Black license plate

[Mapearso]

Originally Posted by 72.4me

Wow lots of good info..I'm leaning towards selling mine on ebay..I could use the $ on some needed parts...

they will fetch good money!!

[FirstOwner69]

Originally Posted by Mapearso

My '72 has its original black commercial plates, sequence 62 345 G. But I know that some '72s came with the blue plates.

Just a guess, but I believe it may have had to with WHERE in CA the truck was originally registered??? Big cities may have churned thru the black plates faster while some places still had a stock of older plates.

I have definitely seen this with cars -- all my original, one-owner black plate 66s (2 chevelles, a GTO and a Skylark) were from LA and Orange County and had a sequence of Rxx 123 or Sxx 123. The 67s were Txx 123 and Uxx 123 and so on. But when I bought an original, one-owner 66 from up north in little Eureka, CA the plate was BXR 123....

We moved to southern California in June, 1968. Our 65 Impala SS was issued XDB 377. We bought a new car in October or November, 1968 and it got XNM 4xx. The 69 truck was purchased new in November, 1969. It got 73 8XX D. If I recall correctly all plates were issued at a DMV office in Anaheim.

[leddzepp]

Just checked with my dad, our 64 1/2 Mustang that he bought new at LJ Snow in Colton had plates issued from the Berdoo DMV that were SRX 749

[RedRoad]

Here is a list of issuance, up to about 1964

[factorystock]

Originally Posted by factorystock

Around 1968, the letter A was introduced on black plates, this time at the end of the sequence. 1971 was the last year of the black plates on commercial trucks, at this time it ended with H.

Correction, J was the last letter used on end on sequence for black plates , not H.

[Ol Blue K20]

I wish that issuance chart was complete my 66 Chevelle was SNX 996 and I believe it was purchased new in Vacaville.

[RedRoad]

Me too, my 65 suburban has its original plates starting with REW, soooooo close!