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In this Discussion
- 46HudsonPU September 2006
- BJ__TN September 2006
- Dave53-7C September 2006
- MikeWA September 2006
- tombpa September 2006
Licence plate incerts
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I can,t believe it I put up some licence plate/wall hangings and asked for your opinions and 102 people look:eek: at it and not one comment on did you like them or not. . maybe I need to put it up for a vote YES____:p OR NO___:( Dont forget gang Xmas is comming .The perfect thing for the MAN OR WOMAN who has every thing. LOL Hudson Dave www.FatWhitewalls.com
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Dave,
No need for a poll. If it's Hudson related, I like it! My problem is that I have 2 tags on my car. The antique tag on the rear and a year of manufacture tag on the front. ( It is even from the county I live in.) I may be interested in some wall hangings for the garage, a little later though. I will keep you in mind.
Bob -
Even though you can display year of manufacture plates on antique cars in most states, those that allow it require that you install front and rear (where required) or risk a ticket for "failure to display." Also, states that allow year of manufacture plates to be displayed require that you keep the registered plates in the car. So, even though I think novelty plates are cool, most people I know don't bother with them. Maybe they're just cheap...LOL.
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Dave53-7C wrote:
Maryland falls into the latter item - allows them to be on the car, but requires the 'real' plates to be in the car. There is a nominal charge for them to prepare the registration on the YOM plate(s), which just means that someone types the information onto a blank registration form... There are apparently no records at DMV of this 'registration', as nothing in this transaction is done electronically and the forms filled-out to complete this are handed-back to the individual (at least they were in my case).Even though you can display year of manufacture plates on antique cars in most states, those that allow it require that you install front and rear (where required) or risk a ticket for "failure to display." Also, states that allow year of manufacture plates to be displayed require that you keep the registered plates in the car. So, even though I think novelty plates are cool, most people I know don't bother with them. Maybe they're just cheap...LOL.
In my case the YOM plate is an antique plate from 1945, with an accompanying antique '1946' metal tab covering the 1945 year on the plate. They have been re-painted the original colors (black/silver & silver/back), and I think they look pretty neat. I'll post a picture, once I get back to MD... (am in Bloomington, MN on business this week)
I do have some novelty plates on my truck (front and rear), and honestly looked for about 6 months for something - before having mine 'made'...
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Tennessee issues only one plate which is supposed to be used on the rear. Year of Manufacture plates can be run on the rear by getting a letter from the county court clerk, and as indicated before, having the registered plate in the car. I just run my YOM plate in the front and leave my antique plate in the rear. My YOM is not a reproduction, it is a 1954 Tennessee tag from the county I live in. I especially like it because it is shaped like the state of Tennessee.
Bob -
Amusing story to go with this. Maybe 7 or so years ago at the Hudson Carlisle meet . A fellow came in in a nice original 49 convt. with 49 Pa tags on it, right on his rear bumper was a state trooper who tryed to ticket him for improper tags, guess who ended up looking stupid in front of about 30 Hudson people, He apparently did not know that they were allowed
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Although one would think that year of manufacture (YOM) plates should be (re)registered, that doesn't seem to be the case in all states. I wonder if there will now be a rash of illegal activities committed in Hudsons with YOM plates not registered to the car and its owner...LOL
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I guess we're really lucky in Washington- You only need one YOM plate- you take the plate in to local DMV outlet, they photocopy it and register it with with DMV, and you never have to deal with license plates again. No "regular" plate needed in the car, no annual renewal, nothing. Costs 35 bucks, as I recall. Needless to say, you hardly ever see a collector car with regular plates around here.
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WOW! Washington has the right idea and sounds like an "old car friendly" state. And only $35.00...you are lucky.
