Vintage plate lawlessness

[TulsaSpider]

I'd love to get a vintage 77 plate for my car. In Ok. if you get a vintage plate you are supposed to drive it less than 1000 miles only to shows and all that crap. This is my daily driver. Anyone else done this kind of thing and suffered the consequences?

[kristoj]

In Ohio, you have to prove that the car with a vintage plate is NOT your daily driver. This basically entails you having another car with regular plates that is registered in your name (which you declare as your daily driver). So I have historical plates on my Spider, but I don't rely on it for daily transportation. I do drive it to work pretty frequently in the Summer (technically, I am not supposed to drive it to work at all with historical plates), but no one had ever given me grief about that.

[ROOK1]

When you say "vintage 77 plate" do you mean a standard issue plate originally issued in '77 or vintage/historic vehicle?

In Utah we have Special Interest and Vintage Vehicle plates. Special Interest plates are for cars 20+ years old and Vintage Vehicle are for 40+ years old. There are no restrictions by the state on how much you drive the vehicle on the Special Interest plate but there is on the Vintage Vehicle plate. There is another category called Antique plate which is for plates that were issued the same year as the car '73 and older. You can use these plates from the year of issue on the same year of car if the number isn't already in use. I am going with the Antique plate option on my Spider.

There may be driving restrictions from your insurance company depending on how you register it as well as how you insure it.

Examples.

[TulsaSpider]

I mean a plate from ' 77 they are readily found on Ebay. Just looking for feedback. I wouldn't get a new one that says antique, unless they make it cheaper!

[kristoj]

Like Utah, Ohio stop issuing individual plates by year in 1974 (instead going to a decal for each new year). So any vehicles made in 1974 or later are not eligible to use a vintage plate.

[TulsaSpider]

Ours were still stamped.

[ROOK1]

I'd love to get a vintage 77 plate for my car. In Ok. if you get a vintage plate you are supposed to drive it less than 1000 miles only to shows and all that crap. This is my daily driver. Anyone else done this kind of thing and suffered the consequences?

I just went to the OK DMV web site and it doesn't say anything about limited driving. It's just about filling out a form, paying a fee and keeping the original issued plate in the car but I may have missed something on the site. Here is the link to the form. http://www.tax.ok.gov/mvforms/750-B.pdf Your state makes it pretty easy to individualize your cars. I bet you have 300+ choices of plates. Here's my favorite.

[TulsaSpider]

Oh ok That's cool. I had read a couple different things on there but that looks like exactly what I want to do! Thanks! Rook1

[danaspider]

The amount you drive in a year is more on the insurance side, if you have it titles as an "old" vehicle. Washington has plates you can get that are stamped as the year of manufactuer. You keep them forever on the car, so pay a bit more. They have the regulations that you mention, but I think the police that are looking for those are the same ones who check your matress tags.

So if you are not getting a tcket every week, then you are probably ok in OK.

[brad131a4]

I have collector plates here in Washington state. These are for cars 30 years and older. They can't be used for a car that is a daily driver as once you pay for the plate you are done you don't have to pay for tabs as long as the plate is used on the car.There are also antique plates but I think the car has to be 50 years or older.

[So Cal Mark]

I was in Las Vegas last week and the new plates there are completely flat. They now look identical to the souvenir plates in the tourist shops. All you need is a sticker in the corner. It leaves the door wide open for any vanity plate you could think of. Just don't get stopped by the local gestapo

[mbouse]

in the "Winter Wonderland" it's slightly different, and I expect every state will be slightly different.

We have historic plates and antique vehicle plates; two separate kind of plates. the historic plate is a year of manufacture plate, originally issued for that year as a general plate. in other words, a 1978 vehicle can use an old 1978 license plate. it costs the owner $35 as a one time fee, never needing renewed.

i just sold a '69 Triumph with a '69 Michigan plate. Had the buyer been a Michigan resident, he could have used that 1969 plate for that car for the rest of his life.

the Michigan antique vehicle plate is a brand new, never before used plate. it is good for exactly 10 years and costs the owner $30.00. currently those being issued look near identical to standard issue plates, except they say either "historic" or "antique". boring and bland, but some people need them because they cannot find a Y.O.M. plate for their car.

BOTH plates require the owner to swear on a stack of owners manuals that the vehicle is used for car club events, parades, etcetera...(gotta love that word) but not for general uses such as commuting. with either plate, it is generally handled under the honor system, except for guys like me.

I am very well known in my county, and my car is equally well known. I have the only two running Fiats in the county, and use my '80 everyday for six months straight. I also know about 50% of the local and state police officers by name, and i am certain that they all recognize me. (my right foot is made of lead)...Sammy Hagar wrote a song about me.

the real kicker here is what the insurance company can and will do if THEIR policy is violated. State Farm is substantially more restrictive than the State of Michigan, because they strictly prohibit daily usage, and do not use the word "etcetera".

we currently use a Y.O.M. plate for the '78, which easily fits both the state and the ins company's rules about restricted use vehicles. and, the '80 uses a standard issue plate, and regular car insurance....cuz i just drive it too much.

[TulsaSpider]

Thanks for all the input guys! My insurance is standard. I was only wondering about the plates. ^_^
Thanks again!

[kkemerait]

I got Antique Plates for my spider, same laws in Maine as most places. To get Antique plates the car "cannot be my primary vehicle" ... no problem for me.. I drive my other car more miles .. but who would know anyway .. never been pulled over for it.

[So Cal Mark]

wouldn't it be your primary vehicle any time you were driving it? After all, your other vehicle would be home in the garage as a spare