Guest 1997 Z71 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 How do the license plate laws and rules apply for early vehicles in California?, I have recently picked up my first antique auto and I have many questions. I have a 1914, maybe 1915 dodge brothers and I was wondering what license plate I can use. It has not been in the DMV system for more than 30 years. It would look nice with an original 1914 plate.Any input greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32bizcoupe Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 My understanding is that you can either get a regularly ( modern ) isuesed plate, a historical ( modern ) plate or if you can find two original plates from the year your car was manufactured and they are cleared through DMV you can use them. Sometimes you can find them on e- bay. I would recommend getting ( modern ) historical plates, I think they told me 40.00 not sure, for now. Then if you find originals later you can change. Good luck with CA DMV ( you'll need it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 If you have AAA, they have DMV services in their offices. The wait is easier to bear and the people at the counter are more courteous and seemed more knowledgeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texacola Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 If you Google "California Year of manufacture license plates" it will link you to the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cadaber Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 You can also call or go into the DMV and ask if the plates are clear. If they are, then you have to send in an application to Sacramento to use them on your vehicle. They also run a historical data on your vin for the vehicle as well. Be very careful purchasing plates, you named to make sure they are clear or you will get burned rather quickly. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ply33 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 How do the license plate laws and rules apply for early vehicles in California?, I have recently picked up my first antique auto and I have many questions. I have a 1914, maybe 1915 dodge brothers and I was wondering what license plate I can use. It has not been in the DMV system for more than 30 years. It would look nice with an original 1914 plate.Any input greatly appreciated.A 1914 plate on a 1914 car would be a "year of manufacture" (YOM) license.If you have AAA, they have DMV services in their offices. The wait is easier to bear and the people at the counter are more courteous and seemed more knowledgeable.When I did it the AAA where I live would not do YOM registrations, you had to do that at the DMV.If you Google "California Year of manufacture license plates" it will link you to the rules.And/or you can look the page on my web site California Year Of Manufacture (YOM) License Plates which appears to be the top listing when you Google "California Year of manufacture license plates". I have a link to the motor vehicle code there to which will give you a starting point to look for other licensing options for the car if you can't find suitable original 1914 plates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DodgeKCL Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 (edited) You may want to watch for the various yearly renewal charges for the different plates. It can add up over the years. In Canada regular 'Historical Vehicle' plates are $18 a year renewal. Regular modern plates(actually it's the birthday sticker in the corner in all cases) are $70 a year renewal. You can have these on your antique if you wish. They are the same plates as on a daily driver. YOM plates are, I believe, somewhere's around $280 to set them up and then $70 a year for renewal. Plates with sayings on them, like '1940 DODGE' are again around $280 to set them up and $70 a year after that. You can guess what most of us have. In 10 years of ownership of personalized/YOM plates the cost would be $700 'renewal' plus $280 to buy them=$980 or $20 short of $1000 for plates! It actually may be over $1000 as the personalized plates may have HST of 13% on their purchase. There is no tax on the $18 on 'Historical Vehicle' plate renewal. I understand this system and costs is pretty much common across North America. Edited December 18, 2011 by DodgeKCL (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanatejeda Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Hello,Everyone is pretty accurate with their answers. If you happen to have the Title and the VIN is where it's supposed to be, legible and not damaged it should be no problem. Everything else is dependent on what kind of plate you want, Regular, Personalized, Historical or to the year. On getting actual year of manufacture plates you have to be careful because they have to be actual California plates, not remakes. You need to make sure that the number is approved by DMV. All this can pretty much be check via the internet.What I have done is find a set of old plates, it didn't matter to me if they were old originals or remakes and use them for show purpose only.Id you can deal with Triple A they are easier to work with, as long as you have all your paperwork ready. CHP will have to check your VIN numbers if you don't have any paperwork. They will also make the determination if you vehicle is a restoration that can be registered as the year that it was manufactured or if you will have to register it as a new construction vehicle and have to register it appropriately. As long as you are restoring to original you shouldn't have a problem with this part.Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanatejeda Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Oh! Here is the Internet Web Site for California DMVCalifornia Department of Motor VehiclesGood luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 In Oregon you only pay once for YOM plate registration. I think its the same for state issued special interest plates.I would not be able to afford annual renewals on all of my driving cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 In Oregon you only pay once for YOM plate registration. I think its the same for state issued special interest plates.I would not be able to afford annual renewals on all of my driving cars.It's the same thing here in WA for collector vehicle plates. I'm not sure about YOM plates here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ply33 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 In Oregon you only pay once for YOM plate registration. I think its the same for state issued special interest plates.I would not be able to afford annual renewals on all of my driving cars.Question was about California plates with an emphasis on YOM. In California you pay the full yearly regular registration fee plus a yearly fee for the YOM. Since you are paying "full fare" for your registration the state puts no restriction on use. Your insurance company may restrict how many miles you drive and if drive to work or not, but the state has no driving restrictions on YOM plates.I recalled that the YOM fee was the same as the fee for a "vanity" plate but just pulled out the last set of renewals and see that my "special plate fee" for YOM was $10 while the "special plate fee" for my wife's plates was $38. So I guess YOM is cheaper than the modern vanity plates. In both cases the registration fee is $69/yr but there are other fees based on value of vehicle and county fees that add on to that.If you opt for the historical plates, the fee is reduced but the state does put restrictions on use. For example it can only "operated or moved over the highway primarily for the purpose of historical exhibition". See V C Section 5004 Vehicles of Historic Value Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1997 Z71 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Thanks for all the input. The YOM is new to me and has really cleared up alot. It's hard to believe that the state would put into place something that makes since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwollam Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Post the serial (frame) number of you car here and we can tell you when it was built. Did you get a title with it? Was wondering why the question of 1914 or 1915. Only a very small handful of DB's that were built in 1914. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DodgeKCL Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 For a country that was founded because of excess taxation,you Yanks have more taxes then any country I know!! I've just become aware of it because of the internet but you guys pay 'property taxes' on your antiques vehicles every year like you pay on your homes. And sometimes you pay to the municipality AND the county! The only place in Canada this was tried was in Toronto for the last 3 or so years ($70 at sticker time) and it has now been scrapped because of public outcry. Too American for us. It's really strange but for a country that supposedly hates taxes, you have far more of them than your northern neighbour and you call yourselves the land of the 'free'. Nothing in the U.S. is free,everything is taxed. Time for another revolution? Just a comment on taxes which we ALL hate ,Canadians and Americans alike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 It is time for another revolution.We need to put an end to 'Career Polititions'.By the people for the people. !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ply33 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 For a country that was founded because of excess taxation....I believe the rallying cry was "no taxation without representation" the real issue being representation not the level of the taxes per se. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DodgeKCL Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 This is way off subject but I have a bit of an audience of educated individuals who may help me out. We Canucks notice you have a serious problem with crime and punishment regarding money versus murder. You let OJ away with murder, the LA police say they never did have any other suspects, but put him away for 10 (?) years for theft of his own junk! You put Martha Stewart away for about $32000 worth of stock manipulation and Bernie what's his name got a thousand years for a money crime. You sentenced that guy that tried to sell Obama's senate seat for 14 years! Yet you wil not sentence people for murder and mayhem. We Canadians see it all the time on the news from across the border and just shake our heads. I believe the guy that killed John Lennon is already free and in a half way house or was it the guy that tried to kill Reagan? Why the inordinate lean towards punishment for money crimes and not for murder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1930 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 It all comes down to dollar bills and who likes/dislikes you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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