<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>My BJ8 has the original yellow-on-black plates; DMV ain't said squat (they'd have to pry them from ...). Bought the car in '83. Wish our BN2 had black-on-yellow(?) plates; had to settle for vanity '1956 M'<br></div><div><br></div><div>You left too soon, Alan; that's also about the time we got the smog check waived for pre-68 cars. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Bob<br></div><div><br></div><div>ps. Rohan, I've seen plate 'restorers;' IIRC there was one at the Pleasanton car show a few years ago.<br></div><div><br id="zwchr"></div><hr id="zwchr"><br><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">I think it's fine, they made so many of us give up our black and blue plates, only a handful of very stubborn enthusiasts have been able to keep their original plates, I had to give them up on my BJ8 when my local DMV refused to renew them in the 80's. So now I can go get them again for a small fee. CA needs the money, so this is a good way for them to raise money without raising taxes. <div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 7:41 AM, Rohan Marr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rohanmarr@mac.com" target="_blank">rohanmarr@mac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Apologies if this has already been discussed, but I found this today and as an owner of an original “black plated” California car. I have mixed feelings on this one. Firstly it is worth reading up on the announcement and links:<div><br></div><div>Classic California License Plates to Hit Streets this Summer: <a href="https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/newsrel/newsrel15/2015_41" target="_blank">https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/newsrel/newsrel15/2015_41</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>CA DMV: <a href="https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/legacyplates/index" target="_blank">https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/legacyplates/index</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br></div><div>So why the mixed feelings, well original black plates had some value and meaning - the car was an original California car. Unfortunately my plates have really deteriorated, and after a few steep driveways (you know how low our cars are) I have bent them in half one by one until they broke in half. I only ever had one plate on the rear and swapped it … the current one is hanging on by a thread. So I was looking to see if someone would reproduce them and I remember a link to someone who “unofficially” remade them published on this list a few years ago. These new ones will reportedly use the same dye press tooling as the originals out of Folsom Prison (not sure where I read that), but unlike the original these will have a modern reflective coating and more importantly be available for use on any vehicle, both old and new, or car, truck or motorcycles. I know how I feel about a Prius with black plates!</div><div><br></div><div>So what I really want to do is replace my plates with the same number etc with an original look, or do I want to give up on that and bite the bullet for a vanity plate with the new black?</div><div><br></div><div>What does everyone think of this?</div><div><br></div><div>Rohan (aka Aussie)</div><div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;" data-mce-style="font-family: Helvetica;" face="Helvetica">’56 Longbridge BN4</span> “Hellouise"</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>
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