I've been helping Dad go through his stuff lately, and I found a nice set of '65 plates for his chevelle. Colorado does allow YOM plates, but there is a little verbage along with that. Does your state have these limmitations also, and do you drive with yours most of the time anyhow? I might try to find a pair for mine also. Just curious.
I have YOM on our Model A here in California and I don't remember any mention of limitations on use, and I drive it quite often and never think about it. Only thing I have heard is there is an extra fee for having them, kind of like personalized plates, I haven't had them on my car for a full year yet so..... but that seems stupid (California I know) since my 65 tbird has the original plates and while I am the second owner, I don't pay any YOM fee on it.
New Mexico has similiar limitations on our "Horseless Carriage Plate". http://www.mvdnow.com/uploads/Text/docs/Registration/MVD10056_Horseless carriage certification.pdf No limitations on YOM.
Texas law just changed, so now you have to register as an "antique" rather than a "cl***ic" to use YOM plates. Before vehicles registered as either antique or cl***ic could use YOM plate. Antique registration has the restrictions, cl***ic doesn't.
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Traveling to and from and while on local, state, or national tours held primarily for exhibition and enjoyment.[/FONT] Sounds like this is your blanket statement to drive anytime..."I'm enjoying a local tour of my neighborhood in my rod here..."
"Traveling to and from and while on local, state, or national tours held primarily for exhibition and enjoyment" As it says as long as you are enjoying yourself you are ok to be driving it.
ca. dont care as long as you pay ! maybe just ignore the restrictions & go for it ....... steve .................... i dont even run a front plate , POW/MIA , no problems ..
You can use your regular ins co to insure your hot rod but how much will they pay if you wreck it? I checked with my ot car ins carrier several years ago to insure my 56 F100 for full coverage. They said if I wrecked it all I could collect was $500. That's all it was worth to them. I now use Grundy, agreed value, no problems.
Um..., not necessarily true. Tell your adjuster you daily drive your car and see how long it takes to get the cacellation notice. Most, if not all states have that verbage. I have yet to see someone get a ticket for a pleasure drive. MI and Florida both have that clause. The only time that I heard of someone getting a ticket was when the cop watched the same stretch of road and saw the guy driving his Mustang to work...everyday... for about 10 days straight. The guy tried saying he was taking it into the shop that day. The cop wasn't buying. The stated pulled his YOM plates.
NY has a Historic tag, and this encompases the use of YOM plates on vehicles 25 years old and older. There are usage restrictions similar to what you stated in the OP. Occasional use is added. (so since our driving season is only about 4 moths long I figure that's pretty occasioinal) Also when ever I travel I am spreading the Gospel to any and all who will listen, So bacically always on club business. Only h***le I have ever gotten is Where'e your front plate??? No front plates issued in 46 Occifer, its in your vehicle code book. My insurance carrier says 2500 miles per year, but they have never challenged that upon renewal. I usually take at least one 1K trip per season, so I do run about 3 to 4K per season.
All of my old cars have YOM plates - right now in Michigan that is the cheap setup - still a one-time fee - like Historic plates used to be before they went to renewal every 5 years. But there is talk of YOM plates going to periodic renewal........ Heard "rumors" of some h***le at Woodward this year, and some stops in Ohio on the way to shows, but I have never had an issue. Just need to avoid daily driver use - and always have a good , legal use story in mind..........
Oregon is the same way. You can register YOM as special interest plates, but you're supposed to be driving it for parades, club activities, shows, that sort of thing. It's not really enforced though.
Idaho YOM with no driving restrictions. By definition, a Year of Manufacture is any motor vehicle with any model year up to and through 1974, and under 8,000 pounds, and displays authentic Idaho plates manufactured in the same year as the vehicle. There is an annual registration fee, an initial program fee of $25.00, and an annual program fee of $15.00 each year thereafter, and (obviously) no plate fee.
^ They actually changed that, from what I was told by the DMV lady 3 weeks ago. She told me you can now only register a YOM plate as special interest.
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