California YOM plates today!

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OK...so I finally got my plates registered. It was fairly easy....

what you need:

1. a pair of plates. In my case I researched and found that they assigned the 60's plates by year according to the first letter...so, if you have a 69 car you want plates that start with a Y or Z. My plates i carefully media blasted then repainted with 1 shot sign enamel black and yellow..the yellow is basically the same yellow they paint the road stripes with. I actually took yellow and red paint outside and mixed it to match some fresh stripes. The hardest part was overlapping the radius on the letters just right so it looked original. I think that originally these plates where screen printed.

2. You need to find a real or very real looking white reflective 1969 year reg sticker. They will NOT accept no sticker, or say a 72 sticker or whatever. I found mine on ebay for 40 bucks. what is silly is it is only for them to look and and xerox, when you get your new stickers your suppossed to cover it up.The sticker has to be on the plate, in the correct position.

3. 45 dollars

4. Form CA DMV 352-downloadable from the web.

5. current plates, registration and proof of insurance.

At the DMV they will sort of not know what to do, so having the form already filled out was helpfull to them. Then what they do is lok at the vintage plates and do a search on their system to make sure they are no longer in there, or stolen. You can double check before hand by going to the vanity plate site on the web and doing a test run as if tho you wanted the plates to be vanity plates..if it shows up clear there, it will also show up clear in their sytem. They do 3 or 4 checks...car,commercial, motorcycle etc. in each case a little printout pops up,it all goes in the file.

The main snag my person hit was not knowing that the code was SP for 'special plates'. remember that SP...in case they get puzzled.

they take your current plates and give you a temp reg paper you place on your car while you're waiting for the new reg and stickers to arrive. They do NOT have to send the vintage plates to Sacramento, just a photo copy of them.

I also went to a DMV in a small town just north of here, as small town DMVs seem to be friendlier and less packed so they are more prone to dealing with an unusual request than say the assholes here at the big DMV in San Francisco.

The entire process went off seamlessly.



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[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Man those plates are like brand new....NOS?

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Man those plates are like brand new....NOS?

I  metalworked, blasted and repainted them. when i got them they where all bent and messed up.

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[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Man those plates are like brand new....NOS?

I  metalworked, blasted and repainted them. when i got them they where all bent and messed up.

Damn you are an all around wizard

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thanks, but I was just patient with them. thankfully 1 shot enamel sign paint has the perfect gloss and look, and it flows real nice ,leaves no brushmarks at all,I actually brushed it on. I use 1 shot for alot of stuff on the car where I cant shoot /spray paint on it.

[68X426]

They look outstanding. Makes the Charger look even better (as if that were possible).

CHP will certainly admire them the next time you interact with an officer.

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Thanks! my inner nerd is really stoked to have real 69 plates on a 69 car.  the modern plates just looked so wrong... :scratchchin:I just wish I knew what prison stamped them out.

[bakerhillpins]

I had to read your post 2x as I thought they were brand new plates from the state!

Super paint job. Looks outstanding! 

[aone415]

AWESOME JOB... I thought those were repops by the state

[Dans 68]

Very nice, Frank! And thanks for the primer on getting the paper work together and through the DMV. Per ChgrSteve67's thread on this subject http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,58974.msg694705.html#msg694705 don't you get a metal tab for the current year sticker, and, in your case, leave the '69 sticker visible?

Dan

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looks awesome  !! nice job 

[bull]

Yea, you did a great job on those. Why do they require a 69 sticker though? As if the tags would have expired the same year you bought the car.

[Vainglory, Esq.]

Thanks! my inner nerd is really stoked to have real 69 plates on a 69 car.  the modern plates just looked so wrong... :scratchchin:I just wish I knew what prison stamped them out.

I must have an inner nerd too, since those look much better to me...

[68X426]

I just wish I knew what prison stamped them out.

Folsom!

(don't ask how I know )

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Very nice, Frank! And thanks for the primer on getting the paper work together and through the DMV. Per ChgrSteve67's thread on this subject http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,58974.msg694705.html#msg694705 don't you get a metal tab for the current year sticker, and, in your case, leave the '69 sticker visible?

Dan

they told me the new year goes in the normal space. I suppose if they send the weird tag I can mount it to the bottom right of the plate?

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Yea, you did a great job on those. Why do they require a 69 sticker though? As if the tags would have expired the same year you bought the car.

I put it down to simply weird bureacratic intertia. I guess having a 69 sticker 'proves' they are real plates or something? all I know is if you dont have it your out of luck.

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I know alot of guys that have really old cars where there was no provision on the plate itself for a year sticker, and they run the extra little plate. so it might be a catch-all deal? Like I said, if they send one, I will run it unless instructed otherwise.

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We need some side shots!!!!

[Dans 68]

...In my case I researched and found that they assigned the 60's plates by year according to the first letter...so, if you have a 69 car you want plates that start with a Y or Z....

Frank,

do you know for fact that the DMV needs the properly assigned letter plate for your particular year? In my case, for my '68, I'm guessing that to look right I would need the letter W or X, and maybe even V. Does the DMV really care? Could I use any 60's plate as long as I have the proper year sticker?

Dan

[69 OUR/TEA]

Pretty cool!!!! We have the same thing here in CT,YOM to run on older cars.They never removed the plate off mine when it left Cali in 03,happy to still have it.