[DeTomaso] NPC: vintage-style license plates in CA

[Guido deTomaso]

Not clear from the article if this will mean one will be able to get a 2012 
seven digit license number in the old color style, or if one can get their 
existing plate numbers "remanufactured" or re-issued.  The latter seems unlikely 
since the prisons likely scrapped the tooling for the non-reflective stamped 
plates, yet the former would not have the same cachet as today's "black plate" 
and "blue plate" has  ( such as ads for cars stating "blue plate", "black plate" 
).

Never understood why the DMV won't sell replacement plates with the same numbers 
as the one you already have.  They could raise some bucks, help pay off the 
deficit.

I did hear recently, maybe someone can confirm, if you have some paperwork 
proving a black or blue plate was ever issued to a car, and you still have the 
plates, you can get them re-assigned, even if the car has fallen out of the DMV 
system or was downgraded to vanity or plain reflective.

My neighbor recently swapped blue plates for vanity, I haven't asked but I'm 
afraid he failed to keep the blue plates ( by saying "oh, they're misplaced, 
sorry, thought I had them" ) instead of giving them up.  Really a shame after 
40+ years.

GD




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From: Brent Stewart <bjbstewart at yahoo.com>
To: Pantera List <DeTomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Thu, June 14, 2012 4:33:11 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC: vintage-style license plates in CA



Hey, this is cool for CA.  But, having originals is no longer worth $$.

Unfortunately, the ones issued with Pantera's are the ugly blue / yellow ones - 
do not want.

http://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp/2012/04/10/25967/california-might-issue-vintage-style-license-plate/ 

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