I don't have much of a collection, but I always run a vintage plate on my old cars. Maryland is pretty cool about it, the plate year just has to match the model year. As an interesting aside, I drove through a no-stop toll in Delaware (uses a camera, then sends you a toll bill in the mail) in my 55 and never received a bill. Guess they couldn't figure out the plate.
Stopped in a little antique shop on the way back from a vacation with the family and found a huge pile of county tax tags. Of course my phone was in the car, and with the kids, I didn't manage to get a picture of the assortment, but I did buy this '49 Richmond topper.
Ok, fun story about YOM plates. Here in Wisconsin, you can run YOM plates on your car. I have always run 1935 plates on the ‘35 Chevy, just because I could. Unfortunately, they didn’t really fit the character of the car. It was built to be an early ‘60s hotrod. I really wanted to run 1962 plates on the car, mostly because that was the year that American Graffiti was set in. Can’t “technically” do that in Wisconsin, but I found a way to make it work. Bought a pair of ‘61 plates (put a ‘62 sticker on them), and then got new vanity plates with the same number on them. I run the old plates on the car, and keep the new plates in the glove box. That way, if they ever run the plate number, it still comes back as registered to the car. If they pitch a fit, I can always use the “I forgot to take off the old plates after the last car show” excuse. It’s worked so far, never been hassled. Your mileage may vary.
Here are more things that aren’t license plates. These are city of Belvidere, Illinois tax discs. These were supposed to be attached to your dashboard to prove that you paid your city registration taxes. The best part, is I found them in the bottom of an auction box lot. Didn’t know they were in there until I got home.
Does anyone else have plastic plates in their collection? I got these from a co-worker in trade for some other plates. A long way from home, but they seem happy on the wall with their colonial cousins.
Here's full sets of '53 & '54 "Wheaties" plates ... I have the Canadian set, too, but never was able to find the Yukon Territories & NWT.
Here is one from my state. Aside from the ancient artwork done by some kid along the line, the "maker's number" is inscribed on the plate. Apparently, in 1921, PA stopped requiring that the V.I.N. number be shown on the plate. But, I guess that didn't set well with the owner & they inscribed it on the plate themselves.
Latest purchase. Only need five more to complete the run. Arizona, Connecticut, Mississippi, Missouri, and the very expensive Louisiana.
@57 HEAP Nice one! You’re getting closer all the time. Don’t know why old Arizona plates are so hard to come by. I have been looking for a ‘59 Arizona for a while, but they are really expensive. Doesn’t help that I am looking for a certain letter combination.
@37hotrod, I'm not as picky as I once was. I'll buy singles because I only put one on the wall, maybe a true collector would rather have pairs if it applied. Not as picky about condition either. I think the Arizona tags are hard to find because of lower population numbers. Same for New Mexico and Nevada.
3 sets of '47s I bought at a swap meet on my way out of Vallejo in '68. I think they were $2 a set. The '63s were on cars I had in San Diego & Vallejo.
I'm not a license plate collector so I'm willing to share this info. online auction with 2000 plates. go to bid.rittenhouseauction.com ends Mar 31
I have some old plates....but my pride is the piece of paper that was between a NOS unused set of Texas tags.....back when the prison system made plates. 1968 tags. Don’t know if you can see it in the pic, but the plates impression is in the paper. Friend of mine framed it for me.
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