Where to find vintage license plates

**MosportGreen66** · #1 07-19-2003, 12:45 AM

Where can I find New York license plates from 1969? I know there are some good guys out there.

-Dan

KLONECO · #2 07-19-2003, 03:13 AM

I realize this is not a favorite word...(although popular).. EBAY! just search "1969 NEW YORK LICENSE PLATES" [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

robber6910 · #3 07-19-2003, 03:28 AM

Dan, check your local newstand for a newspaper called "Special Interest Vehicles". It's from the same people who put out the weekly Car Buyers Market paper. It's in the newstands Wednesday or Thursdays. In the back of the paper you should be able to find some ads for guys selling plates. They usually set up shop at an Elks or Lions club and sells plates as well as the stickers. I know there is a guy who lives out on Long Island and another one further north in upper Westchester. Anything better than Ebay. Hope this helps.

Rob

JoeG · #4 07-19-2003, 05:20 AM

MosportGreen66,
Try--www.licenseplates.tv---- [antique plate replicas]----they make quality replicas------they have your time-span---N.Y.-1963-1973--JoeG

**MosportGreen66** · #5 07-19-2003, 12:16 PM

JoeG -- unless I was looking in the wrong place the www.licenseplates.tv site does not carry NY plates past 1964. Thanks for the recomendation!

-Dan

Unreal · #6 07-19-2003, 12:29 PM

I'm looking for 69 Tennessee tag. I was thinking of finding a tag, and then buying a vanity tag of the same number. Then running the old tag with current sticker. I'm sure I'd have to do some "splaining" if I got pulled over.

I have a pair (consecutive numbers) of 69 Pennsylvania Dealer tags I got off ebay. Thought that would be pretty neat to use on my tribute car for shows.

Chevy454 · #7 07-19-2003, 12:34 PM

I think the majority of the states allow you to run "year of make" tags now. For example, if your car was made in '69, and you can find a set of '69 plates, then you can register them (if that license # isn't taken of course) as a classic car. And, I believe some states give special breaks like lengthening the inspection time and such. DEFINITELY worth checking into...

JoeG · #8 07-19-2003, 04:14 PM

MosportGreen66,
Just curious---I went to that site,there is a N.Y.1966 lic plate[also used in 67/68/69/70/71/72/73/[used different stick-on date tags]--I looked at a photo of my car in early '70 it looks the same---no big deal,but for my own education what am I missing??--JoeG

**MosportGreen66** · #9 07-19-2003, 05:32 PM

I thought that the plate used in 1966 were not the same as the plates used in 1969. I saw a '69 Camaro with vintage looking plates (from NY) and they were not the same. I guess they were not original plates? Thanks.

Unreal · #10 07-20-2003, 02:16 AM

Dan,
Sometines a state will have an annual sticker on passenger car tags for the year you want. But other "special" tags will be stamped for the year. For example, in 69, Pennsylvania used a sticker for pass cars, but dealer tags were stamped "69"
Same is true for Tennessee for 69, sticker only. However I have seen dealer and volunteer fireman tags that were stamped "69"

For Tennessee, you can run any tag number during parades and shows, etc, as long as that "extra license" is registered with the state. For other times, you must run the regular license as shown on your registration.

You cannot register a vintage tag and run it as your normal tag. However, I figured I could get away with it if I found a 69 tag, registered that same number as my vanity number, and put a current registration sticker on it. I figured I'd keep the new tag in the trunk "just in case"

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