[Tigers] Calif plates

[genepadgett at comcast.net]

FWIW, another (extreme?) example is the plate I got through the dealer on my brand new Tiger in 1967. The plate number was HBN 810. 

Gene 

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From: johnp at ciseast.com 
To: tigers at autox.team.net 
Cc: "john procida" <john.procida at gmail.com> 
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:51:06 AM 
Subject: [Tigers] Calif plates 

My Tiger was bought on Dec. 28, 1965 (as a 1966 model based on foreign model 
years scheme devised by the state) from the dealer in Vallejo, California 
with 

plate "RXF 371". This number goes against some of the discussion on this 
forum such as plate series going only up to about "RDA". We might be 
getting a little off balance in this discussion because we forget how slowly 
things moved back in the day. If a location received a allotment of plates 
to assigned to vehicle under their jurisdiction then those plates would be 
distributed as slowly or quickly as the local needs dictated. I would 
imagine that some "pohick" office might still have some of their original 
allotment of plates until the new series came out. That would allow a newer 
car to have much "older" plates. I don't remember California DMV policies 
back then, but I know that in some states the plates belonged to the owner 
and the plates would just be transferred from your old car to your brand new 
car at the time of purchase. Good discussion, though.. Very entertaining 
and valuable if kept in balance. 
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