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From: "Michael Andrews" <mandrews53@earthlink.net>
> There is an easier way to get "black plates" ---Paint them -I owned an
> Sunbeam Alpine years ago and registered it with personalized plates with
the
> word "tailfin" on it ( the car had fins)--I sold it years later to a
fellow
> enthusiast-who painted the plates black with gold letters. He drove it for
5
> years in the Los Angeles area, even got stopped for speeding and there was
> never a question on the plates ( FYI -black plates were never
personalized).
> The car is now in the LongBeach area with the same plates. Not a legal
> solution but it looked real good, Mike TR2inLA
> ----------
This is specifically prohibited under the CA vehicle code....but has been
done a few times...lol
I believe that personalized tags could be had in the black plate days, but
only certain types. I know, for example, that a ham radio operator could
get his call sign on a black plate. My neighbor still has his black plate
with his call on it. And, since personal plates can be transferred to new
cars, it is on his 2003 Chevy truck. Kind of odd to see a 2003 with black
tags...lol
Darrell
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