I did not want to put 1932 plates on my sedan; I started dreaming about this car in 1951, started building in 1952, and stopped. Picked up the idea again in 2009, got sick, got back to it and now a licensed, ***led and have made a couple of very short drives. I built it to 1957,my senior year in high school in Tulsa, OK. Vic Tuttle had a chopped and channeled 5 window, which I greatly admired; I'm sure it was the former Lynn Yakel car which had been on Hot Rod in 1950. So, my car is chopped 4 3/4", channeled depth of frame, radiator dropped to let hood line parallel the roof, the most modern parts are '57 283 SBC and F1 steering box. I found a '57 Oregon license plate, took ***le, car and that plate to DMV and convinced them I should be able to buy a Special Order plate with the same numbers, carry it in the car, but display the old plate. That way if their cameras should catch me doing something they disagree with, the numbers lead them to me. They thought it was a good idea as the special order plates cost about $35 more per year, so more money in their account and no obvious difficulties generated. Time will tell how this works out, but I thought it might be a solution others would like to hear about.
I like that line of thinking. It always seems a bit strange to see YOM plates on something that isn't restored to stone showroom stock but is either built to be period correct for different time period or is a billet mod rod that looks all wrong with YOM plates.
I agree with you. I would rather have late 50s early 60s plate on my car too because thats what it is going to look like when it was built.
Cool In Missouri a YOM plate is registered as a vanity plate and it really doesn't matter to the state what year plate you use as long as it is in good shape, and they have a photo on record. Anyway cool that you could register the plate that reminds you of your youth.
Oregon DMV is inconsistent at best. I'm surprised they wouldn't let you register the '57 plate. Here in town there is a '56 Ford with 48 plates and my buddy has '51 plates on his 57 Chev. They get picky with the Pacific Wonderland plates & usually restrict their use to '59 -'64 vehicles.Their manual says current plates are eligible for special interest stickers, but they wouldn't let me do that for my RED 048 plate for my '48 pickup.
The guy at DMV ALMOST let me just register the plate with the July '57 stickers on top, then decided he had to issue new plates with the same numbers and give me the modern stickers for the bottom of the plate.
My Dad has '63 black & yellow California plates on his Model A, it's one of the coolest things about the car.
Great story. Your sedan is the cat's pajamas! Interesting jute-wrapped steering wheel. Never seen that done before.
Car looks great Terry! I'm also amazed that Oregon DMV would allow plates to be used that are different than the year of the car. As for the old Pacific Wonderland plates. DMV doesn't care what year the sticker is on those plates, if you're using them on a car that is built during the years that plate was offered by the state. They also don't care if you put the "special interest" sticker on your plate. I have all three of my cars registered as SP and was told I could simply put the sticker in my glove box with my registration, and show it if I was stopped. My Austin's plates have the year stamped into the plate, so no box to put the sticker in. My Suburban is a 1969, and still has the 1969 stickers on the plate. My 1963 Falcon has no stickers at all, and all of them have the stickers in the glove box. My Falcon had the original Pacific Wonderland plates on it when I bought it, but a friend had a pair from the same era that had by chance a unique number that went well with the 454 BBC in my Falcon, so I had them re***igned to the Falcon for a $10 plate swap fee. They read "4U-454" now.
First of all nice, tastefully done sedan! If I were to build one the proportions would be similar. Coincidently a search brought me to this thread since I would like to register the original (not repro) "Pacific Wonderland" plates on my '50 Shoebox. I knew of guys doing what you mentioned years ago down in Southern Kalifornia until the folks in Sacramento caught on. Does the dash between the G and the 2 on your period plate show up as a character on your new "special order" plates or on your registration/***le?
Bob, those are roofing tiles. PAG88, I have to look at the "new" plates again to see if the dash is there, but I don't remember it. Car is in my shop about five miles away from home, so I'll let you know later.
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