Mark,
It all depends on the State's rules. In CT, the plate is called Early
American officially, though everyone knows it as an antique plate. To go
with the EA them, there is an ugly picture of a Dureya (sp?) on the
plate. There is no restriction on the use of the car. The benefit to the
EA registration here is that it limits the taxible value of the car to
$500. Each town taxes the cars in it, and they have started to figure out
that not all 25 year old cars are scrap. Your $25 lifetime tag is a good
deal. For us, the fee is $75 for two years.
Bob
On Sun, 14 Feb 1999 20:59:41 -0600 Mark Endicott <endicott@nashville.com>
writes:
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>It is about that time again to renew the license tags on my Midget.
>Last year the "nice lady" at the license branch suggested that I could
>save a lot of money ($25 for a lifetime tag) if I purchased "Antique"
>plates. As I understand the law, cars licensed as antique are to be
>driven only in parades and other special events. I asked a couple of
>Cop friends about it and they said that they never stop antique cars
>for tag violations, since they don't have any way of knowing where the
>car is going, and have way too many other things to do. I know the
>law will be different from state to state but what are others doing
>for plates? My car is not a commuter or grocery getter (well,
>sometimes for beer runs) but does go our for a drive four or five
>times a week. What do you think, can I get away with it?
>
>--
>Mark
>1970 Midget
>Nashville, Tennessee
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>http://members.home.net/mendicott/midget.html
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