[Healeys] Black Plates

[Healey Bruce]

Gary, I believe the Arnold signed the "black plate" law, adding them to the 
YOM list.

Bruce Steele
1960 BN7
Brea, CA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Fawcett" <m.fawcett at verizon.net>
To: <Editorgary at aol.com>
Cc: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Black Plates


> Editorgary at aol.com wrote:
>> I also have Calif "black plates" on my 1960 BN7. They were on the car 
>> when I
>> got it, since the car had been continuously registered with that number 
>> from
>> its original sale. I assume they were put on the car by the original 
>> owner in
>> 1963, when Calif switched from black on yellow plates to yellow on black
>> plates, and then left on when the state realized how expensive it was to 
>> switch
>> everyone's plate whenever they decided to switch colors.
>> That, by the way, is why the phrase "original black-plate car" often 
>> appears
>> in for-sale ads. It indicates that the car has been continuously 
>> maintained
>> and registered as a California since the early 1960s. Seems to me there 
>> is
>> legislation pending that would allow "Year of Manufacture" plates to be 
>> used on
>> cars built after the black plates came into existence, but afaik that 
>> isn't
>> possible yet. I think YOM plates can only be used with cars build before 
>> 1963.
>> Anyone with more interest can easily check the Cal DMV website and look 
>> up the
>> regs on YOM plates.
>> Cheers
>> Gary
>>
>> I had the black plates when I got my BT7 in 1998, but wasn't allowed to 
>> keep them because the car hadn't been registered for about 20 years. I 
>> got YOM plates (1956 yellow with black numbers)from Ebay and actually 
>> like them better.
>>
>
> Mark Fawcett
> 1959 BT7
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