List,
I completely agree with Mr. Blair. A pair of YOM (Year Of Manufacture)
license plates are the finishing touch for your pristine Austin-Healey.
The only problem is you would not wish to put a very used looking set
like these on your restoration. I have found a gentleman in Georgia who
not only does outstanding plate restorations, he specializes in
California plates. http://www.tagdr.com/ Rod Pearman's prices and
turnaround time are excellent. He has done two pairs for me, my '53 BN1
and the personalized blue plates on my one-owner '72 240Z.
I rarely recommend anyone, but Rod is that good. NFI. Yada, yada, yada.
Bill Barnett
Santa Ana, CA
'53 BN1 (Red Car)
'61 BT7 (Green Car)
When I was younger, I could remember anything whether it had happened or
not. But now my facilities are decaying and soon I shall be so I cannot
remember anything but the things that never happened. - Mark Twain
On 1/17/2011 1:21 Big Blue, Robert Blair wrote:
> All, There is a nice set of early black on yellow plates [AAH690] for sale on
> ebay that would look great on an ealy AH - link below. CA law allows you to
> use these plates now by simply trading in your newer plates and using original
> period plates that align with your AH's YOM - for yellow/black this would be
> 54 to 62. 63 started the yellow on black plates.
>
> I have used this process with the CA DMV and it is simple with minimal
> paperwork - providing the period plate you wish to use on the car is NO LONGER
> on the DMV computer. AAH690 is apparently NOT on the computer, and so are
> usable now.
>
> I have yellow on black plate SYS900 on my 65 BJ8. Visually way better than a
> modern plate.
>
> Minimal extra fees per year.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360330380198&ssPageName=ST
> RK:MEWAX:IT
>
> Robert N. Blair Yellow 65BJ8RNBmail at yahoo.com
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