California license plates
 

I am looking for pictures of what a California license plate would look like, that would have been on a 1960 truck.
Anything from 1960 to the 90's is what I am looking for.
Greg

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http://store.classiclicenseplates.co...2621_thumb.jpg

Mac.:smoke:

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yah what mac said, they were black and gold during the 60's and earlier. went to blue and gold in the 70's-80's andnow are white and blue 90'-present.

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A 1960 truck plate was a 1956 plate with a 1960 sticker over the 56 The black plates were from 1962-1969
http://www.calpl8s.com/

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Here's what the 1963 black plates looked like on my 1960 GMC back in the early 90's.

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4716/001jpw.jpg
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6112/12345zbe.jpg

As noted on the license plate link above, commerical vehicles (including all pickup trucks) required commercial plates (including those that were privately owned). These had a different numbering sequence than passenger cars, which may be important if you are doing a restoration.

Rumor had it back then, if you did not run commercial plates on a pickup and got caught with so much as a loaf of bread in the bed, you were subject to something like a $500 fine. I have no way of confirming if this was true or not.

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yellow with black numbers is correct ... 1956/1962 . now in 1963 came the black plate till 1969 in 1970 was blue . now you see alot of 1969 camaro's with blue plates . because there was a chevy strike in 69 so the 1969 camaro' with original blue plates were actualy built in early
1970 . just a little history that i heard. or somethin like that

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Interesting web link John, thanks for posting. I knew that i wanted commercial plates on my truck (number sequence preceded or ended with a single letter), but i read that anything issued with a W or above was "commercial for hire". Never knew that, but mine starts with an X, so my truck is available for hire, officially.:metal:
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f8...7/DSC00604.jpg

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Nailz I just sent you a PM. Regards, Mark.

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Thanks for all the interesting facts and pictures, guys.
What I am looking for is a California plate to hang up in the garage (the cab of my truck came from California) and I was investigating what might have been on that truck back in the day.
Man, some of those plates can get expensive. I might just get one from the '90's.
Greg.

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What plate are you looking for? I have a few sets hanging in my shop.

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:smoke: Nailz, that truck of yours is astounding. :metal:

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I originally thought a plate from 1963 would be cool, but have come to realize that any decent plate fom 1963 - 1995 (the year I bought my California cab) will do.
Greg