Re: year of manufacturer license plates

["Mike Hathaway" <amcman2000@xxxx>]

All-Here in Washington state, 'Collector Car' plates cost $42. 
Period. Nothing else to buy, never needs renewing, don't have to pass 
emmissions. No 'daily-driver' stipulation. The only requirement is 
that the car has to be current on normal registration at the time you 
change over, has to be at least 30 years old, and can only be 
driven 'minimum' mileage. But nobody knows what that means. So I have 
my 68 and 69 Javelin, 68 and 73 Ranchero, and when my two AMXs come 
due, all with plates on them. The state also allows a car that is 
eligible for these plates to run the normal plates but to have the 
registration tab sticker reflect the year of the car (ie-1968), or to 
run the the old plates with the year stamped in the plate (ie-1937). 
Also, the plates are only for the rear, none for the front. But as 
for insurance, there is no stipulation. I carry normal Geico coverage 
on my AMX. -
Mike 
--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, AMC74HORNET@xxxx wrote:
> I don't have historical plates on my 2 Hornet's but have classic
> insurance which has some restrictions. I am required by the classic
> insurance company to have another car as a daily driver that's what 
I
> have my 77 Malibu for and use it as a winter beater. I had to 
search for
> a classic insurance company because most of them said that my 
Malibu was
> to old and was a classic itself. Taylor was the first one to refuse 
me.
> I finally found a company that in the last 7 years has been bought 
out
> twice and is now owned by Hagerty, so whatever their rules are I am
> already grand fathered in. Both cars cost me about 130$ a year for
> insurance. 55$ a car for license plates for 2 years and 10$ a year 
for
> each car for a safety inspection, no emissions inspection on any car
> over 25 years old so even my Malibu doesn't get an emissions test.
> Besides my friend is an inspector so inspections are not a problem 
for
> me.
> "Doc"