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Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 11:23 am**

While we are sheltering in place, I thought an "Audience Participation" activity might offer some distraction. Get off the couch and post a photo of your antique, Model T era (1908-1927) license plate. Let's see how many years, states, and countries we can post.
Here is an Illinois license plate from 1915:

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 11:45 am**

That’s neat Wayne. I’m assuming the slots are for the front plate held on the radiator?

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 11:52 am**

1926 Ford w/ Martin-Parry deluxe country club station wagon body

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:07 pm**

These plates willhttps://mtfca.com/phpBB3/download/file.php?mode=view&id=48199 be attached to my 1917 Speedster which is about 80% complete (and 80% to go).....

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:10 pm**

....sorry about the upside down picture. ....I didn't roll the car, just can't figure out how to edit.
Best
Dave

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:12 pm**

Florida 1927

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Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:20 pm**

Yes the slots are for mounting in front of the radiator. The plates themselves are huge: 7.25" H x 14.25" W.

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:26 pm**

That is me at 17 years old going off to war 1915 , the 37 tag is pre license plates half way through 1911 plates start and the 1912 plates go on the car for pictures we do not have YOM plates here in Manitoba. Yes I'm still going strong at 122 years old. cheers Colin

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:03 pm**

1912 California plate on my '12 Touring. This is no doubt supposed to be on the front with a solid plate on the rear. But I only have the one plate, so on the rear it goes. DMV doesn't seem to know the difference.

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:13 pm**

My plate is off the car at the moment while I attend to some fixeruppery.

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1926 Nebraska license plate

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:14 pm**

I have probably over 100 Ohio tags in various year. This is the one on my car with the hysterical plate.

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:20 pm**

Here is a picture of our 1912 with OHIO License plate
Toon

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Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:37 pm**

Here is the current Arizona plate on my 1924 roadster.

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:44 pm**

This is the plate on my 1924 Touring.

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 2:14 pm**

Here's my pet car, Clarabelle, '13 touring. Kind of hard to see the plate but it was a nice day and setting anyway. Sorry its sideways.

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 2:18 pm**

California plates from 1914-1930. My 1919 is not on the wall yet.

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 2:24 pm**

Pair required. Currently registered.

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 2:28 pm**

Not a T but I'm proud of it. I think it was 1956 North Dakota issued pioneer plates. This is a 1912 Hudson that has #12 on it. This plate was issued to this car. Also have a standard ND plate for 1912.

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 3:07 pm**

Here are 3 different states to add to the total.

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 4:10 pm**

Here is mine on my Coupe

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 4:17 pm**

here it is on my car.

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 4:28 pm**

On the 23 touring

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 4:29 pm**

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1921 pick up--home built

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 4:47 pm**

1925 California, Mercury Speedster

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 5:16 pm**

1925 Florida

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 5:28 pm**

California 1927

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 5:54 pm**

Our 1924 Coupe
Illinois Plate with City Tag

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 6:15 pm**

Original 1914 plate - most folks don't realize the "W" isn't for Washington & I'm not saying anything !

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 6:25 pm**

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:32 pm**

Original Penn state fordor up here in Maine, with the "neighbor"

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:36 pm**

"BERTS" was purchased new by my Grandfather, Bert Savage, in November 1925. This touring car has always been in our family and I am now the present caretaker. This picture was taken durning the filming of a movie "Just Like the Men" which is soon to be released and was originally written in 1912. The license plate is to honor the first owner.

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:47 pm**

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:05 pm**

None from the Great and Glorious Republic of Texas .... yet ?.. Here’s one on the ‘19 centerdoor. And heres a pair of $350 professionally restored 1927 plates I removed from the coupe I sold...any takers ?

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:18 pm**

1927 Virginia, Tudor Sedan

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:48 pm**

1916 Kansas plate. Came with the'15 t I recently acquired.

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Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 9:35 pm**

Mine is in here somewhere

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From the CO/WY Tour 2009 (I think)

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 9:37 pm**

1915 runabout. Kansas didn't put the year on plates until 1919.

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A closer look.

1923 Touring. It shows the year, but they haven't started showing counties yet.

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Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:26 pm**

Here are mine on the 1922 coupe.

Steve Tomaso,-- Those 1914 Wisconsin plates are illegal in Washington.
You should send them to me before you get in trouble.

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:55 pm**

Michael Peternell, that's a 1916 plate. Any chance the former owner thought the car was a '16?

Steve Jelf, actually Kansas didn't start dating plates until 1921. All from 1913-20 were undated.

Before 1913, many towns and cities issued their own plates. Here's a porcelain McPherson city plate I have registered on our 1910 touring.

Posted: **Tue Mar 24, 2020 11:22 pm**

This is the 1928 plate on the back of my 1913 touring. The car had the same number plate attached to the wood firewall and it had been there so long it had damaged the wood behind it. I have no reason not to believe this was the last year this car was registered and more than possible it has not run since 1928 also.

Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 12:35 am**

Here is mine with my version of turn signals, this could be used in the thread about them. Jim

Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 1:23 am**

My speedster came with 1923 Washington plates.

Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:03 am**

Here's my set, came with the car when i bought it off Kent Sumner in 2017, thanks Kent ! 23 Wisconsin plates.
Sadly we can't register old plates in the Netherlands, but the plates allowed on your historic vehicle are dark blue and not that bad to the eye as the big reflective bright yellow ones mandatory on modern cars

Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:09 am**

These are the modern plates for historic vehicles :

Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:52 am**

Unrestored plates on my 1923 Runabout. The rear plate view is with the Ford-O oil lamp and bracket. I have the spare in a running board mount. When I put the spare on the back with the regular Ford mount I put the light and plate on that spare bracket.

Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:22 am**

Both of my antique cars and legally registered with YOM plates

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Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:03 am**

Some extras...

Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:14 am**

Here is my 1922 Mississippi tag on our 1922 coupe.

Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:39 am**

Massachusetts 1914

Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 1:37 pm**

Kaiser wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:03 am
Sadly we can't register old plates in the Netherlands, but the plates allowed on your historic vehicle are dark blue and not that bad to the eye as the big reflective bright yellow ones mandatory on modern cars

Leo, you mean like this?

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Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 1:57 pm**

Photo taken December 25, 2018, showing Saskatchewan 1926 plate...

Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 5:04 pm**

'22 Center Door
1922 Colorado
Before

After

Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 5:45 pm**

Here is a unique 1925 plate I pealed off a friends garage door when helping him replace an old wooden section, district of columbia.

Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:32 pm**

That is a pair of Texas '26 plates I bought for the Express camper I'm building.
Photo was just minutes after the purchase to show my pal that I got what I wanted from a friend at the swapmeet.

Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:02 pm**

This pre state plate was on my 1904 Model T when I purchased it.

Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:08 pm**

My Betsy is a 1924, but she was titled as a 1923 by the previous owner. I chose not to correct the year when I applied for a new title (one less thing to explain to the DMV).

I toyed with the idea of replacing my Missouri antique plate with an original year of manufacture plate, but which year? To cover both bases, I bought both a 1923 and a 1924 plate. Right now they are just hanging on my garage wall.

Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:52 pm**

Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:39 pm**

1926 Michigan. Plate came with the car, at least went I bought it a couple years ago.

Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:21 pm**

The lower plate was on the 8in1 bed when I got it from Dave. It was folded under, so I didnt know it was there till I got it home. I cleaned it and straightened it and bolted it on the bed even tho its a trailer plate. The top one goes on my roadster when I figure out where I put it.

Posted: **Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:47 pm**

This is what I have on the car now it can apply to the car or the driver

Posted: **Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:32 am**

Dick, those are the standard big ones, smaller ones are available that fit the recess on a modern US car, so about 2" less wide, looks even better !

Posted: **Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:41 am**

Leo, Anja's dad saved that one, she inherited it and so I now have it. I never knew the car it was on (a 1950-something Mercedes, I think), but the number looks like it was not long after the provincial letter designations were replaced with the two-letter, four-number plates.

There is a story about that car. The family was camping in Cornwall (caravan behind the car, tents for the kids). They had just pulled into the campground and the woman running it was looking at the license plate and said to Papa, "I'm trying to place your accent. Is it Dutch?" Her English accent caused "Dutch" to sound more or less like "Dotch." Papa saw her looking at the car and understood her to have said, "Is it a Dodge?" He answered, "No, it's a Mercedes." I think she was confused by the conversation.

Posted: **Thu Mar 26, 2020 12:46 pm**

actually Kansas didn't start dating plates until 1921. All from 1913-20 were undated.

I learned that when I bought and restored a tag when registering our 21 touring. The 1915 Kansas tag for our runabout restoration is currently on a book shelf waiting to be installed on the car. I'm hoping that the car will be all back together and back on the road in a month or so.

Posted: **Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:29 pm**

1912 New Jersey

1913 New Jersey

Posted: **Thu Mar 26, 2020 9:08 pm**

My 18 Colorado plate...

Posted: **Fri Mar 27, 2020 12:21 am**

Some Canadian content

Posted: **Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:15 am**

Here is a photo of the license plate on my 1915 coupelet. I was able to find that the plate was originally registered on a 1913 Ford touring in Kingman, AZ.

Posted: **Fri Mar 27, 2020 12:38 pm**

Here’s the NJ plate that will go on my ‘24 Touring

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Posted: **Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:06 pm**

Russ, I thought Arizona plates back in the day were all copper like the ones that were on my 29 model A roadster when I bought it.

Posted: **Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:56 pm**

1924 Texas

Posted: **Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:28 pm**

In Califunny the only plate that matter is the rear one, so you really don't need anything on the front...which was good for me, I couldn't keep my front plate on the front, it always no matter what I tried kept coming lose and falling off on one side (and always the same side too). I even tried tie wraps and it still came off on that same one side....the tie wrap wasn't broken or anything, just the plate wasn't on it, yet it was the night before when I put it on.

Posted: **Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:35 pm**

EDIT: 1919-1920 Colorado License Plate.

In 1920 Colorado had a welded plate the same as 1919 with a different "Seal" on it. Later in the year, the welded plates were running out and expensive to purchase (by the State) so they returned to stamping the plates as was done by most other states. The welded plates were an attempt to manufacture the plates by the State of Colorado instead of purchasing them from outside vendors.

Posted: **Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:55 am**

Dale,
Arizona issued solid copper plates in 1932, 1933, and 1934. There were several years that plates were painted a copper color (1916, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1936, etc.). Today, Arizona issues solid copper plates for Horseless Carriage, Classic and Historical vehicles. The 1915 plate on my coupelet is only the second year that Arizona issued a license plate.
Russ Furstnow

Posted: **Sat Mar 28, 2020 10:08 am**

Thank you Russ.

Posted: **Sat Mar 28, 2020 2:09 pm**

Most Texas license plate collectors will swear that 1924 is the first full size Texas plate with the year on it. I have original small size Texas plates dated 1921 and 1922. But also have this rare 1923 set (rare because state issued to owners weren’t dated) The Key is the first letter ‘D’ for dealer.

Posted: **Sat Mar 28, 2020 2:19 pm**

Most Texas license plate collectors will swear that 1924 is the first full size Texas plate with the year on it. I have original small size Texas plates dated 1921 and 1922. But also have this rare 1923 set (rare because state issued to owners weren’t dated) The Key is the first letter ‘D’ for dealer.

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Posted: **Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:56 pm**

The picture of the car shows the original plate first used by my family in 1934. We also have the title, registration and window stickers from 1934.

The new plates are Illinois personalized plates. Each year classic car owners can get a custom plate that is good from July 1 until the Illinois state car show in September.

Posted: **Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:24 pm**

This is the boiler room door at Bureau County Historical Society
Princeton, Illinois The 1911 Model T Touring Car is on the front porch

Posted: **Wed Apr 01, 2020 11:29 am**

This is the Year Of Manufacture plate on my 1914 Touring. I believe 1914 was the first year that that California supplied the plate. Prior to that, the state gave you a number and the owner had to buy the digits and fix them to the vehicle.

: 1914 license plate

Posted: **Thu Apr 02, 2020 8:40 pm**

The plate on my '17 Touring

Posted: **Thu Apr 02, 2020 10:38 pm**

1924 Wisconsin, getting them blasted so I can repaint them. Are they supposed to be black with white lettering?

Posted: **Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:37 pm**

1913 Wisconsin

Posted: **Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:59 pm**

1919 Iowa

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Posted: **Tue Apr 07, 2020 10:29 pm**

Heres my before and after

Posted: **Wed Apr 08, 2020 2:12 am**

1926 Roadster pickup with Ca. Commercial plates.

Posted: **Wed Apr 08, 2020 4:15 pm**

I have tried repeatedly to post the JPG pictures of my plates without success. I have no clue how to change it to a GIF. Any suggestions?

Posted: **Wed Apr 08, 2020 4:39 pm**

All of my posts have been jogs, so something else may be going wrong. If you wish, you can email your photos to me at: oneof514@aol.com, and I will post for you.

Posted: **Wed Apr 08, 2020 5:32 pm**

1916 was the first year for permanent plates in Washington state.

Posted: **Thu Apr 09, 2020 11:26 am**

1925 Wisconsin license plate. Wisconsin apparently liked to be thrifty, plates were different widths, depending on how many characters.

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