<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Ha … let me guess, they are hinged? Mine scrape and bend every time I go up a decent incline driveway.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Rohan</div><div class="">’56 Longbridge BN4 “Hellouise"</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 1, 2015, at 8:32 AM, Al Fuller <<a href="mailto:al@bighealey.org" class="">al@bighealey.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div class="">Hi Bruce!</div><div class=""> </div><div class="">Maybe you can tell him how you protect your rear plate from getting all bent up!!</div><div class=""> </div><div class=""><div class="">Al Fuller<br class=""><a href="mailto:al@bighealey.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">al@bighealey.org</a><br class=""><br class="">'65 A-H BJ-8<br class="">'85 Rx-7 GSL-SE</div></div><div class=""> </div><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><b class="">From</b>: "Bruce Steele" <<a href="mailto:healeybruce@roadrunner.com" class="">healeybruce@roadrunner.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent</b>: Monday, June 29, 2015 10:13 AM<br class=""><b class="">To</b>: "Rohan Marr" <<a href="mailto:rohanmarr@mac.com" class="">rohanmarr@mac.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc</b>: "healeys" <<a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" class="">Healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject</b>: Re: [Healeys] California Legacy License Plate program</span><div class=""> </div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" class="">Hi, Rohan. Given that your car is a ’56, if it was originally registered in CA it would have had black on yellow plates. The yellow on black plates replaced them in ’63, if memory serves. You can order year of manufacture plates from the DMV, though I needed to get a supervisor to help me as the clerk was unfamiliar with them (not surprising, given the low volume of requests they likely get). <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" class="">If you want to retain the black plates, I’d suggest contacting Darryl’s License Plate Restoration. I’ve had good success with him.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.darrylsplates.com/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://www.darrylsplates.com/</a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Bruce Steele</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Brea, CA</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">1960 BN7</span></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Healeys [<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" class="">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Rohan Marr<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Saturday, June 27, 2015 4:42 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Austin Healey List<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Healeys] California Legacy License Plate program</span></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">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><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Classic California License Plates to Hit Streets this Summer: <a href="https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/newsrel/newsrel15/2015_41" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/newsrel/newsrel15/2015_41</a></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">CA DMV: <a href="https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/legacyplates/index" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/legacyplates/index</a></div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">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><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">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><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">What does everyone think of this?</div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Rohan (aka Aussie)</div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">’56 Longbridge BN4</span> “Hellouise"</div></div></div></div></div></span></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>