Re: Ca, Re-issuing Black Plates

[1967Z28]

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... So, IF you are looking at this as I am, X to YOW really moved quickly from late September to December!

If a 3-4 month shift in plate alpha's moved this quickly, a ZAA000 could have occured around late March???

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I had a '69 Z that was bought new in Santa Barbara, CA on 4/4/69 and the plate was YXB405. Pretty close to the end of the Y series. YXAxxx was also used in Santa Barbara. I remember YBFxxx and YBGxxx also being used in the same town.

-Jon

[Late BrakeU2]

It's not easy to define, so much going on at that time. The inversed blue base were being issued well in advance of the official 7/70 release date, and to compound the whole deal 69 camaro production was (i think) possibly the longest of any model, running from aug 68 to dec 69.

The build date wasn't as telling as the initial registration date. That car was built 12/23, but it could have sat on the lot for months. I have seen all original 69 camaros with blue base,in some cases they were late 69 builds,others weren't initially titled until well into 1970. My Z was a built 10-19, and first sold 11-30-68. I would guesstimate 90% of 68 MY cars were W or X alpha sequence, with a few early builds being V,and the bulk of 69's being Y & Z..a very few being X and on the backside a few blues sprinkled in. My 70 T/A was a VN build, sold 1 mile down the blvd at prestige pontiac in may 70 and was 163 BQT.

[rpoz11]

California <font color="blue">BLUE</font> Plates....

Yes I agree with this statement.

I know the exact license plate info for my Camaro because I have it on some documents.

My car was built in Feb/March 1969 and didnt sell until 1970.

I am rather certain it sat on the showroom floor at a Porterville, California showroom.

The original owner verified what my Camaro came with when I found him and spoke with him.

He stated the 1970 purchase date.

[rpoz11]

Here is another example:

1969 Camaro LM1

VIN: 124379L511946

[69SSZL1]

Here is an early 1969 X license plate. A 1968 photo of a very early 1969 SS, judging by the front stripe. Don't know what O.J. is holding in his hand. [image][/image]

[gb70]

Now he's making plates!