<p dir="ltr">I have a set of the 63 yellow and black plates. I live in Oregon and have a Yom pacific wonderland plate</p>
<p dir="ltr">Mr. Ira Erbs</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 28, 2015 1:49 PM, "Kimo Briske" <<a href="mailto:kimobriske@gmail.com">kimobriske@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi, I was told the yellow with black letters was original for cars thru 1959, maybe longer, then it changer to black with yellow letters. On the black plate the number 63 is embossed in the upper right corner. The blue with yellow letters started in 1968. I think, because my 1967 BJ8 had those because it was first sold in 1968. Aloha, Jim </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 1:41 PM, 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></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></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"><font face="Helvetica">’56 Longbridge BN4</font> “Hellouise"</div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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