Re: IML: California black plates

["Dennis" <Barracuda360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The black plates don't neccessarily mean the car was continously registered, 
it just means the car PROBABLY never had another sets of license plates on 
it.  Black plates can be reissued to a car if they are the original plates 
for that car and if you can prove it to DMV with an old reg card or title. 
Also a car can be stored for years, brought back out and registered and keep 
the black plates.  Generally a car with black plates is thought to have been 
an original Calif car or it could have just been here a long time.  When the 
plates changed to blue with yellow letters and numbers all cars new, or used 
ones with out of state plates got the new "blue" plates.

In case your still reading this my 1964 Dodge 880 was a CHP patrol car from 
1964 to March 1966.  It has black plates on it from when the first civilian 
buyer of the car bought it in 1966.  I bought it from him in 1999 and it had 
not been registered in 10 years at that time.

Dennis
68 Omaha Orange FB 360
67 Imperial Titanic 4 door sedan
64 Dodge 880 land yacht w 413

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan" <sunup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: IML: California black plates


> Sure Dick, of course I don't mind. I wrote directly to you because I 
> assumed everyone except me knew what this meant.
>
> Thanks for your response and have a  Merry Christmas.
>
> Dan Collins
> 67 CC
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dick Benjamin" <dickb@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'Dan'" <sunup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 4:49 PM
> Subject: IML: California black plates
>
>
> > This means that the car has been continuously registered in California 
> > since
> > the plate was issued (and from the letters on the plate we know it was
> > issued in 1968) - so the car has never been registered outside the state,
> > and has probably been registered continuously all those years - usually a
> > very good indication of good care, and typically by the original owner.
> >
> > These plates were issued in California starting in 1963, and the last of
> > them was issued in early 1969 - then the color changed to blue with 
> > yellow
> > characters.
> >
> > Since some in the IML may not have been around the last time this came 
> > up,
> > I've taken the liberty of posting your question to the list too, I hope
> > that's OK with you.
> >
> > Dick Benjamin
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Dan [mailto:sunup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 9:06 PM
> > To: Dick Benjamin
> > Subject:
> >
> > Dick, I've never heard of this - what is a black plate CA car?
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> >
> >
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