Unique antique plates/tags

Chet/Ma.

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Can we see your unique antique plates/ tags on your flat head. Even a plate topper would be nice.
My plate number has all 5's check it out.
 

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We can use year of manufacture tags in Georgia. Register the tag with the DMV and they will let you run it on your vintage car, but you must have a current tag in the vehicle somewhere just in case some cop doesn't know the law. I carry a copy of the Code Section in my glove compartment.
 
My first car was a 36 five window back in 1960. The 36 looked just like yours. But I messed it up with a chopped top and an overhead. My 35 pickup came from Commerce City, Col. It was solid to start with.
 
Here's mine, have the pair of blue/yellow, and more modern white/blue...
 

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Well, this won't sit well with some on here, but it was a very neat find. My good buddy found this original plate at a swap meet while I was building my 3 window '32 with a 327 transplant and got it for me .
 

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My dad was first issued the W 323 in early thirties and kept same until he passed away in 1983 , then I had it switched to registering my main vehicle ever since. Restored his 1937 plate for my coupe.
 

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It seems like all states have a collection of commemorative plates available for a variety causes. Michigan must of had one of the earliest issues of a commemorative plate. The plate I have of my '35 (as a year of manufacture plate), is a "veteran's plate." They were issued during years 1935-1939. To qualify for the plate you have to be a veteran of the Civil War , Spanish- American War or World War I (then NOT now!).

Tom
 
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These are a couple of toppers I have for my 1940 Panel. Dennis/Arkansas
 

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I don't run this set of plates anymore because I ran them on a cruise in Feb, and the salt made them rust almost instantly, so I had to replace them.

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So now I run this set.

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I have a set on my '55 chevy wagon, and they are 2283 555. The funny thing is I never ever thought I would own a tri-five chevy. But I lucked into this one. The plates I bought years before at a garage sale and put them on the garage wall as art. I guess it was meant to be. :D
 
OT apologies to Flathead fan and all viewers but here is something my wife noticed in his photo. The view he posted is cosmic, as in a Hubble telescope image. Check out the universe in a trunk lid. Especially those twin galaxies on the right.
 

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Here are a few of ours.
 

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