Jim,
I have old plates on both my TR3 and '58 Corvette. I registered them as
antiques
(over 25 years old), the registration is good for 5 years, with no yearly
inspection or windshield sticker. There is a small white tab which goes on the
rear plates, and takes the place of the sticker. At the time I got them I was
told that classic plates do require the annual safety inspection. There are
fewer restrictions on the usage of vehicles which have classic plates, such as
they can be used as a daily driver. If you're only driving the car for 'fun"
I'd
go the antique route (although that term does bring to mind other vehicles, such
as a Model T).
Look at
http://www.dot.state.tx.us/insdtdot/orgchart/vtr/reginfo/spplates/specplat.htm
for further info.
Ah3thou@aol.com wrote:
> I attempted to have my 67 El Camino (with classic plates registered in Texas
> ) inspected today. All went well until it was time to scan the registration
> bar code on the windshield into the computer.
> There is no bar code on the Classic plate windshield stickers, instead
> there are 2 sets of numbers which we tried several combinations entering into
> the computer manually. ..........nothing worked.
> Now, I was told by the DMV at the time the plates (1967 Texas plates)
> were issued to me that I still need to have the vehicle inspected every year,
> not so with antique plates.
> Has anyone else that has there vehicle registered as a classic run into
> this problem? I called the DMV, but nobody knew anything being that today is
> not a regular workday, I was told to call back Monday.
> I have 1963 Texas plates for my TR4 but haven't had them registered to my
> car yet.
> Thanks
> Jim
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