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Old Nov 24, 2004 | 11:57 PM
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They make you have them in California. Custom plates are pretty expensive here so i just took what they gave me...

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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 12:02 AM
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Rhode Island requires front and rear plates. Mine says':
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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 12:05 AM
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I've got the original plates from 1970 on mine...no custom plate that I could come up with would top that

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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 01:30 AM
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Going to pick up personalized plates...you guesed it VTTEDRM. I can get collector plates, (and never have to pay for the sticker again) however the Province of Alberta does not offer personalized collector plates. Front plate: CORVETTE

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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 01:42 AM
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It seems like EVERYONE around here has custom plates on their vettes....Ohio has front & rear ....expensive ? YES! Mine..KENS 69 .

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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 02:28 AM
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Here's my front:



And rear:

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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 02:44 AM
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Want to see some ugly plates, check out the ones in Europe... Our plates in Finland are not the ugliest... Our special plates costs about 1300USD and still you can get only 2-3 letters and 1-3 numbers and you cant mix them... So you can have for example VET-75 or ZL-1, but not Z-06 because there must be two letters and numbers can't start with 0... So be happy for the plates you have!

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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 04:58 AM
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here in ny, you are required to have F&R plates, my front plate is sitting in my map pocket, in case I'm pulled over.
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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 06:23 AM
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Here in Ohio it's both. I use to have personal plates
PACE 78
I got tired of the rediculous annual cost (I had them on 3 vehicles) Anyway I went with historical plates at a one time fee of $25 well actually they are only good for 50 years but at age 57 I don't think I'll be renewing
You can buy personalized historical plates but you go back to an annual fee.
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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 07:28 AM
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Here in Mass we have had two plates for a few years. During the nice weather months I have CHEVY 1 on my 73 and during the bad weather months I have them on my winter car.

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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 07:45 AM
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Also, Vanity Plates in Mass cost $70.00 per year.

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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 07:49 AM
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I have antique plates on my '70 so no personalization allowed.

Present plates on other vehicle I own:

2001 Excursion V10--- BIGGEN
2003 Red Rubicon (wife's) ---- RED RUBI
1994 EB Explorer ---- NEUROTIC (wife used as a DD)
1991 Mustang GT ---- NERVIS

Best one I had was on my '87 Z-28 ----- BYE-BYE
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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 08:04 AM
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used to have personalized plates: 1FAST1
but it was expensive.
now use year of manufacture plates on my 79. have plates from 1979 on it. looks cool. i like it.
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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 08:10 AM
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WA requires front plates. So:



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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 08:10 AM
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I have personalized tags on my truck that say EDZ Z71. I have yet to come up with anything that is it for my vette yet.
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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 08:12 AM
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We have rear plates only here in Arkansas. I have "antique" plates on my Camaro that never have to be renewed. The Vette can get one next year. I have "Heartbeat of America - Yesterdays Chevrolet" on the fronts.

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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 08:40 AM
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Year of manufacture.

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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 09:34 AM
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Minnesota dosen't require front plates after a certain age, just found that out last year when I got the plates for the vette. I'm just glad that if I do get collector plates, they won't be those God-awfull blue ones I had when I lived in Wisconsin! They are enough to
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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 10:02 AM
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In Ohio you can register any vehicle 25 years old and older as historical, and you can then add to that registration a model year plate of which you are required the rear only

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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 10:02 AM
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It's a law to have front and back tags here in Virginia so I'm just using my forum nickname for now.
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