[Healeys] California License Plates

jtrifari at comcast.net jtrifari at comcast.net
Wed Jun 11 07:04:20 MDT 2008


Doug--not exactly correct.  I have black plates on my BN1.  Clearly they were not the "original plates" on the car.  They were on the car when I bought it and DMV has allowed me to keep them.  


John Trifari   Golden Gate AHC   (BN1  CVS-327)
-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: rrengineer at dslextreme.com 

> Douglas W Flagg 
> > If anyone is looking for some vintage California plates, try eBay 
> > #370057124234. 
> > 
> > Doug 
> 
> I don't know why anyone would want these unless you are decorating your 
> garage walls. You cannot use them on your car (even if you restore them) 
> according to the California DMV. California does not allow the use of 
> black plates unless they were originally assigned to your car and you have 
> to prove it. You can request year of manufacture plates prior to 1963 
> only. The black plates were required in 1963 to replace all prior plates 
> on California cars. 
> Mike MacLean 
> 56 BN2 (looking for a clear set of 56 California plates) 
> 60 AN5 (with it's original black plates) 
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