Re: Ca, Re-issuing Black Plates
 

Check this guy out on Ebay. Ebay #110401599981. I dealt with him before. Sam

Re: Ca, Re-issuing Black Plates
 

I have a 69 grandma nova I bought from the original owner and she was issued blue plates when she bought it in Oct. 69. Said they started to phase out the black plates in late 69. Hey Mark maybe you will be able to get black plates.

Re: Ca, Re-issuing Black Plates
 

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Dave, What do you mean by "The only major question they had was that the plates were stamped 63 which was the date stamped in all black plates."[ QUOTE ]


Only the 63-64 black plates had the stamp in the right box, all others did not (late64-69 issue)



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My plate # YQX 784 was stamped in 63??? I'm not tracking you on this. Anyway, this is good news for some guys. Bet you there will be an increase of Black and gold plate sales on E-Pay.

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Next time one of you Cali guys go into the DMV please ask the clerk how i go about getting the Month stamp. When I had my plates sent out for resto the Month sticker had to come off, heck it was so faded anyway. The year stickers I still have, I peeled off about 30 years worth, the stack of stickers is about 1/4 inch thick or more.
BTW, I have my registration PNOd over here, so those plates stay in the system. I get a notice each year from CA DMV asking what i want to do. PNO or register the plates.
Danke, john

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Black base plates never had month stickers-year only. The month stickers started on blue base.

Re: Ca, Re-issuing Black Plates
 

The blue/yellow plates began being issued in September 1969 in California.

Re: Ca, Re-issuing Black Plates
 

In 1979 my buddy bought a '67 Camaro SS L35/M40 from a woman in Corte Madera (Marin County just north of San Francisco). She was the second owner and had bought the car off the lot at Cambell-Bishop Chev in Corte Madera in about 1970 or '71. The dealership had swapped out the black plates for blue ones so perhaps blue plates on "black-plate cars" resulted from dealership swaps in some cases. My buddy still has the car. It was 100% bone stock when he bought it from the woman: Marina Blue/black top and pinstripes and bumblebee, Deluxe tuxedo interior, tilt, disc brakes with the original Disc Brake wheels still in place. Round traction bar and 2.73 Posi. He still has it but it's no longer stock.

Re: Ca, Re-issuing Black Plates
 

They said that my black plates must have a 66 date on them and that the plates I had were for a 63 year car. I then ask for a superviser and I explained that all of the black plates ever made had the 63 stamped in them because that was the first year for black plates. I told him that stickers with the year were issued from 64 thru 69. I guess if someone wanted to play it safe they could put a sticker on the new plate matching the year of the car before you go to the DMV. But would you need stickers on both plates to cover the 63 stamped in the plate???? I'll being doing at least one more car and who knows how that will go.
Dave L.
SoCal

Re: Ca, Re-issuing Black Plates
 

Dave,

The '69 issued CA black plates beginning with the letter Z did not have the 63 stamped on them. They are just blank in both boxes. If you were concerned about the 63 being visible, you could purchase some plates that started with Z.

-Jon

Re: Ca, Re-issuing Black Plates
 

I have a pair of Z plates on ebay right now, kind of a neat Z prefix, ZMF 025, just 3 numbers away from being one of the best Z CA plates ....

Re: Ca, Re-issuing Black Plates
 

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a26...ne/zmficon.jpg

Re: Ca, Re-issuing Black Plates
 

I sent my plates to the tagdr.com, they were as dinged up as those, they came back looking new.