Black California license plates with yellow letters were used from 1963 through 1969. They always had the letter-number configuration ABC123. In 1970, CA switched over to blue plates with yellow letters, using the series 123ABC and eventually 1ABC123. In CA plates stay with the car, not the owner (unless they are vanity plates, which can do either), so a black plate car simply means it's been continuously registered in California all its life (by any number of owners). Chris in LA -------Original Message------- From: dnieblas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Black plates are the original license plates issued to car. I had a 57 Chebby a long time that came with its original front and back black plates. This was when I lived in CA. I believe they are called black plates, because they were actually black with yellow numbers/letters up to 1958 when they were reversed and became yellow with black numbers/letters in CA. I have a vintage 1957 FLA license plate that I bought a while back. That one is white with dark blue numbers/letters. I am now looking for a 1958 FLA plate for my Imperial. In FLA it is legal to register a car with antique plates. An option that I will explore in the future. Bye for now. Doug 1958 Crown coupe > > From: "Dodd, David J" <David.Dodd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > yea, my 66 has black plates on it. Its the plates that the car got back in the 60's, 6 digits 3 alphabetical and 3 numerical lets everyone know your a local. Doesn't make the car drive any better or faster.
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yea,
my 66 has black plates on it. Its the plates that the car got back in the
60's, 6 digits 3 alphabetical and 3 numerical lets everyone know your a
local. Doesn't make the car drive any better or
faster..
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