New To Me License Plate

Thought Id share my fun find. over the thanksgiving weekend the wife, dog and I took the ferry to Port Townsend for a small get away. there is a super cool antique vehicle store that i pop into when ever im over that way.
Bergstrom's Auto :: (porttownsendmedia.com)
Like the big dummy i am i didnt think to take any pictures, but this place is heaven.
I dug through the boxes of license plates and came up empty handed, then looked up on the wall and

SHAZAM...

There it was...


These white on green plates were used from 1958 to 1962 and didnt have the stamped year but used the now common stick on tab. My Jeep is a 1959....there is a tab under the 59 tab...got to be 58, but the 59 on top is what makes me happy!!! 62 years ago something happened and ive now got a collector plate on the Jeep with a 1959 tab

 

That’s awesome! Congrats!

 

In NH they will allow you to register an antique car using original vintage plates. You could look into that.

 

That is what i did...plus as the Admiral mentioned, no tabs or registration fees ever again

 

I like mine

Sometimes I feel bad that someone running a 4 banger can't use the sequence: 22 134
At least mine was built with one.

20200801_165005 by Joe with a jeep, on Flickr

 

Good I have a much sought after porcelain 5 digit Delaware Plate around here they pride themselves on low digit porcelain the lower the digit the more it’s worth

 

Lucky find on the 58 Washington plate. Ive been looking for a plate for my 52. Due to the Korean war they didn't produce plates in 52 out here so I need to find a 51 with the 52 metal tag on it. I refuse to pay the $125 i have seen

 

https://www.felix2.com/

All the plates you need

 

From what I have read, no 52 metal tags were issued for passenger cars. Apparently a windshield tag/sticker was used.

 

well I learned something new
we didn't get stickers on license plates here till 1975

 

Here in Michigan they have a historic vehicle registration where you can use an original year plate. However, that registration is very restrictive about what you can do with the vehicle. Fortunately a standard registration for a vehicle that old is less than $40 per year. If I can find a good 67 plate for a reasonable price I'll buy it and put it on the front bumper.

 

one of the stipulations for use of a vintage plate in Washington is "for the pleasure of others"...pretty much takes care of it

 

My dogs count as "others" so I'm good to go.

 

Yes, no such clause in MI anymore

 

Maybe about the time of the "3M Law." We used to get a new plate each year until they went reflective.

 

MO had 1000mi for pleasure, unlimited to and from service/ repair, unlimited to and from show / parade.