I came up with one other hitch on one of my classics. Even though I had
both plates, and an original pink tying them to my car, it had been plated
in between with more current plates. They will not "undo" modern plates and
re-title to the black plates. So if the car recieved blue plates in the
1970's, you are out of luck.
David Riker
davriker@pacbell.net
http://home.pacbell.net/davriker/
http://community.webshots.com/user/fool4mg
----- Original Message -----
From "Mike MacLean" <macleans at earthlink.net>
To: "Jacques Le Clainche" <hobbycars@cox.net>
Cc: <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>; <bugeye@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: CA registration
> 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. >>
>>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.
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