Remember them metal license plate frames that

[GOPAPA]

dealers put on your new car or truck when you bought it ? It had the dealers name and town to advertise their place of business.
I had a couple on my new 65 Chevy Truck I bought new and did not keep them .

Well, I have seen two of them on Ebay for a couple years or more now and they wanted $100 each for them.. I waited thinking they would come down and just lately they went up to $120 each and one has sold

Just like a lot of things as I get older,, I change my mind and say ,,forget it ,,I dont need that as bad as I thought I did...

Just curious about if any of you have any from the town you live by and bought a car or truck from

[Keith Seymore]

Yep.

[mr.mud1]

very interesting.i too have been watching those frames on Ebay and where ever else i see them,looking for a needle in a haystack,Leo Hoffman Chevrolet from City of Industry,California,where my truck was bought new.i have seen one on Ebay in a couple years of looking.it was the awfulest looking mess you ever saw,pitted to death and $200.00??i just stumbled on a guy on Facebook who reproduces whatever dealer you need so i'm having one made.it won't be correct or original but it won't be $200.00 either.

[special-K]

I first saw those when I went to CA in the '70s. Growing up in the east California is what the car scene seemed all about. Not just cooler older cars than back east, but cooler dealer IDs. Back here they were drilling holes and putting their promotion on the fender of your brand new vehicle. By the '80s they were stick-on. Then they caught on to the license plate frames, but they were plastic by then and some dealers still didn't get it. They'd use the frames and still stick their name on your paint somewhere!

I bought a few vehicles from out west that had the dealer frames. I must have let them get away. I still have a "Keep On Truckin'" one and maybe an, "I'd Rather Be Fishin'" one. I still have a pair of plain narrow chrome ones in the package to put on something.

I do have a Harley dealer one from San Jose, CA

I know the feeling of realizing I may never have many of the things I've loved all my life and have always wanted due to how crazy expensive they have become and to the fact that I don't expect to ever earn as well as I once did. I hope I can at least build the '67 and '72. And hope I can keep them, and afford to drive them, until I die.

[FleetsidePaul]

I have a few.
Bob Smith VW in Hollywood
Richard Hibbard Chevrolet, in Claremont
Collieau Chevrolet in South Pasadena where my 71 was bought new
Mandy Williams Oldsmobile in West Covina (I lived next door to it when I was a kid) And Bewley Allen Cadillac in San Marino where my Eldorado was bought new.

They're all in boxes right now. I should dig them out and hang them in the garage wall.

Like you the first thing I did when I bought a car was take them off and chuck them in the trash. I wish that I hadn't done that now but who would have ever thought that they would be worth anything.

[CG]

I have the Keep On Truckin and Bonneville Speed Week frames. What I would really like to have is two really nice Ed Black Chevrolet frames for my Burb since that is where it came from.

Almost forgot I have Dont Follow Me Im Lost, its a little bent up though. It was on my 57 Chev when I spun out in a corner, went through a fence, and knocked down a couple of small trees. I still have the license plate from that car too, it has a Bicentennial expiration tag (sticker) on it. I might have forgotten the actual date of my first and only car totaling but Ill never forget the year =)

[old Rusty C10]

I have never put one on my car in fact i throw them away when a dealer puts one on a car i buy new. I also remove those stickers with the dealership name.. . The only time i kept one was when i had a camaro back in the day that came from Hendrix down south ony because i was a NASCAR fan back in the day

[special-K]

I always threw the plastic ones away but I always thought the chrome metal ones were cool. Here in Mt. Airy with all the transplanted urbanites you can tell which ones this is a bedroom community for, where they work and make their purchases where they came from. Their dealer license plate frame tells the story of the area they came from along with their attitude . We have a Dodge and a Ford dealership in town and all the rest in Frederick, the tradition hub city for this rural region. I'm north of town on a road that stems off of Main St, the opposite way people commute to work and moved here from. These people have never made that left turn, which I feel fortunate to say

[GOPAPA]

I would post a photo of the license plate frame I am talking about ""but when I try to put it on this site it says a security token is broken " not sure what that means ,,do you ?

[Boog]

Originally Posted by GOPAPA

dealers put on your new car or truck when you bought it ? It had the dealers name and town to advertise their place of business.
I had a couple on my new 65 Chevy Truck I bought new and did not keep them .

Well, I have seen two of them on Ebay for a couple years or more now and they wanted $100 each for them.. I waited thinking they would come down and just lately they went up to $120 each and one has sold

Just like a lot of things as I get older,, I change my mind and say ,,forget it ,,I dont need that as bad as I thought I did...

Just curious about if any of you have any from the town you live by and bought a car or truck from

Yeah, today's mentality is anything old is retro = valuable so jack up the price on the smallest of things. Sheesh!

[mongocanfly]

Larry, sometimes when I get the broken token, I'll type in a few words, go ahead and post reply, then go back and edit it, add the pic and itll take it..

Mr. mud
I'd be interested in knowing who the guy is that reproduces those frames
Does he have a website?

[GOPAPA]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Yep.

That is a great looking one Keith ...

[QUOTE=mongocanfly;9150306]Larry, sometimes when I get the broken token, I'll type in a few words, go ahead and post reply, then go back and edit it, add the pic and itll take it..

I will give it a try,, Nah! Thx ,,but that doesnt work for me as I need the down load options cause I never could get that Url thng doable..

[weasel29gm]

My buddy's dad collected license plates, when he passed Cody got them. In the mix was 7 boxes of dealership plates and frames, i got them. After I retire this month I'm going to sort them and see what's there. Approximately 700+ should be a good little project.

[GOPAPA]

Originally Posted by weasel29gm

My buddy's dad collected license plates, when he passed Cody got them. In the mix was 7 boxes of dealership plates and frames, i got them. After I retire this month I'm going to sort them and see what's there. Approximately 700+ should be a good little project.

That will be a very interesting and fun time looking thru all them plates.. If you ever need a bit of help with what is what about the worth of them plates ,,feel free to give me a hollar as I have been collecting for years now.. I have over 200 on my garage walls and a few are worth some big money ..each state has a few that are worth a lot .. like for instance the 1928 Idaho plate with the big potatoe on it ,, a set is worth around a $1000 dollars and a single is worth over $250 depending on its straightness and color .. .. I think I have a 1926 W Virginia plate and it maybe close to a $100 these days as license plates have gone up..

[special-K]

I have some porcelain plate from the teens, nineteen teens, when they first went into use. They became required but the state didn't issue them. Mine are marked on the back "Superior Novelty Co.". I think they made porcelain signs and got into making tags once they were required.

[GOPAPA]

Originally Posted by special-K

I have some porcelain plate from the teens, nineteen teens, when they first went into use. They became required but the state didn't issue them. Mine are marked on the back "Superior Novelty Co.". I think they made porcelain signs and got into making tags once they were required.

Hang on to them Tim your grandkids will like em,, I think thats where mine will go unless I have to sell them to buy gas.. ha ha

I do know that some porcelain plates ,If I remember correctly Delaware with the numbers 1-2-3-4 -5 or so that one guy owns them all and he paid something like hundreds of thousands of dollars each to buy them as they are the very first ones given out in that state ,, also a low numbered Alaska tag 1911 is worth one heck a lot too ,, it all started before 1911 with the states asking people to write down a number on a piece of cardboard and hook it the front of the car ..

The 1928 Idaho Plate has a big potato on it and it is was the first state to put a picture on a"Pacific Wonerland" and then in 2012 they put out a flat plate with this inscription and since then none at all ,,this is on their regular plates ,, all state have some that are rare and worth a lot ,,

[LockDoc]

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A friend of mine gave me a pair of these frames when he moved to California and worked at DE ANZA Chevrolet back in 1964. They have been on the same car ever since, my 1936 Ford Coupe.

LockDoc

Re-post from this thread:

https://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vbo...d.php?t=787835

LockDoc

[weasel29gm]

He kept the car tags, these are dealership with name, town etc. 700 is a conservative number I think it will be more.

[yuccales]

My first tax paying job I had. Started in detail then lof's and PDI's. First car came from there.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by GOPAPA

Hang on to them Tim your grandkids will like em,, I think thats where mine will go unless I have to sell them to buy gas.. ha ha

I do know that some porcelain plates ,If I remember correctly Delaware with the numbers 1-2-3-4 -5 or so that one guy owns them all and he paid something like hundreds of thousands of dollars each to buy them as they are the very first ones given out in that state ,, also a low numbered Alaska tag 1911 is worth one heck a lot too ,, it all started before 1911 with the states asking people to write down a number on a piece of cardboard and hook it the front of the car ..

The 1928 Idaho Plate has a big potato on it and it is was the first state to put a picture on a"Pacific Wonerland" and then in 2012 they put out a flat plate with this inscription and since then none at all ,,this is on their regular plates ,, all state have some that are rare and worth a lot ,,

I've always had a thing for Wyoming tags with the cowboy on a bucking bronco. I'm sure that's a favorite of many. Tennessee made tags the shape of the state for awhile. Not all states can even try that. Maryland sure wouldn't work.

I was given my teens porcelain plates by a customer of mine. I did work for this widower for several years at her farm. I came along after her husband had passed away to to maintenance and repairs. He was a Model T/Model A guy, had about one of each sitting there when I first started. The porcelain plates were spread here and there in the buildings and I gathered them up and put them in a better spot. When they saw that I did that they said I could have them. I gave a set to my buddy who plays with Model Ts.

I couldn't find any pictures of those porcelain plates, but I came across these N.O.S. '72 Virginia truck plates that are an oddity. I didn't know they were odd when I bought them. Virginia back then went with white letters on black for even years and black on white for odd years. My even year tags are black on white! I'd tell guys about them and they'd say someone must have painted them or they didn't even believe me. I've had them a very long time. Finally I told a vintage license plate dealer about them and he knew exactly what I had. Prisons, at least used to, made license plates. In '72 they goofed up and did the first batch wrong. The state had no choice but to issue those until a batch of correct ones could be made. Mine must be ones that didn't get issued before the correct ones came in. I wonder how much the crazy license plate collectors say those are worth. The only thing better would have been a set seven numbers down the line, T400 327. I had a '68 with 327/TH400

[A1971Blazer]

Not exactly the same scenario but when my Dad would be a new car, the first thing he did was pull off the dealer's decal...
when I asked him why.......he always would say
"they ain't paying me to advertise"

[Boog]

^^^^ Right.

[Steeveedee]

^ So true! When I was younger, I'd even cut the tag off my Levi's. Mr. Strauss buys me the jeans, I'll leave the tag.

[GOPAPA]

Originally Posted by A1971Blazer

Not exactly the same scenario but when my Dad would be a new car, the first thing he did was pull off the dealer's decal...
when I asked him why.......he always would say
"they ain't paying me to advertise"

Sort of like my story of the license plate frame of the dealer ship I bought my new 65 chevy truck from.. I ordered the truck and told Walt Reitman that I did not want undercoating on the truck .. he went ahead and done it made me mad and for having to pay $15 for something I did not order,, so I took the advertising frame off ... I was 19 years old and soon learned that sales people do these things and say things like OOPS ! didnt remember you asking that..

[GOPAPA]

Originally Posted by special-K

I've always had a thing for Wyoming tags with the cowboy on a bucking bronco. I'm sure that's a favorite of many. Tennessee made tags the shape of the state for awhile. Not all states can even try that. Maryland sure wouldn't work.

I was given my teens porcelain plates by a customer of mine. I did work for this widower for several years at her farm. I came along after her husband had passed away to to maintenance and repairs. He was a Model T/Model A guy, had about one of each sitting there when I first started. The porcelain plates were spread here and there in the buildings and I gathered them up and put them in a better spot. When they saw that I did that they said I could have them. I gave a set to my buddy who plays with Model Ts.

I couldn't find any pictures of those porcelain plates, but I came across these N.O.S. '72 Virginia truck plates that are an oddity. I didn't know they were odd when I bought them. Virginia back then went with white letters on black for even years and black on white for odd years. My even year tags are black on white! I'd tell guys about them and they'd say someone must have painted them or they didn't even believe me. I've had them a very long time. Finally I told a vintage license plate dealer about them and he knew exactly what I had. Prisons, at least used to, made license plates. In '72 they goofed up and did the first batch wrong. The state had no choice but to issue those until a batch of correct ones could be made. Mine must be ones that didn't get issued before the correct ones came in. I wonder how much the crazy license plate collectors say those are worth. The only thing better would have been a set seven numbers down the line, T400 327. I had a '68 with 327/TH400

I believe they are at least worth close to $100 to a Virginia collector .. they must of been a short time issued plate ,, as like you stated every other year they switched number color and background color