[legion]

Remember how I did this?

I threw a valid set of plates on the 951 at the airport and drove back to Illinois.

I highly doubted that the cops would know the difference between a Guards Red 1987 944S (the car the plates were registered to) and a Guards Red 1986 944 Turbo (the car I was buying).

Some state will issue a "drive away" plate, but you have to get that at the DMV at the state you are buying the car from. Maybe the seller can help you out with this. Not all states issue these.

When I bought the 944S, I bought it near Alton, IL and drove it home with no plates. I had a bill of sale and the title. But it is legal in Illinois to drive a recently purchased car home with no plates as you need the title to get plates.