Wtb: old license plates

[78C10BigTen]

You totally can register old tags via 76 and below I believe. In Virginia it’s 1973 and below. I’m one year short for a 74 tag

I just need random plates for building patch panels for my fire wall. Brainstorming an idea lol

I get them frequently. And if its 76, im still out as mines 78 lol

 

[Burkee1483]

I get them frequently. And if its 76, im still out as mines 78 lol

I was wrong!! It’s 25 years or older

 

[78C10BigTen]

I was wrong!! It’s 25 years or older

So id hafta be registered classic or antique.

 

[Burkee1483]

So id hafta be registered classic or antique.

Yup only downside

 

[bucket]

Dang, all the things PA is sticklers about, but it's only gotta 25 years old to run year-correct plates? I wish Ohio did that.

 

[Turbo4whl]

Is it legal to put them on a period correct antique PA car ? (so like someone with a 78 square body, can apply with DMV to put a 1978 era plate on it against a current registration for an antique. )

Yes

I was wrong!! It’s 25 years or older

Correct

So id hafta be registered classic or antique.

Yes

Dang, all the things PA is sticklers about, but it's only gotta 25 years old to run year-correct plates? I wish Ohio did that.

In PA you know it's about the money. First you need to re-register it as a Antique vehicle. Then you need to request the use of a period correct plate. Local tag place can do this. You pay them to run the check to make sure the number is not in use. Since they are notary they validate the plate you want to use. They send the paper to the state. Their fee and the state fee. Plate is valid, good. Not done yet, now you pay the same fee when you registered it as an antique to use the classic plate. Oh, I also bought the plate off ebay. Finding a good 1956 truck plate (steel painted back then). More money than I wanted to pay, but then I was committed, had to finish the process.

 

[bucket]

Yes

Correct

Yes

In PA you know it's about the money. First you need to re-register it as a Antique vehicle. Then you need to request the use of a period correct plate. Local tag place can do this. You pay them to run the check to make sure the number is not in use. Since they are notary they validate the plate you want to use. They send the paper to the state. Their fee and the state fee. Plate is valid, good. Not done yet, now you pay the same fee when you registered it as an antique to use the classic plate. Oh, I also bought the plate off ebay. Finding a good 1956 truck plate (steel painted back then). More money than I wanted to pay, but then I was committed, had to finish the process.

That's interesting. Ohio lets you use it even if that number is still in use. The vintage plate just gets associated to the historical plate that is registered to the vehicle, which has to be kept with said vehicle at all times.

I've thought about running year-correct plates on a couple of mine anyway, lol. They did away with the yearly plate in the mid 70's, which is why the later ones aren't allowed.