I believe they started from 0000 for 1965.
Leigh Brooks
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On 7/1/99 12:28 AM, Arlo J. Levisen wrote:
>The question of the "year" is a puzzle and I have never had an
>explanation that squares with what I understand to be the facts with my
>cars. If you look on the plate, you will see that the "1 9 6" is
>pre-printed and then the "5" is handstamped. On my #84 car, which
>presumably had to have been built before my #2015 car, it is also
>handstamped "5" - meaning, I suppose, "1965". On my #2015 car, again
>assuming that it had to have been built well after my #84 car, is
>handstamped "4" - meaning, I suppose, "1964". So, that has never made
>any sense to me.
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