How to keep/get Calif 914s' Old Original Plates ..., ... Resources & History of Plate Types & Colors, etc. |
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How to keep/get Calif 914s' Old Original Plates ..., ... Resources & History of Plate Types & Colors, etc. |
Tom_T |
Mar 1 2010, 08:45 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
OK All -
IIRC - with some 60% of the total 914 production coming into the USA, & 40% of the total going into California ALONE for first sale new - & with more Cali 914s surviving due to the milder climate out here ... . . .... that's a big chunk of the 914s still around today! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) There have been several posts with questions on how to (re-) register your 914 with expired reg. &/or old plates, etc.; as well as those who have somehow managed to hold onto their original issue plates & wondering if they can go back to them or keep them when registering their 914 for the road again. Well, apparently Cal DMV & our illustrious Legislature have decided to clarify & expand a couple of programs for re-registering the original plates, as well as extending the date for the "Original Year of Manufacture" plates program to at least include those from 1969 build dates. I too have an early 1973 MY 914-2.0 with its original plates, which has been out of registration & PNO for most of the time it's sat in my garage awaiting resto since 5/85 (no PNO since 12/92), so I went searching on the DMV website for more info., & found the following which may be helpful to the rest of you out there. These are mostly hidden away in corners of the DMV website requiring some time searching, so hopefully I've saved you some time searching them out. If you've looked at them before, then please note that these were revised in mid & late 2009. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Got your old plates? ... bringing a former Cal 914 back? ... want to get repro Black & Gold plates for your 1969 Manufactured 914-6 or 914 (-4)? ... want to try out Historical Vehicle plates? ... read on & link out! REASSIGNMENT OF OLD PLATES: - NEW CHANGES ALLOW VEHICLES ON DATABASE TO GO BACK TO OLD PLATES: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/vehindustry/vin_memo...009/09vin20.pdf YEAR OF MANUFACTURE PLATE PROGRAM: - ONLY UP TO 1969 my FOR AUTOS, BUT IN LATER YEARS THEY MAY EXTEND THIS FURTHER OUT AGAIN: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/about/lad/pdfs/yom/new_text.pdf http://www.dmv.ca.gov/vehindustry/vin_memo...009/09vin09.pdf HISTORY OF CAL PLATES & DMV: - FOR THOSE ASKING WHEN WHICH PLATES/COLORS & NUMBERING SYSTEMS CAME IN: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/plates/licenseplthistory.htm http://www.dmv.ca.gov/about/profile/milestones.htm http://www.dmv.ca.gov/about/profile/history.htm HISTORICAL VEHICLE PLATES: - ANOTHER OPTION FOR 914s TO THE CURRENT "WHITE PLATES": http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d03/vc5004.htm DMV HOME PAGE: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/ Additionally, DMV has apparently expanded what their "Business Partners" (e.g.: AAA, dealers, etc.) can now do with these areas above, because before it changed at the end of 2009, AAA had told me they couldn't do these services, but apparently now can do at least some of them in some cases. So there may be an upside to DMV's cutbacks of service with the state's budget crisis! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom T Orange CA /////// |
orange914 |
Mar 1 2010, 10:43 PM
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http://5starmediaworks.com/index.html Group: Members Posts: 3,371 Joined: 26-March 05 From: Ceres, California Member No.: 3,818 Region Association: Northern California |
good research tom, i had an experiance that may add some additional help
i went thru simular dmv battles in the early 90's. before the computor stored record days the files on non current cars were tossed after 3 years. this particular car hadn't been registered since 79'. they wanted me to register the "black plates" under Y.O.M. (year of manufacture) with an additional yearly fee. at the time smogs were required on pre 73's and it gave no exemption ect... just additional yearly cost on a car that i had proof the plates came origanally with. after pressing on they finally hooked me up with a special unit in sacramento that dealt with outside the box issues. bam, got someone with a full set of teeth (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tooth.gif) it's done no problem. at least at that time they just wanted proof that linked the plates to the car, like a past registration. DMV is the apitomy of government run business by the way i'm a bit of a liscense plate nut so if your interested read on. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) california plates were yellow (49'? thru 61?), black (62? thru 69'-very few 70'), blue (70' thru 86'), white (87' on). you also can read roughly the year of the vehicle by looking at the number/letter order (only if they were origanally put on the car new in ca.). the black plates for example, "AAA111" would be the first and "999ZZZ" the last. my 67 is "TTY890". blue plates ran out of 6 digit sequences and added an extra # to the front around 81'. example "1AUU625". hope i've encouraged C.W. liscense plate sickness (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) mike |
Tom_T |
Mar 1 2010, 10:53 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
good research tom, i had an experiance that may add some additional help i went thru simular dmv battles in the early 90's. before the computor stored record days the files on non current cars were tossed after 3 years. this particular car hadn't been registered since 79'. they wanted me to register the "black plates" under Y.O.M. (year of manufacture) with an additional yearly fee. at the time smogs were required on pre 73's and it gave no exemption ect... just additional yearly cost on a car that i had proof the plates came origanally with. after pressing on they finally hooked me up with a special unit in sacramento that dealt with outside the box issues. bam, got someone with a full set of teeth (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tooth.gif) it's done no problem. at least at that time they just wanted proof that linked the plates to the car, like a past registration. DMV is the apitomy of government run business by the way i'm a bit of a liscense plate nut so if your interested read on. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) california plates were yellow (49'? thru 61?), black (62? thru 69'-very few 70'), blue (70' thru 86'), white (87' on). you also can read roughly the year of the vehicle by looking at the number/letter order (only if they were origanally put on the car new in ca.). the black plates for example, "AAA111" would be the first and "999ZZZ" the last. my 67 is "TTY890". blue plates ran out of 6 digit sequences and added an extra # to the front around 81'. example "1AUU625". hope i've encouraged C.W. liscense plate sickness (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) mike Mike, I recall all the changes, cuz my Grandparents came out here in 57 & had the old yellers on their 57 Ford & my Uncle on his 58 Vette, then they made them change to blackies when the changed to year stickers in 63 - as Underthetire was saying. We moved out in 63 so all ours were blackies up until my 73 914-2L. Someone else on here awhile back was questioning the 7 digits on a 914 with blue/yellows, but that's exactly what they di was use a "1" in front up through the first years of the whites! |
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