Hi - New guy here..
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Welcome. nice Capri. To be '86 plates on, make sure your insurance card says "Historical" on it. The DMV will require that. There is no charge from the insurance company, they just need to be reminded to do it. And even if you don't get '86 plates, you will get plates that say Historical. Unless you want vanity/personal plates, in which case doesn't matter what the insurnace card says. I went the historical route, and once I found a 64 plate I switched to it (but it had to already be Historical).
Yup. eBay or flea markets. They don't make them, you have to find plates that are still around; which seems strange since people are suppose to turn in plates, but they are out there. I got mine on eBay.
The tricky part is that you need a complete set. 64/65 only had one plate, so that is all I needed. 86, I believe, had two plates; so you must find a matched set.
According to the DMV you can not paint the plates, they have to be original. That doesn't mean they have to loook brand new, the letters need to be clear enough for an officer to see them (i.e. some rust is ok). Basically, if you are happy with the way they look, they would be fine; as none of use would put ugly rusted plates on our cars
The DMV does have a listing of each year: number of plates, color, and special things. For example, 65 is a 64 plate with a red sticker on it. So for a 65 car it must have the red sticker. If you can't find the info on the dmv website I have the print out of the sheet somewhere, I can look up '86 for you.
The tricky part is that you need a complete set. 64/65 only had one plate, so that is all I needed. 86, I believe, had two plates; so you must find a matched set.
According to the DMV you can not paint the plates, they have to be original. That doesn't mean they have to loook brand new, the letters need to be clear enough for an officer to see them (i.e. some rust is ok). Basically, if you are happy with the way they look, they would be fine; as none of use would put ugly rusted plates on our cars
The DMV does have a listing of each year: number of plates, color, and special things. For example, 65 is a 64 plate with a red sticker on it. So for a 65 car it must have the red sticker. If you can't find the info on the dmv website I have the print out of the sheet somewhere, I can look up '86 for you.
Found some NY plates on ebay...
That number is availble & ok to use
Not all of them are, just because old plates are for sale doesn't mean the number wasn't transfer to newer ones.. I still have my Liberty plate #
since high school
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I was going to mention about checking them, but noticed they were not personal plates. But I did forget that people paid for personal plates to keep their previous plate number.
Glad it worked out ok.
BTW - in case future people read this. The way to check is to do to DMV and they have a page that lets you enter your desired personal plate number to see if it is available. So even though these were regualar plates, you can punch it in to see is someone used the number like Sal JC did.
Glad it worked out ok.
BTW - in case future people read this. The way to check is to do to DMV and they have a page that lets you enter your desired personal plate number to see if it is available. So even though these were regualar plates, you can punch it in to see is someone used the number like Sal JC did.