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> Almost Perfect Vintage Plate Score
bkrantz
post May 24 2025, 08:44 PM
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In Colorado, I can use a vintage plate from the year of the car. I bought this on eBay, and if you are just a bit dyslexic, you can read it as "Type 914-4".


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post May 24 2025, 08:48 PM
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Great score!
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post May 25 2025, 11:26 AM
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That’s a real score! The plate numbers are incredible having 914/4, that’s seems almost impossible. I am about to get mine on the road for the first time as well, and my best friend Scott’s dad collected old plates here in Fl since the early 60’s. They allow you to use old plates here too, so I found this one hanging in his garage and he gave it to me. Mine is a 74 2.0 Olympic blue.


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post May 25 2025, 11:45 AM
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A friend of mine gave this one he also found on eBay for my 1974

Wish I had a pair so I could use it


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post May 25 2025, 12:03 PM
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I know I've posted this before, but I love year-of-manufacture plates. This was on my wife's family car in 74 - found it in a milk crate of plates that my father-in-law saved. Have his plates from 67 that'll go on the 911 when we get it to Indiana.
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post May 25 2025, 12:20 PM
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QUOTE(brant @ May 25 2025, 10:45 AM) *

A friend of mine gave this one he also found on eBay for my 1974

Wish I had a pair so I could use it


Maybe someone like this can make you one.

https://citylocs.com/products/colorado-meta...BSABEgIDR_D_BwE
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post May 25 2025, 04:43 PM
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These got me digging. Found my original 1974 VA plates! Used them only a few months before being forced to register in NJ.
If anyone with a ‘72 in FL just let me know; you can have it.
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post May 26 2025, 12:29 PM
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Have this on my '71 which is currently totally apart for repaint, etc. Iowa back then had the county number (Linn county) on the left.

Love the vintage plates- though I now live in AZ I drive both 914's with my vintage plates as I'm usually driving to a C&C etc. Probably just jinxed myself but I've never been stopped. The real plate is in the rear trunk...Attached Image
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post May 26 2025, 12:57 PM
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My wife found these in a local shop a few years back; gave them to me as an anniversary present. “Our 914” for sure.

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post May 26 2025, 05:04 PM
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Very cool, Bob! You saw JP present me what is also a great plate. Already on display in my shop as a remembrance of the Rt. 66 outing.

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post Jun 20 2025, 09:01 PM
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I got state approval, so these are legally on my car now. Again, just read the letters and numbers a bit out of order, and it says Type 914-4. Right?


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post Jun 20 2025, 09:08 PM
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I scored '74 plates off of eBay a few years ago.

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post Jun 21 2025, 02:54 PM
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Mine is not vintage but still had fun getting it. With Wisconsin limits to the number of number (7) I asked for 914 6 GT. got it and added the dash with electrical tape. Fun, MarkAttached Image
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post Jun 22 2025, 02:13 AM
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Well, we don't have personalized plates here, plates are always two-letter canton (state) symbol plus only numbers - up to 6 places. What they do is allow people to buy unused plates that might have numbers they are interested in - either outright or via an auction for the most wanted ones. Plates can have as few as just one number or as many as six. You can imagine that the plates with one, two, three or four numbers are either very expensive to aquire or unavailable.

Just '914' was obviously not available here and although I did find a couple of 4-numbered plates that included '914' they all started at $2K. So I settled for this which cost me $300. I think it's pretty cool. The black dots between the numbers are mine.


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(no VD jokes, I've heard them all... The VD is the two letter symbol for the canton of Vaud)
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post Jun 22 2025, 03:19 AM
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post Jun 22 2025, 07:09 PM
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I admit I am jealous of all your custom-ordered plates. I think I did pretty good watching ads and eBay listings for random plates issued 52 years ago.
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