Jacques,
I went through this with my Bugeye. Got the car in 1993 and it had
been off the road since 1976. Went to the DMV for change of ownership
only for the restoration period (7 Years). I was told I could keep the
black California plates because I had the original pink slip as proof
that they were assigned to the car by the DMV back in 1962. They took
all the paper work from me at this time and assigned a temporary license
plate number to the car. When I was finished with the restoration I
asked to register the car with the original black plates and was
refused. I was told I needed proof that they were assigned to the car.
When I explained that the DMV made me give up the proof to them 7 years
earlier it did no good until I asked to talk to a supervisor. She
promised to call Sacramento and have the original pink slip searched
for. Believe it or not, they found the original 7 year old paperwork
and a month later I was issued a registration card with the black plate
numbers on it. Other than this method you can request year of
manufacture and put some 1960 gold and black plates on it.
Jacques Le Clainche wrote:
>Folks,
>
>As I plan to put my Bugeye back on the road, I am renewing the registration.
>
>Problem: I don't have the number plates. The car was a vintage race car and
>I don't know where the previous owner put the plates - He bought the car in
>1972 as a race car (SCCA HP), detuned it and eventually registered the car
>for the street. The plates got lost when he turned the Bugeye back into a
>race car in the late 1990s.
>
>I can get the plates replaced, but if there is a chance to buy and fit the
>old CA "black plates", I would rather do that. I was told if I can get both
>front and rear plates which were originally on a car the same year as shown
>on my Bugeye's registration papers (in this case, 1960), I can get the DMV
>to allocate the old plates for my Bugeye. I have been online but find no
>info about this on the CA DMV website. Any one on this list knows for sure,
>or can point me in the right direction?
>
>JLC in San Diego
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