Harrell Camaro

[Warren Malkin]

mr70, great info you supplied there! Didn't realize the "C" was for Chevrolet. Always glad to be better informed.

[Stefano]

Thanks for the info.

[68TopStock]

Warren/mr70,

Thanks for the info on the replacement engines and trannies. This is real hard to find data.

[X77D80]

Are those California black plates in the 1973 photos?? If so, this car was registered in CA in 1969. Begining in 1970 CA went to blue plates...

[Belair62]

I was under the impression that 69 was a transition year from black to blue plates. Some 69's I though got blue plates if the local DMV was finally out of 63 Black plates and it was late in the year..The more populated areas got the blue plates first.An old friend told me this who went to Cal. regularly to bring back rust free(no charge for it) cars ! Most 69 cars with black plates I have seen started with letters very near the end of the alphabet.i.e. v thru z etc. Anyone from Cal can shed more precise info on this ? I like black plate cars.

[SuperNovaSS]

The original owner registered the car in California when he bought it new. He told me he registered in California then went to Kansas City got the car and drove it home. I am trying to get the black and gold plates back but I think the second owner turned them into the DMV.


Jason

[Chuck Norton]

Belair 62,

Your recollection is accurate. Cars licensed in California in 1969 may have had either the black plates or the new blue ones. The changeover came rather late in the year. One '69 I owned was tagged ZLP ### in black plates indicating that the cycle of available combinations was nearly exhausted. Conversely, one '69 Camaro that passed through my hands a few years ago had blue plates beginning with ### A?? . Note that the black plates had the alpha preceding the numeric and the order was reversed on blue plates.

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