Patrick,
You're right, at least in regard to the part of my post you address, i.e.
driving with just a rear plate. I've been happily driving it that way for
twenty years and have never been ticketed for no front plate, even when
stopped and ticketed for something else, with the officer taking a leisurely
stroll around the vehicle "just to look." I fully expect I could continue to
drive it that way until the day that either I or the car return to unformed
atoms and molecules.
But I *like* my black-and-yellow YXG 796 plate; there's a certain cachet
that goes with the old plate. And the question remains, how could I go about
replacing (replicating) the lost front plate? The gracious Republic of
California certainly ain't gonna help me; they'll just say, "sorry, we can't
do that, and by the way, you need to have a front plate, and so here, we'll
be happy to issue you a brand-spanking new set of singing, dancing
illustrated plates upon which, if you so desire, you may even request custom
lettering to make a social/political statement."
So I can either continue to drive with one plate, or somehow find a way to
make/create/replicate a front plate. Not a pressing matter (ooh, sorry 'bout
that) certainly...just a curious wondering if anybody ever took it upon
themselves to do a little "cottage industry" crafting of a license plate.
Jim Algar
'69 Sprite Mk.IV, YXG 796 (on the rear, stealth plate on the front)
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> From: Elliott, Patrick
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 11:07
> To: 'James Algar'; spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Calif. plates for 67 Sprite
>
> Personaly, What the DMV don't know won't hurt you. I was never asked to
> show
> them my plates, and unless your stopped for no front plate, who would ever
> know? And If your stopped, tell the occifer that it was stolen, can't be
> replaced, the DMV would make you get the new style plates, wanna drive it?
> ,
> that's a nice uniform............
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Algar [mailto:JamesA@HI-TORQUE.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 11:33 AM
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Calif. plates for 67 Sprite
>
>
> Suppose, just suppose (you know, as in "A friend of mine has this
> problem...") that you've got a Sprite with original California
> black/yellow
> plates (you're the original owner), but you've got this tiny little
> problem:
> your plates are actually a plate (singular) because the front plate went
> missing years and years ago. Technically you're in violation, but you've
> never been stopped or ticketed for it. Now, just suppose that you'd like
> to
> do a little restoration and return to having two plates; original license
> number of course. California is not about to remanufacture a plate for
> you,
> and in fact you don't want to go anywhere near the DMV with your "little
> problem." You'd just like to get one plate made (a replica?) to stick on
> the front. I haven't seen the handy-dandy "ACME License Plate stamping
> kit"
> down at the local Pep Boys. Anybody been down this particular path? (You
> subversive, you!)
>
> Jim Algar
> (If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention.)
>
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