Vintage plates

[Bonnewagon]

Hey Jack, I went with Haggerty on my '77 TA. They have an "under construction" option that even covers your tools and parts. It must be garaged and they want a picture of that. Unfortunately I think they don't consider an old station wagon "collectable" but they may go for it as a modified/custom vehicle. I would go to their website and run it through the application process and see what they say. http://www.hagerty.com/Collector-ca...nce+Branding&gclid=CLq_1bSL2q4CFYuK4AodmQizdw Oh, and I got my registration finally. The Vintage plates are on and she's all set.

 

[Longroof79]

Hey, thanks Mark.
I'll give it a try and see what happens. The worst that can happen is they say "NO" we can't help you.

I'm glad to hear that you got your tags backs. Are they the blue ones with the yellow letters, or the yellow with the blue letters?
I think I still have a few NY plates hanging out. Some of them are pretty rough.

 

[Bonnewagon]

Jack, the school bus yellow w/blue digits. I saved my old '68 Firebird plates too, the blue w/yellow, but they are pretty rough (my stupid fault) and can't be used.

 

[455'ed80Regal]

Here in Missouri any vehicle 25 yrs or older may have historical plates. You have the option of using YOM plates so long as the license plate you want to use does not have the same number/letter sequence as a current plate. Or you can use the state issued plate. I chose the state issued plate for a one time fee of $29.75. Now I don't have to deal with taking my car to get inspected and then standing in line at the license bureau. Only downside is a maximum of 1000 miles a year for personal use. We are also required to keep a milage log in the vehicle at all times.

 

[journeyforce]

I know this is late to the party but as I just got my 85 Cutlass and tagged it historic, I thought I should chime in on my experience. In Maryland there is a few options. To get historic tags the vehicle must be 20 years or older. For vehicles 20 years to 59 years, you have to pay a registration and renewal fee every two years (like every other car) but the cost is half of the regular rate that regular cars(ones that are tagged with normal plates). For cars 60 years or older then it is a onetime fee only. Historic cars MUST not be modified

For modified cars(low riders/rat rods etc) you can get street rod tags if the car is 25 years or older

You can use YOM plates. Up until 1970 Maryland had tags with the expire date stamped on it(example EXP 3-26-66) in 1970 they switched to plates that had a 71 stamped on the corner of the plate and every two years when you renewed the tag, you got a sticker to put on the opposite corner of the plate. In 1976 they got rid of the stamped first year and moved to a month and year sticker.
Unlike a lot of states, the Historic and Street Rod tags looked just like the normal 1986-2010 MD plates with the word Historic in the spot where the Maryland.gov was at on the bottom. In 2010 MD went to a War of 1812 Plate for the regular plate(the historic and street rod tags stay the same) which will last till 2015 before changing back to the old 86-2010 plate. Maryland powers that be mentioned on the same day of release of the new plate that they would be reverting back to the old plate but after the cold reception of the new plates(a recent poll stated 90% of Marylanders hated it) there is no chance it will stay after 2015.Now while the regular plate is different then the Historic/S Rod plate now, there are still thousands of the old style (with the Maryland crest) out on the road and can still be registered. The new plate is for new registrations and for people that want the new one at the time of renewal.

From what I understand is that nobody gets pulled over for daily driving a historic/street rod tagged cars. The LEOS (Law Enforcement Officers) have far more better things to do and if they do pull you over it is for speeding or other issues and even then don’t harass you about the tag. Maryland has so many loop holes in the historic tag mandate that it is not worth it for them to pull you over for it.(I could be working on the car after work at a different location etc) But even though there are a lot of loop holes in this there is not exactly an issue of millions of Historic tagged cars on Maryland roads. Most of the classic car owners self police themselves. I mean if you got a 1969 Camaro would you drive everyday as a daily driver? Plus there are not many 20 year old or more cars out there on the road as daily drivers(currently 1992 is the newest car to get Historic tags) Also collector insurance mandates a lot of things that the state does not in terms of driving the car. Also Maryland does not look into or care whether you have another car so as to not be daily driving the classic.
but this may change as law makers are mindful that as the 20 year old qualifying period is starting to run into the 1990’s that there is going to be more of them still out there because cars made in the 1990’s were mostly reliable and worth keeping around and that means most will still be around when their year hits 20. The 1993-1996 Corolla was one of the best made and of the almost 2 million made in those 4 years it is estimated that half are still on the road

Now as for myself, I have been driving my Cutlass everyday for the two weeks even to work but I still adhere to the spirit of the law because this car is not my daily driver because I have a 2012 Scion XB. I also have regular insurance on the Cutlass just like I have on the XB with the same liability coverage. The only thing I don’t have on the Cutty is collision because frankly folks it is a $1000 car I bought to play with and book value shows it worth next to nothing, so it is not worth paying this amount for it.( The XB has all coverage including GAP )

 

[speedbob]

In washington you can buy collector plates, no more tabs.
To use collector plates, vehicles must be:

More than 30 years old.
Capable of operating on the highway.
Owned and operated as collector vehicles.
Collector vehicles may be driven:
To and from auto shows, circuses, parades, displays, special excursions, and antique car club meetings.
For testing purposes.
For the pleasure of others without compensation.
Collector vehicles may not be used for:
Commercial purposes or to carry a load.
Regular transportation in the manner of a fully licensed vehicle.

Most don't know it here but if you can come up with year correct plates and the car is 30 years or older you can have them entered and put them on your car.. The catch here is if you go the route of vintage plates, you also do not ever need to get tabs but" you will be pulled over and hastled over not having tabs. You Will get a ticket and you can be impounded for not having tabed them in over 2 months.. Try and explain to the great men and women that we hire to protect our steets that they are mistaken and they should know the laws that they are trying to protect before pulling us over for no reason.
Well to say the least, It won't be free to prove you are in the right.
Robert
http://www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistrati ... ector.html