Antique plates Reply #15 – November 27, 2011, 01:43:55 PM Here in Tennessee we renew our tags every year , but the antique last forever , You can also use "year of manufacture" plates displayed on the car and keep the state issued antique plates in the trunk or under your seat . However they limit when you can drive the car ... weekends or car shows only .. I didnt bother with them on My 67 stang because I wanted to be able to drive the car whenever I wanted . Quote Selected
Antique plates Reply #16 – November 27, 2011, 06:25:17 PM Here a car has to be 30 years old to be plated as an antique. It's supposed to be mostly stock - the regs say that the vehicle can't be "significantly modified" but does not define this, so you see some pretty wild cars with antique plates. You're also restricted to how much you can drive, but again this is not defined. One thing that is defined: you must have at least one vehicle with regular plates to use as a daily driver. Advantages to these plates are cheap registration (something like $25/yr compared to $180/every two years, and you don't need to have the car safety inspected every two years like you do a regular car. Really not much in the way of advantages here.Doesn't matter much, though, because there's a local insurance company that offers "silver wheels" insurance for customs/classics/collector cars for dirt cheap. They only require that you have a "normal" daily driver (doesn't even have to be insured through them) and that you have your car professionally appraised. Quote Selected
Antique plates Reply #17 – November 27, 2011, 07:26:25 PM Quote from: Shadow;373951wow.. what the hell? they tax you for the vehicles you have registered that are 20+ years old? CT is more money hungry than NJ.. all we have to pay is annual registration fees and insurance payments.. some people have to pay for inspection, if they go to a privately owned shop that does inspections (like me, it's the ONLY way it can 'pass').. most people just go to the state-owned inspection stations, which is freeNot free, just "no additional charge". Part of the annual registration fee covers the bi-annual emission-only inspection at the state -contracted stations. Quote Selected
Antique plates Reply #18 – November 27, 2011, 10:03:32 PM Quote from: hwy73;373978Not free, just "no additional charge". Part of the annual registration fee covers the bi-annual emission-only inspection at the state -contracted stations. well it's technically free.. they're not making you empty your wallet when you get inspected lol Quote Selected
Antique plates Reply #19 – November 27, 2011, 11:31:07 PM VA's antique registration is $50 for a permanent registration, no renewal required... Back in '05 I registered a set of original plates to my '69 Fairlane, was $6 back then and permanent... VA also requires you have a regularly licensed vehicle and limits you to driving more than 250mi from home... Also states no driving to work, but can be driven for maintenance purposes, club meets, car shows, etc... Vehicle is exempt from State and emission inspections(emission inspections are in northern VA only, none here on the coast) Quote Selected
Antique plates Reply #20 – November 28, 2011, 11:11:06 AM I have antique plates on my 65 here in NY. I have to renew it everyear and it runs about 25 bucks. I hate having 2 plates on a car so I went and bought a 1964 NYS plate(NY had 2 year issue plates then) with the 65 registration sticker and now only have the one on the car. In florida I had antique plates to start which were just blue but then I found a guy who had unissued plates from 1965 and after sending it to the state DMV to research that it wasnt on a car they let me put them on my cars. I had 2 65 Birds then and was able to get consecutive # plates which was pretty cool. I was at my ins co the other day looking for what my options for my 80 and 83 are although by the 80's NY plates were pretty ugly. Quote Selected
Antique plates Reply #21 – November 28, 2011, 12:05:31 PM jersey would suspend your registration privileges for not turning your old plates in :p Quote Selected
Antique plates Reply #22 – November 28, 2011, 12:13:42 PM Quote from: Shadow;374013jersey would suspend your registration privileges for not turning your old plates in :p Thats one of a thousand reasons I wouldnt live in NJ Quote Selected
Antique plates Reply #23 – November 28, 2011, 01:00:36 PM and it's 1 of the million reasons i'm leaving jersey lol Quote Selected
Antique plates Reply #24 – November 28, 2011, 11:19:03 PM Quote from: Shadow;374019and it's 1 of the million reasons i'm leaving jersey lol We'll distract the guards while you swim for it Quote Selected
Antique plates Reply #25 – November 29, 2011, 12:14:06 AM you gotta be 30+ here in FL to get Antique tags. They don't really limit you much with them. I once met a guy who had an old 70's dodge with an antique plate on it, this dude drove it as his work truck. He delivered pizzas in it. the only real advantage to getting one here is that its waaaaaaayyyyyy cheaper to register and renew, and plus you get the satisfaction of everyone behind you knowing you've got the ability to keep a 30 year old car on the road.It used to be 20+ years here but I guess the fact that 20 years now doesn't mean as much as 20 years did 20 years ago. 20 years now is something from the 90's at this point. 20 years ago, back in oh, 91, something 20 years old would have been from 71. that's not the kind of car that usually lasts 20 years. But if you could put a plate on every taurus honda and toyota on the road thats between teh age of 1991 and 1981 right now, they would make absolutely no revenue at that rate. So they had to bump it up to 30 years so they could still make revenue on the regular $300 registrations and $60 annual renewals.This means I've got a good 7 years yet before I can run them on mine. Oh well no matter to me. In FL we have a custom state plate, with the Florida Panther on it, proceeds go to helping keep them from going extinct or something like that. I figure what better plate to put on my Cougar, than one with a freakin Cougar on it. Only problem is, with the custom plate, with custom letters, on top of the very literal $300 registration fee, I'm looking at close to $400 to get my car legal. That was a real number given to me by three different DMV workers. This is the reason why I own a 3000 pound lawn ornament. Quote Selected
Antique plates Reply #26 – November 29, 2011, 12:23:27 AM Quote from: Quietleaf;374069We'll distract the guards while you swim for it they can't contain me! lol delaware seems to be fighting to keep me out though hahahQuote from: sarjxxx;374073you gotta be 30+ here in FL to get Antique tags. only 25+ here in jersey.. same in delaware, but i don't know all of their limitations yet..and i forgot to mention, in jersey, your vehicle has to have a value of at least $3k Quote Selected
Antique plates Reply #27 – November 30, 2011, 03:43:38 PM Im not worried about being limited on driving with the antique plates. I think the black and white virginia plates will look good on my black car. Ive been waiting to get these for years now! Quote Selected
Antique plates Reply #29 – November 30, 2011, 05:46:26 PM tom, i hate to rub it in, but.. delaware has next to no taxes and zero sales tax lol even property taxes are dirt cheap.. the house we were looking at was only $580 yearly property tax for 1.3 acres Quote Selected
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