Replacement vintage plates..., A semi-underground topic, perhaps Options

[horizontally-opposed]

IF one were to need a new front plate to match his or her prized, original blue-and-yellow California plate, how might that person get a good replica of the existing rear plate made?

Maybe I should have written this in the "I have this friend.." voice...

With all of the recent front-plate crackdowns, I suspect, once ticketed, you get stuck with two new plates. And I believe the only vintage plates you can retroactively fit are yellow with black lettering (circa 1956). It'd be a bummer to lose original 1973 plates.

From what I understand, there was a cottage industry in SoCal serving the above purposes for the restoration community until the government (thank you for your efforts on vintage license plate recreation enforcement) arrested the perpetrators. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

I suspect anyone still offering such services would be best served if their info was PM'd rather than posted...

Thanks!

pete

[lapuwali]

Well, that's a bummer. I know I've seen at least one site that claimed to use YOUR plate as a mold for a new fiberglass plate. They also refurbish orginal plates. I'll have to see if I can find that site again. Perhaps they've vanished.

If I can't find it, may very well make my own replacement front plate using by own back plate. Perhaps use plaster or something similar as the mold-making material, since this will be a one-off. The only trick will be finding the right shades of blue and yellow to paint it.