Texas folks... A license plate question of sorts...

Hmmm then I wonder why they had to run them to make sure they were clear.

 

They ran the plates to make sure you haven't stolen them off some other guy's car.

 

Ryan,

if you want to just run 1 license plate, if you can score a Dealer plate, they only came as a single. They will register you with only one in Texas. I've never been bothered for only running the rear of a pair, but in theory, I suppose that's the law. Dealer plates are also rare, so kinda cool I think,
John

 

I spent 2 hours with the bluehairs to get the YOM plates on my 69 truck. 5 year reg for $75 and no inspection. The classic plates are regular price plus $15 every year, inspection required.
They never gave me, or sent me, the metal topper for antique.
Ryan, I agree the Texas special plates suck. Not even stamped, just painted.
I get all mine from Roy too. He also has the DMV book so he can help with what you should have. Texas YOM plates are expensive. Expect to pay upwards of a couple hundred for a nice pair. I never pay him any cash, I always come with Alaska gold rush plates or Yukon gold panners, Wyoming bucking horse ect. It pays to pick them up in my travels so I have good trading stock.
FWIW, I know a guy who bought a bunch of those 32 Texas plates at Decatur. All are un-issued sets and have 4 tiny holes as a chicken coupe was shingled with them.

 

Once you register the pair of YOM plates, the law says you only have to run the rear plate.

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/msb/txmclaws.htm#Chapter 4

Section 502.275, subsection (l) "Notwithstanding any other section of this code, a vehicle issued plates under Subsection (a) shall be required to display only one license plate, which is to be attached to the rear of the vehicle."

 

If I wanted to get YOM plates for my '62 C-10, I'd have to get "TRUCK" plates only?

I'm guessing so...

 

I dont think so, just YOM. Im running Texas 1937 farm plates on my coupe and didnt have a problem with the DMV......

 

Well, you lucked out then. My local DMV will make sure you have the correct plates for the application, like truck plates for a truck ect. One thing you should expect in Texas is that very few of the DMVs know shit from shinola about registering old cars, classics, YOM plates and all that. Even titling a built car can vary greatly from one county to the next. Here they want to go through the appraisel/surty bond thing and 25 miles away you just have a cop look at it and pay 75 bucks.

 

Regarding use of 'Truck' plates, the law says "The department shall approve for use on a passenger car license plates that were issued for a passenger car or for a truck and shall approve for use on a truck license plates that were issued for a truck or for a passenger car."

 

Not argueing with you or the law but they wouldn't let me run 68 Hemisfair plates on my 68 truck.

 

I just won a set of Himisfair plates for my '68 Galaxie.

 

Hey guys, I hate to ressurect a 3-YEAR-old thread ( Yeah, I did search before asking!), but I need some help. I talked to a lady at my local tag office, and she said I could run any YOM plate on my truck-she said it didn't amtter as long as it was a car or truck plate. Well, I bought a NOS set of FARM TRUCK plates, and went to get them legal (wanted to register classic). The lady I talked to the first time was not there, and I had to talk to someone else. She said I couldn't run the farm plates. I told her that another lady in the office had said I could run them. She called someone at the regional office, and they said it was OK. She didn't like their answer and called the DOT in Austin...she basically kept going on and on until she got someone who gave her the answer she wanted to hear (or she just faked it)-that I can only run the Farm Truck plates if I register my truck as a FARM TRUCK. I think it's BS, because the other lady, and what the law above says is that it only has to be tha same year as the vehicle. ANYONE have suggestions?

 

Yeah, go back until you get the correct lady! That's what I did!
Peace,
Chaz

 

The ladies at the tax offices are not sure sometimes of how to do these odd plate deals. I've found that if you show them some extra respect they will be eaiser to deal with. Their is a fellow here local that bought a glass car and wanted it regester as a 32 YOM. They said that can't happen ?? He got the Texas Antique plate and they forgot to charge him taxes on over 50 grand price tag.

 

You Texas boys are kind of lucky that you can pickup YOM plates at a reasonable prices. I paid $350. for a good set of 1947-1950 California plates, these year plates are so popular and getting hard to find, even in bad shape. My plates were restored and looking very good for $350., never issued plates can go for $500. and up, up and away. **Found this tread very interesting to read**

CRUISER

 

Jesse is really great to work with and very resonably priced. He even rounded up a sequential set of 32 plates for me.

 

I was as nice and respectful as a guy can get. I'm pretty sure she was clueless, because at first she was trying to tell me my NOS plates were the wrong color. Then she didn't like them because they were farm plates-I'll have to go back and see if I can get someone else, but the problem with that is that in a small-county office she'll see me! I might just go back and register it as antique and bolt-em up anyway.

 

Yep, it's the luck of the draw at the tax office. When I went in, the lady got my plates approved by her supervisor, the supervisor (also female) looked at them for 5 seconds. They didn't check if they were the right color or anything, I probably coulda painted them any color....In and out with my metal tag and sticker in 15 minutes. I went to the Tarrant county office on Granbury.

 

Has anyone had any experience with early plates if you only have one? I finally found a 29 rear plate and had it restored. the front is long gone...

 

I'm PRETTY sure that you can run just one plate on the rear legally if you're registered as an antique:

 

You have to have two plates to register it, but you can run just the rear.

 

I run FARM plates on my 37 and its a coupe!! No issues once she called Austin.

 

I recently went in to a Denton office and registered my 1975 bike with YOM plates as an antique with no inspection. Since I was there I also brought in my partially restored 62 truck plates and title to see if it was that easy. First of all, she told me that I can't restore them, and something to do with the truck being brought into the state without an inspection (There was a note stamped on the title) means I need a greensheet to register it even as an antique with YOM plates.

Moral of the story... never tell anyone that the plates have been restored, they're NOS. And make sure your title doesn't have any strange notes on it or be ready for headaches.

 

buzzard, the antique-registered cars, trucks, and bikes are only issued one plate by the state and one (rear) is all you've got to have on it. If you register your vehicle as a "classic car" and pay the extra $15 fees, THEN I'm pretty sure you do have to have two plates. Given the fact that even in the same county office you can't get a consistent "answer" about what you can and can't run, it could go either way when the rubber meets the road.

 

XGasser, is your car registered as an antique or did you get regular registration with the $15 "special plate" fee? I'd like to keep my truck with regular registration because I drive it a lot. The problem i forsee with registering the truck as antique is that I'm in a small town and the johnny-laws would probably not like to see me using an "antique" for a daily.

 

I got a set for my 32 coupe from jessie
who makes a nice frame with a light ?

 

I had the same problem with the 58 FARM TRUCK plates I had bought for the panel...tried twice at different Title places, and both called DOT in a state of confusion...both times DOT said it had to be on a FARM TRUCK even thought they were classic plates....

I cut the "FARM TRUCK" from both of the plates, Cut the "TRUCK" portion out and recentered it where it was positioned in the regular truck plates...welded it all back up with a couple of small patch panels and repainted it...good as new.

Took it to register and they didn't even blink.

 

Hi Everyone,
We have that option to run a year of manufacture tag here in New Mexico also, plus an option for a number of speciality plates. I run Armed Forces Veteran plates on my Z26 and my old Nissan pickup, which I got about 1994, after I first moved to New Mexico. We have a new Patriot plate which is really beautiful too.. See at bottom of page of the upcoming link:

http://www.tax.state.nm.us/pubs/specplate.htm

Here is the part about the Year of Manufacture, within the link above:
<TABLE id=table26 cellSpacing=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width="30%">Year of Manufacture</TD><TD width="69%">(Motor Vehicle Code Section 66-3-423 NMSA 1978)</TD></TR><TR><TD width="99%" colSpan=2>The division may specially register and permit the use of year-of-manufacture license plates on motor vehicles that are 30 or more years old. The division shall inspect the year-of-manufacture plate to ensure that it is in good condition and that the number on the plate is not already assigned or in use. To qualify for use, the year-of-manufacture plate shall be an authentic plate issued in New Mexico during the motor vehicle's model year. Upon the sale or transfer of a motor vehicle bearing a year-of-manufacture plate, the plate may remain with the vehicle and be transferred to the new owner upon payment of a $10.00 fee in addition to regular registration fees.
</TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2>Fee: $27.00 upon initial registration; $12.00 upon transfer to a new owner
Application form MVD11317

Have a great day!....duane in Fort Sumner... the final resting place of the Kid..
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you gotta get the right person. 1st person i talked to told me they were gonna get rejected because they werent "reflectorized" (1946 farm truck tag) When i explained that technology didn't exist at that time, that seemed to pacify them, momentarily. Next objection was i only had one plate. Told them 46 Farm Truck WAS only one plate...the war effort and all...That seemed to take the wind out of their sails as far as objections. No one mentioned that this wasn't a "farm truck" ..... i have had these tags on my truck for the last 5 years, and never had a problem. As others have stated, i would definatly have the rules & regs printed out & handy in the glovebox....just in case

 

He was asking about 1929 plates, not the issued, dorky, "antique" vehicle plates. With year of make (YOM) plates, you have to bring a pair to get them registered.