I hope this is the last word on this.
I checked the paper work from when I first registered my Bugeye in CA. It
seems that I file the application in late November of '69 but the title and
tags were not issued until Feb of '70. The Blue/Yellow probably started in
Jan of '70 as Pat stated.
Larry Miller
----- Original Message -----
From "Rich Hill" <richard.hill at sri.com>
To: "spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 8:17 AM
Subject: RE: Calif. plates for 67 Sprite
> Yeah, that's pretty close:
>
> I've seen plates from the 40's and 50's that are both black letters on
> yellow and yellow letters on black -- they are a different size/shape than
> current plates as well.
>
> 1956-1962 Black letters on yellow plate (same size/shape as current) --
"56"
> was stamped/painted on plate and a sticker was used for subsequent years.
> No month sticker as far as I know.
>
> 1963-1970 (or so -- see discussion elsewhere) Yellow letters on black
plate.
> Stamped "63" and used stickers as on current plates.
>
> 1970-1984 (or so) Yellow letters on blue plates.
>
> 1984- first blue letters on white (reflective) plates (with the little sun
> logo) followed by any number of special plates (firefighter, LA, Tahoe,
> whale, you-name-it).
>
> Now back to something more relevant.....
>
> > From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net (spridgets-digest)
> > Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 02:06:37 -0600 (MDT)
> > To: spridgets-digest@autox.team.net
> > Subject: spridgets-digest V1 #671
> >
> >
> > Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 13:32:28 -0700
> > From: "Elliott, Patrick" <patrick.elliott@attws.com>
> > Subject: RE: Calif. plates for 67 Sprite
> >
> > 40's and 50's yellow plate black letters.
> > 1960 to 1970-ish Black plate with yellow letters
> > 1970 to 80s? blue with yellow letters.
> > 80's on - white with blue letters.
>
>
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