1964/5 license plate.

[double ugly]

I sold the Exact, as you know and kept the plate. It is in great condition. I would like to donate it to the club so it can donate it to a member.
John
602 692 5108

[double ugly]

Looks like it will hang in my office.

[mikiec]

John, Don't give up. I gave away a 64/65 plate a few years ago. I have a 1966 plate hanging up on my wall.


Mikiec

[Dwight]

I collect 1962 to 1969 car tags.

[Maricopa]

I have one somewhere around here too. Didn't like the color of the '65 plate. I wanted gold/green tags like AZ used in the 70s thru 90s but the MVD said no.

[Bob Broberg SPF667 460BB]

Make your own plate in your choice of year and state. Here's 1965 Arizona:
1965 ARIZONA STATE LICENSE PLATE--EMBOSSED WITH YOUR CUSTOM NUMBER

AZ Bob

[Mesa Mike]

Bob...are these legal in AZ? I take it you punch in your actual plate number and then go the VMD and get some new tags?

[Bob Broberg SPF667 460BB]

Sure, if you want to get arrested. I ordered my exact, legal plate just in the 1965 date and colors. I have been pulled over by DPS who ran the plate and came up with me and my cobra since plate reads correct. Renewal stickers are in top right corner so the plate reads current. I keep the original plate in the trunk just in case.

AZ Bob

[Mesa Mike]

Think Ill get a set and wait until my new tags come (july) and put the current tags on the reproduction blue and white plate.

[Karl Bebout]

BobB, do you mean that you ordered your plate from the site you listed or did you somehow order them from the AZ DMV with the custom colors?

[Bob Broberg SPF667 460BB]

Is this too confusing for you Karl?

AZ Bob

[Karl Bebout]

Well BobB, Yes, I'm corn-fuzzed. Mike asked if the plates from the listed site could be used. You replied: "yes, if you want to get arrested". You then talked about getting stopped, but not about being arrested. I'm going around in circles.

[DWRAT]

Originally Posted by Karl Bebout

Well BobB, Yes, I'm corn-fuzzed. Mike asked if the plates from the listed site could be used. You replied: "yes, if you want to get arrested". You then talked about getting stopped, but not about being arrested. I'm going around in circles.

Bob can do it because he has the money to pay cops off, the rest of us will go to jail.

[Scotchman]

Karl,
Get back on your meds

[mikiec]

Technically speaking..

If you get stopped for committing a violation they will check your plate number and make sure the number is assigned to you and the registration is valid. They then decide whether or not to ask you to add to the policeman's ball fund. BUT, they could be a pain in the ass and inquire as to whether or not the plate is legal. i have seen people drive around with card board plates to replace lost one's.

It is illegal to deface a plate, but I found nothing about a different plate with the correct number.

[Karl Bebout]

I gotta think it would be real difficult for a LEO to site you for not having a specific color scheme, considering the literally dozens of different special plates available in AZ.

[CobraJM]

I looked into this a few months back after I already ordered my 1965 plate from the same site Bob mentions above.... ultimately I chickened out as I read somewhere it is illegal to use a plate "not issued by the state". Even though the numbers match up in the system and the MVD tag is on the internet plate at the end of the day that specific new plate was not issued by the state. Most LEOs would probably let it go as long as the numbers match in the system, but with my luck I'd get pinched on the first drive with the "new" 1965 plate. Naturally I'm currently unable to find the link to where I read the "issued by the state" info.....

It is legal, however, to get a real vintage 1964 plate (not 1965, more on that in a second) and register it with the MVD to use on your car so long as the year of the vintage plate matches up with the year of the car on the title (since the vintage plate was "issued by the state"). Also, MVD has to check that the plate isn't already in use on one of the newer plate styles that came later. In Arizona the plates issued in 1965 still were embossed with "64" but were validated for 1965 with a sticker showing 1965. As such, if you bought the replica "65" plate from the internet site in Bob's link a savvy LEO might recognize it as fake immediately as Arizona never produced a plate embossed with "65" even though the colors are the same as the 1964 accurate vintage plate. Again, Murphy's law would get me so my replica 65 plate I ordered before learning all this trivia hangs in my garage rather than on the back of my Cobra.

How I know all this but can't remember what I had for dinner any day last week is beyond me. *sigh*

[moore_rb]

Originally Posted by Karl Bebout

I gotta think it would be real difficult for a LEO to site you for not having a specific color scheme, considering the literally dozens of different special plates available in AZ.

You see Karlos? And here, you said you didn't understand..

Aftermarket license plates are illegal, according to the letter of the law

However, as Bobbie Blue Plate noted above, in the moment of interaction between you and Johnny-Law, it all comes down to how well he applies the letter of the law within the context of that particular interaction...

Obviously, when/if you do get pulled over, your first words to the cop should not be: "Hey Officer- Just FYI, but I ordered my licence plate off the Internet...."

And, since most badge-flashers are going to be concentrating on running the plate's numbers, checking the expiration date on the tag, and comparing the DMV owner record against your driver's license, it is a fair bet that they aren't going to pay attention to the background color of the license plate itself, since as you already noted, Arizona already has about 3 million multi-color, premium-fee plate designs in inventory... and I imagine very few cops are able to recognize all of them...

[moore_rb]

Originally Posted by Maricopa

I have one somewhere around here too. Didn't like the color of the '65 plate. I wanted gold/green tags like AZ used in the 70s thru 90s but the MVD said no.

Check it out - Bob's website offers that style, as well...:

1973 ARIZONA STATE LICENSE PLATE--EMBOSSED WITH YOUR CUSTOM NUMBER

[Karl Bebout]

Green/Gold, Greenish/Gold, Green/Goldish, Gold/Green, Goldish/Green, Gold/Greenish are all FUG-LEE.


Oh, what color is your car?


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