[QUOTE=bugstrider;9409120]As long as the year of the vehicle falls in the year of the license plate series, then your good to re-register those plates to the vehicle in question. Once again, as long as that vehicle was manufactured during the years that license plate series was produced for vehicle assignment. For example when I re-registered the black and yellow plates back onto our 1968 912's, the plates that were used were not from a 1968 vehicle, one set of the plates came off of a 1969 " house car" by definition. The plates that were used in the series and years that the black and yellow plates were issued in CA at the time. By affixing an original DMV "1968" year tab on the intended black and yellow license plate, you are affectively re-assigning that plate to the 1968 year vehicle.
Black and yellow was issued to vehicles from 1963 to 1969
Blue and yellow were issued to vehicles from 1969 to 1985-1986 and so on.
The same goes for other years prior to that. Thats the main reason I used this program to re-assign proper 1927 license plates to my fathers 27 T project. The modern CA license plates just did not look proper on it. He now has ratty looking original plates back on the car. It now looks right..... more authentic.
The CA YOM process can take a lot of time considering all of the steps one has to complete. Most people do not want to take the time or have the patients it demands. It can and sometimes includes levels of frustration on an inconceivable level especially dealing with DMV at the local level all the way to the Sacramento main office. Especially since most DMV employees have no idea how to process the application without help from the managers. My local branch manager kept a copy of my paperwork to use as a training aid for her staff. On the flip side, I know members that had painless experiences pushing the request through which is very good to hear. It was night and day between my first experience (nightmare) compared with my third (silky smooth). It really comes down to understanding the process and asking yourself is it worth the effort to see those correct plates back on a classic......
Yes, without a doubt, 100% IMHO.
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Thanks for your post about the classic plates. My car is a 1970, I am seeing some conflicting information about the plates -
The post below (see link) says you MUST find plates with the validation sticker that corresponds to the year of your car however your post says "As long as the year of the vehicle falls in the year of the license plate series, then your good to re-register those plates to the vehicle in question." Could you pls clarify?
"One must find a set of plates that has the year sticker of their car on them. If you bring a plate to DMV that was pressed in your year, but it has an earlier or later sticker on it - no go."
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/929621-put-california-blue-plate-your-70s-911-a.html
So Validation sticker required that matches YOM of your car?? Super hard to find plates with corresponding validation sticker..
Thanks