I noticed going to the street rod nationals some cars had vintage plates on them instead of regular plates. I thought it was a just for show at the show deal. I notice a rod from missouri with some on his vechile. I was wondering if it is legal to do this or does it depend on the state?
depends on your state...check with your Dept of Motor Vehicles on using what are called \"year of manufactor\" plates
Each state has different laws concerning YOM plates. Contact your local DMV office for the particulars for your state.
There are regular plates, Year of manufacture (YOM) plates specific to the year of the car, Historical Plates, and fake Plates. There are restrictions on Historical plates for number of miles driven per year, but there are discounts given on registration.
before i bust my **** checking, does anyone know in Kentucky about this? I wish i lived in tennessee though, i have an awesome tennessee plate for my truck, but ........
Looks like you are out of luck in Kentucky. They let us in WV. You can get one to use for limited use like specialty car insurance for like $25 for 10 years.
DAMN YOU KENTUCKY, DAMN YOU! Guess i will get one of those cheesy street rod plates. Hmm, i do have a master plan though Thanks for the info guys!
i have known of guys who have just put them on the car without registering them...then have the real plates under the seat in case they are stopped. hopefully the cop will understand and be easy on you. oh yeah , i was one of those guys for almost 10 years. i have found that cops do not pay a lot of attention to gray haired guys driving an old car responsibly...they are too busy with the wild kids driving ricers
the cops in my hometown are really nosey, even though i really good friends with one of there main guys. I thought about doing something in a, dare i say, truckin magazine. They had a electrical plate pop up unit that is hidden between the bed and the cab of the truck. I this ****er is billet, i am painting it black. They also have something like that to put under the vechile and comes on when you start it.
Depends on the state, also drives up the value of matched pairs of plates in the states that accept them.
Drive over to Tennessee, get yourself a Post Office box for an address and register it with the TN plate. If anyone asks, just tell 'em it belongs to your Grandma. You're just "taking care" of it for her.
You'll have to change your insurance to Tn. too. My Brother got tags at a friend's house in a different State. He got pulled over for an infraction.When they saw that his driver's license and state of registration didn't match a whole bunch of red lights went off.He got to sit in the back seat for a while. Better just send that Tn tag on down here where i belongs.
Here in PA, I have to run a street rod plate because the car is chopped. Since PA only uses a rear plate, I also run a '31 PA plate on the front, but while it's a real plate, it's been re-done in slightly non-authentic colors. It's probably illegal if they want to push the issue,but so far no h***les. The only problem I have with it is that the plate topper ( very old,local AAA badge) obscures part of the headlight beam.
Studenut48, Yes its legal to run YOM plates in Kentucky providing the car they are on is at least 25 years old. Didn't you see all kinds of Kentucky cars running them at the Nats? The Kentucky statute allowing YOM plates is 186.0435 and has been in effect since June 26, 2007 Its a good idea to make a copy of the statute and carry it with you in case a Donut Eater is not aware of it..
I have a beater 65 convertible with YOM plates. The cops like to pull me over due to my 40 year expired plates. When I show them the log book and paperwork needed to run the YOM plate they don't by it. Not worth the h***le, I will not have any YOM plates on any of my other cars, and defiantly not a hot rod.
here in ohio when you apply foe historic tags you can give them the number of your old tag and if all is well that will become your permanent tag. i think its a one time $25.00 registration fee for the historics.yes they do have restrictions but i dont know how much they really enforce it.i see em all the time.and on about everyting you can imagine................dave
Go here for a list of state-by-state on YOM rules. http://www.turnerplates.com/YOM%20Laws 01.html Too easy.
In South Dakota it is very easy to do this. Send a picture of the pair of year of manufacture plates for your car, the application and $12 to the state DMV and they send you a registration card for your new "old" plates. They are good forever and you never pay a yearly license fee again. The down side is you are only supposed to use the car for parades, shows, car related events, trips for repairs and gasoline, which gives you a lot of leeway. Most local cops aren't too picky about it but the HP in the smaller towns will bother some guys for lack of anything better to do.
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