Dave,
I have to disagree on the color of license plates in use in
California in 1957 in your answer to Glenn in New Zealand.
California issued plates in 1956 and next in 1963.
The 1956 plates were black letters on yellow background.
Stickers were then issued 1957 through 1962.
The 1963 plates were yellow letters on black background.
Stickers issued 1964 through the next CA plate which I recall as
1971.
Wayne Graefen
(ex-Californian and glad)
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Homstad" <dhomstad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: License Plates
Glenn,
California in 1957 was black with yellow lettering. They used
ordinary black
paint into at least the early 1960s.
The movie studios in California can make plastic plates with any
alpha
numeric combination they want. These are just not legal on the
street, but
OK on the studio set. A friend of mine had some he "retained"
after renting
his car for a movie.
I have considered taking several plates and cutting out the
letters that I
wanted. Then re-welding them back into a plate with the
combination that I
wanted. The only problem is that in Minnesota, the plates were
"reflectorized" starting in 1956, so I would need to have a
special source
to recoat the plate. I suspect that Minnesota was a leader in
"reflectorization" because 3M, a Minnesota company, is the
original material
provider. More work than I wanted to do.
You may want to look for some license plate collectors on the
Internet.
Dave Homstad
56 Dodge D500
> -----Original Message-----
> From: glenn barratt [SMTP:FURY@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 4:01 PM
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [FWDLK] License Plates
>
> Can someone tell me what color the license plates would have
been in
> Hollywood, California, in 1957?
> And does anyone have a good source for manufacturing custom
vanity
> plates, in the style/color of the originals for the year/city?
> Thanks in advance.
> Glenn.
> 57 Fury.
> New Zealand.
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