah i just found out they're allowing us to put year plates on in Indiana so im starting to look for some 72 plates for mine. my question is wether or not it has to be truck plates, b/c all it says on their website is model year. anyways, my mom collects license plates and has some dating all the way back to when my grandpa bought a 49 truck brand new, maybe ill get lucky.

[Longhorn Man]

they are "truck"plates, they just don't say it.
They cost more becouse the vehicle weighs more, and hauls more, which does more damage to the road.
I pulled the wool over there eyes on the longhorn... the guys said "That's a good lookin old C/20 there". Even though it's not a 20...i knew it was much cheaper to say it was... so i just said "Yup... it's coming along". I think it's like 20, maybe 25 less a year as a 3/4 ton.