A Date for Plates
A Date for Plates
A Date for Plates
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In Florida, if you own a vehicle built before 1975 and you can obtain a Florida license plate for the same year as the vehicle’s manufacture, you can have the plate assigned to the vehicle and be a legal license plate.
I did just that. I found a nice, original, somewhat weathered 1965 Florida license plate on eBay. It took me a while to find the right one, as I wanted one with the correct county code that corresponded to the county I live in.
To get a plate “assigned” you have to send it to the State for validation, after which they update the vehicle’s registration and return the plate to you for installation on the car.
So there it is, a 1965 Florida license plate for Hillsborough County. Nice!
And to add to the fun, I have also been looking for a correct “Zollkennzeichen”, or literally “customs plate” for the front bumper. Fortunately, the former owner had left the hardware for mounting a license plate on the front bumper with the car. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an original set of hardware, but there it was, still on the bumper.
I’ve searched and tried to find a plate that would be correct for a car such as this if it was a European delivery car. Not an easy thing. However, I did get somewhat lucky and found one on eBay that’s mostly correct.
I haven’t been able to identify the customs office number on the plate (826) as being Stüttgart, the location of the delivery center, but there are other numbers in the same range that are from that area. The tax sticker also has a very faded something “Mercedes-Benz” on it as well. With that in mind I’m going to make the assumption it’s a legitimate “Zoll” plate and was probably used for a Mercedes that was licensed as a tourist vehicle. I’ll post a close up of the tax stamp in the future.
Nothing significant here, just some weekday fun while time permits. I’m looking to take Friday off and do some major driveshaft repairs as long as the parts arrive in time...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019