Gotta have a pair, whether they were issued as a pair or not. What does that mean? Well if the plates were only issued as a single then you cannot run vintage plates for that year model. This is out of the Texas transportation code.
Maybe in the book, but not true..... If you register your vehicle as "antique" they only issue you one "Antique" plate. Therefore if you register your own plate/plates, your only requied to run one, on the rear.
To answer your question, in 1927, they ran a front and a rear plate. And the YOM plate law says if it was issued single, you can run single. So techincally, you can't run single 1927. Reality is that most DMV workers won't know or care. YOM plate fact sheet by state: http://www.thebolthole.com/misc/yom.html According to the info on the chart, you can put any type of 1927 plate on your vehicle, Farm Truck, Motor Bus, Commercial, etc. Plates do not have to match the type of vehicle, just the year has to match. Maybe that will help. There was just a cool Motor Bus one that already sold on ebay. Dealer plates are another option, of which I'm a fan!
Another way to avoid running two plates is to find a dealer plate for that year of vehicle and you dont have to be a dealer to register a dealer tag. Might be kind of impossible to find one that old, though.
Don't mean to hijack a thread here but who is the best source to locate older Texas license plates? I am looking for a set of 1940 Texas plates for my Willys coupe. Any help would be appreciated. Gary
Well -- you are suppose to have TWO plates -- but I have been only running ONE plate on my cars for years and years and "so far" -- no problem. I even got stopped for speeding one time (yep -- just once so far and they never said anything about my running the one plate (got lucky I guess) I do always carry the second plate in my trunk -- just in case however Not saying this is OK to do -- just saying that I do it Later
just my 2 cents....I have also only run one YOM plate on my car...I have not had any problems...so far...In my experence most police officers do not know the law on antique plates..I guess what I'm saying is all it takes is ONE police officer that wants to make an example out of you..there are a few of them around..I know...be safe
Your right DMV people don't know and don't care... I was wonder why i only got one tag when i renewed mine last month
a twist on the Tx. license plate thing...my Studebaker came with a YOM 53 plate, I go to register them in my name and the DMV tells me the previous owner had registered the plates as "personilized" and that type is not transferable? I have to go find him and get him to sign a release? I could understand if they were the guys name or 6UL-DV8 or something clever, but a number? she wasn't too helpful as to what to do..I guess I'm gonna go get him to sign a release or POA or something..don't want to have to buy another 53 plate...
For what it's worth, I tried to register my 1934 plates on tuesday. They got out their handy book and promptly denied them because they have C M between the numbers for "commercial use" and they were the wrong colors. I'm going to try to get another set at Pate this weekend.
Pairs were issued with the first series of plates in 1917 - I've got a pair. Single plates were issued in 1945 & 1946 - the only two years singles were ever issued by the State of Texas.
In Odessa, Tx. If you go to register say a 54 plate for your 54 truck. You must show both plates and they take a photo copy, check the paint color, then give you a small antique tab to bolt to your antique plate. If you don't have both plates they won't register it. so if you don't have two plates that match you are out of luck!!
It's not that hard. If the plates were issued in pairs, you have to have the good, legible pair… both plates... in order to register them. Obviously, this prevents two cars from registering the same plate number. However, once registered, you only have to run the rear plate on your vehicle. Texas Transportation Code Section 504.501 talks to Classic/Street Rod registration, and 504.502 talks to Antique registration… most folks go Antique. Good pairs can be hard to find, so depending on the year they can be pricy. I'm not sure what years/variants were issued as singles or pairs in Texas, but I'm sure that info exists. The reg folks I've worked with usually open a big ol' book with pictures of plates by year and it tells them if they were singles or pairs.
License plate Jesse in San Antonio has lots of original Texas plates.Someone will post his number.He's usually at New Braunfels,Fredricksburg(today&Sunday)probably the round-up.
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