Yup, they look cool...
Technically, the deal is that you CAN re-plate a cars that originally
had yellow plates (with black alpha-numerals) with similar plates
(assuming the plate numbers aren't being used by someone else.) This
would only be good for vehicles built before 1963-- MGAs, TR3s, etc.
The statute (Model Year Date Licence Plates) only covers original
style plates on cars built BEFORE 1963. "Black Plates" (with yellow
alpha-numerals) aren't covered, and they can't be transferred. You
could get lucky and find a DMV clerk who doesn't understand this,
though.
Don't know if this is date thing is an arbitrary judgement about what
is "historic" or that the black plates aren't legible/reflective in
the dark...Gawd, I love this state...
See: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d03/vc5004_1.htm
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Chris Attias
Felton, CA
'64 MGB
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