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01-17-2015, 09:15 AM | #41 | |
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01-17-2015, 10:05 AM | #42 |
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Here is my YOM license plate on my 1940 cleared to use in NH.
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01-17-2015, 10:21 AM | #43 |
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I have '41 passenger car plates on my '41 pickup here in Ca. No questions asked when I took them to DMV. They were clear plates(had previously been on a passenger car) and the process sailed right through. Ca. apparently doesn't care as long as they collect the registration and weight fee. It's all about the money here. California commercial plates are hard to find. I had a nice set of '40 commercial plates I gave to a friend for doing some work for me. Nice '40 commercial plates will bring $400-500 a set if you can find them.
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01-17-2015, 12:46 PM | #44 | |
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01-17-2015, 01:23 PM | #45 | |
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01-18-2015, 09:15 PM | #46 |
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01-19-2015, 12:23 PM | #47 |
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There is one little problem with using passenger plates on a vintage pickup here in CA. Pickups are licensed by weight, the pre '49 1/2 tons are generally pretty light, the pre '40's are even lighter...
If you put commercial plates on a pickup. legally you can not carry any kind of a load in the pickup bed. You can carry passengers in the bed, but they must have a seat with seat belts.. You can put a large camper on a pickup and use passenger car plates on the truck. however, if you take the camper off, you can't use the truck as a truck. Large motor homes have passenger car plates, regardless of the weight, because they are in fact passenger vehicles. Towing a large trailer with a pickup that has passenger car plates might get you a ticket. However, not if the vehicle is strictly an RV.. I have a very large diesel RV with air brakes. I very often pull my 25' enclosed trailer behind my RV with an antique car inside.. The combined load is 64' with a combined load of approximately 40,k.. I had a commercial license until last year, dropped it because I did not need it because the rig is classified as a RV.. Figure that one out.. California has some really strange DMV laws, but then again they can be quite loose, other states tend to be more restrictive. I know guys that have put campers on their pickups, went to the DMV and got passenger plates for the vehicle, then they took the camper off, thinking that they had pulled a fast one on the DMV. At a point in time they went to the nursery, loaded up a bunch of plants, etc., which resulted in a ticket.. The same load in a station wagon would have been exempt..
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01-19-2015, 12:52 PM | #48 | |
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I have often wondered how they handle the pre 1936 commercial vehicles (I have a '31 RDPU)? The vehicle code says you can run passenger car plates on a pre 1936 commercial vehicle but makes no mention about restrictions on carrying stuff in the bed at least that I can find.
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01-19-2015, 03:56 PM | #49 |
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CVTPA....If you want a plate that is guaranteed usable contact Henry DiOrio at [email protected] ..He lives in Wilmington Mass
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01-19-2015, 05:10 PM | #50 |
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There is probably a very good chance in California that the application of passenger type plates on a commercial vehicle, i.e. pickup, is up to the interpretation thereof by a law enforcement officer.. Under the DMV rules, you are guilty until you prove yourself not guilty.
An example; Under CA law a commercial vehicle that is subject to going through the weight scales, must put the yearly validation sticker on the front plate, the object being so the officer (s) in the scale house can see the validation sticker before the truck crosses the scales. I drove regulated trucks for over ten years. I had a running battle with a CHP officer in the El Monte area. He would stop me because I did not have a validation sticker on the rear plate, this would give him the option to inspect the truck. I would politely tell him he was wrong, we would have a little tit-for tat about the issue, I would reverse the location of the plates. Upon my return to my home 20 i had to go through the weight scales, they would red light me, I had forgotten to reverse the plates.. A reversal of the plates solved that problem. The officer in El Monte finally got transferred, my problem ended.
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01-19-2015, 05:44 PM | #51 |
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You guys in California have a lot of cool hot rods, great Hot Rod shops and events, but way too many rules!
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01-19-2015, 07:39 PM | #52 |
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CTVPA - What year are U looking for?
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01-20-2015, 01:16 PM | #53 |
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Some additional words from experience..
A license plate issue, out of date validation, etc., gives law enforcement the right to stop a vehicle for "probable cause". Once the vehicle is stopped, the officer can open up a whole can of worms, if he is so inclined.. Is he doing his job or is he fishing for bigger fish, to add to his daily quota.. I recently purchased a '65 Corvai Corsa, a one owner "barn find" with only 31.k on the odometer. The car had not been registered since '93.. I thought cool I'll put YOM plates on it, Black/Yellow.. Did some research, found out that to be correct for the car, they had to have the correct number sequence for '65, that being "N, O, P, Q. XX XXX. Looking around I found that a good set of B/Y CA plates would set me back $300. plus. Being a collector of anything old I went looking through my collection. Attached to the wall in my garage was a set of QXX XXX.. Score. The plate came on a '56 TBird that I had owned for many years.. X
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01-20-2015, 03:51 PM | #54 |
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Here in Mass, you can check with the RMV online to determine the plate number. Very easy!
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01-20-2015, 05:17 PM | #55 |
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Bought a cool 4 digit plate for the wife's 55 Tbird. Trouble is, it is a 54 plate....
Seems WV didn't issue plates in 55 so the correct plate for a 55Tbird IS a 54. Can't wait for spring to see how many questions she gets at the local Friday cruise/show. How do you have 54 Thunderbird?! |
01-20-2015, 05:31 PM | #56 |
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I had a similar issue with my 61 comet plates. Alaska made 1960 plates, but not 61, but they made metal tabs to go over the 60 part. Luckily one of my friends that collects plates not only had a pair of 1960 plates, but the metal tabs as well.
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