my flea market find

[jott_06]

I got this set of 68 Ohio plates from a flea market yesterday about 30 miles from me. The man had about every year Ohio plate you could think of and he had multiple sets of each year. This was the worst set out of the 4 sets of 68 plates he had. I got them for $15. He had a set that were near mint for $20 but thats all i had on me because I mainly just went for the ride and didnt intend to buy anything. The next time i go i plan to buy the mint set if he still has them and i'll use them for wall art and use these for my truck.

[Longhorn Man]

i recently got a set of 72's for the burb. I need to repaint them though as the front one was a little rusty... I'd give them a 6 or 7 outta 10.
Only problem with 72 tags is they are straight up michigan colors.

[Ace in the hole]

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

Only problem with 72 tags is they are straight up michigan colors.

I don't see a problem with that

[Longhorn Man]

Originally Posted by Ace in the hole

I don't see a problem with that

I KNEW one of the MI guys was gonna jumpon that.
I had considered chainging the color on them... I haven't confirmed it, but I've been told you can do that here on vintage tags, but I figure I'll leave them alone... they kinda look like Cali tags at a glance.
Hmmm, maybe I should go with the goldish yellow on black.

[jott_06]

The thing with my plates is from a glance they look just like the plates that are on state vehicles in Ohio

[Redneck-Mafia]

Lucky you!

Here in Cali we can't run anything but new unless it's old enough to be yellow plates or you have the original black or blue registered to the vehicle.

I bought a yellow plate w/black letters for my Harley at the swap meet a couple of years ago for about $50. It took a YEAR to get them registered to the bike!
Why do you want them? what are you going to use them for?... it was hell. They finally registered them as "year of manufacture" and sent little tabs to put the stickers on. I have to pay about $50 a year more for having "custom" plates and they now supposedly belong to the DMV. If I ever stop using them I'm supposed to turn them in to the DMV.....yeah, right! I'll be right there!

Dave

[Longhorn Man]

Originally Posted by jott_06

The thing with my plates is from a glance they look just like the plates that are on state vehicles in Ohio

wait till you see the next plates they are planning on... they look GAY!

[chrislehr]

Congrats. I just got 1970 plates (see av) for my truck. Love having the matching plates.

[Premium72]

i got a 72 ga tag on mine. but thats when they started using stickers here, so the tag is stamped 70 on one side an has a 72 sticker on the other..oh well. i still like it!

[Chevyholic]

I'm still waiting for delivery of my 71 plates. Hopefully, they will be here in the next couple of days. Then comes the lengthy process of getting them approved for my truck.

[lks dcvn]

Nice plates - I found a set on ebay that were still in the Ohio BMV envelope (matched set) - they had some surface rust on the back and were a bit dirty - but after some simple green and some light work with some steel wool - they look brand new...

[myoldchevytruck]

Picked up a really nice 68'/69' Red Florida Plate from eBay. $20.00 shipped. It's a perfect match to my 68' Front End and Red Bowtie/69' SWB Stepper Bed, Cab and Frame. I'm waiting for it to come back from Tallahassee so it's legal.

[chrislehr]

Originally Posted by Chevyholic

I'm still waiting for delivery of my 71 plates. Hopefully, they will be here in the next couple of days. Then comes the lengthy process of getting them approved for my truck.

Yer in TX.


I spent 20 minutes at the tax assessors once I had the plates in hand and I was legal.

[1971 K10 shortbox]

I have a set of 71' that I bought last fall up here in Michigan, I Paid $25 for them and they are still brand new in the envelope the came in. Not a scratch, no rust. They were left overs from 1971.

[lts70]

How can I find out if I can run original plates in Utah on my c-10 70daily driver?

[lowrollin70gmc]

I just put 1970 plates on my GMC I think they were $15 on ebay from western SD and unused. A whopping $10 and I'm registered for life! Beats the $50 I was spending yearly on personalized plates.

Sent in one little form and some pictures, got registration back no questions asked.

[Longhorn Man]

they are "truck"plates, they just don't say it.
They cost more becouse the vehicle weighs more, and hauls more, which does more damage to the road.
I pulled the wool over there eyes on the longhorn... the guys said "That's a good lookin old C/20 there". Even though it's not a 20...i knew it was much cheaper to say it was... so i just said "Yup... it's coming along". I think it's like 20, maybe 25 less a year as a 3/4 ton.

[72BlckButy]

Great find... plates around don't go for that kind of price even if your family owns them!