You cannot have a"metal" license plate made by anyone other than a state
governmant. It is against the law. License plate restorers you can
find in Hemmings will make a copy of your plate in plastic and paint it
the right color. Unless someone removes it and takes a hard look at it,
no-one will ever know. Just put a nice chrome frame around it. Always
remove the front plate from all my cars here in California also. Never
been stopped.
Mike MacLean
56 BN2
60 AN5
STEV0001@aol.com wrote:
Good Morning:
Having always been a (car) freak, I've mostly had cars that I did
not want a front license plate on for aesthetic reasons. I've been
driving in CA all of my life and have NEVER been stopped or written up
for no front plate. Once when crossing the border from Tijuana many
years ago, the customs agent mentioned the missing plate but took no
further action.
When I bought my new '06' in April, the dealership made me sign a
waiver stating that I was accepting the car (530i) without a front
license plate bracket installed. They indicated that in our post-9/11
world (that seems to be the excuse for everything these days), officers
are now enforcing the front license plate regulations because it
increases the opportunities to identify a particular car. Also, I
suspect the increase in red light enforcement cameras may also be a
($$$) motivator.
Dick: I'm sure you are aware of this but the California DMV is now
making the year of manufacture (YOM) plates for the yellow background
with black lettering. I don't know what years that covers because I
only remember the black and then blue plates when I was growing up.
Though you would likely be unable to get your specific letter/number
combo, at least you'd have matching YOM plates...just a thought. If
you are looking for an incredible plate restorer, I can refer you to
the one I used back east for my 69 280se cabrio. He's really an
artist. And given what I've seen in pictures of some of the plates
he's restored, I wouldn't be surprised if he could recreate one for you
from scratch. HMMMMMMM...I've always wondered where these plate
restorers originally learned so much about license plates...
Steve G
Benicia, CA
BJ8 #43007, 79 MGB L/E
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56 BN2
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