Re: Ca, Re-issuing Black Plates

[al8apex]

I believe that each office had a supply of plates to work with

"back east" you used to be able to tell what county the plates were issued from based on the prefix letters. I assume each office was given a large supply of plates to issue from and there must have been some sort of "regional" issuing office that serviced all the dealers in their "territory" that is why you will see some plates with a "later" letter prefix that may have been issued before and earlier prefix

best guess here

[rpoz11]

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I believe that each office had a supply of plates to work with

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Yes, I am sure that this is the case.

I'd go into local DMV offices around me, which there are several of, and they had drawers where the plates were in limited stacks; probably rotated and supplied in an as needed basis.

California is a large state, of course, and I can only assume that they were shipping boxes of these to DMV offices in no random order as they were being supplied.

Trying to get some general proximity to VIN/Build dates for those who locate plates they wish to reissue to their cars!

[jbsides]

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I believe that each office had a supply of plates to work with

"back east" you used to be able to tell what county the plates were issued from based on the prefix letters. I assume each office was given a large supply of plates to issue from and there must have been some sort of "regional" issuing office that serviced all the dealers in their "territory" that is why you will see some plates with a "later" letter prefix that may have been issued before and earlier prefix

best guess here

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Actually, the Golden State made a feeble attempt at the same county identification scheme as back east in the 70's when the 7-digit numbering sequence for standard issue (non-personalized) plates was introduced. Plates that had sequences starting with "1" were for Sacramento County residents, "2" were for LA county, "3" were for Orange County, "4" were for San Diego County, etc. I'm not sure what happened, but it was dropped a few years back.

I had "XJZ 951" a (late '68) '69 RS/SS from Gledhill Chevrolet, and "YZN 712" an April '69 Z from Selman Chevrolet. My November '68 '69 RS/SS has blue tags.

JB

[firez]

My 68 Z28 is from Selman Chevrolet and was a 02E car with VNK--- on the original black plates I still have.

[rpoz11]

California Black Plates

OK, so here is where we are at with this so far :

VNK 123 ... March/April 1968

XFM 863 ... 12A build 12/19/68 SOLD, 124379L511946
XJZ 951 ... Late 1968
XMG 755 ... 10C VN built, sold 11/30/68
XOL 721 ... 09A 124379L500xxx
XON 123 ... May 2, 1968
XRK 691 ... OJ 1969 Camaro
XTY 659 ... 12-06-1968 Sold, 124379L510865


YOW 597 ... 12/23/68, 124379Lxxxx
YXB 405 ... 4/4/69
YZN 712 ... 4/xx/69

ZQY 367 ... 9/15/69
ZVX 549 ... 10/9/69
ZZA 219 ... 5/01/70 (?)

Need more submissions to add to the list here...

['69Novajoe]

Mine was from 07/69.....

ZVM 073

[Charley Lillard]

YMP 718 124379L500578

YAB 739 124379L503396

[69SSZL1]

YZU --- 04B built, sold 6-6-69

[rpoz11]

This may get long...

Lets see where it all goes...

updated:

VNK 123 ... March/April 1968

XFM 863 ... 12A build 12/19/68 SOLD, 124379L511946
XJZ 951 ... Late 1968
XMG 755 ... 10C VN built, sold 11/30/68
XOL 721 ... 09A 124379L500xxx
XON 123 ... May 2, 1968
XRK 691 ... OJ 1969 Camaro
XTY 659 ... 12-06-1968 Sold, 124379L510865


YAB 739 ... 124379L503396
YMP 718 ... 124379L500578
YOW 597 ... 12/23/68, 124379Lxxxx
YXB 405 ... 4/4/69
YZN 712 ... 4/xx/69
YZU 123 ... 04B built, sold 6-6-69

ZQY 367 ... 9/15/69
ZVM 073 ... 7/xx/69
ZVX 549 ... 10/9/69

ZZA 219 ... 5/01/70 (?)

[rpoz11]

So with ZAA 000 , where do we feel this ALPHA began?

Note, I gotta think that somewhere in here any affect to our GM cars may reflect the strike out here in Van Nuys.

I forgot the dates where that strike lasted that year...