Customs Transferring plates from one vehicle to another?

Hi guys, I have a question.

I am in the process of selling my 1940 Plymouth, and am buying another 1940 vehicle. (Merc)... My question is, can I retain the plates I have and transfer them to the new car? It's out of state, but unregistered as it has been in storage for 50 years.

I ask because these ones were hard to find, 5 digit California plates and I like them- a bunch.

Thank you!

 

Call your local DMV. Good luck if you live in California.

 

Easy in AZ. Probably not so easy in CA.

 

Did the plates come on the Plymouth ? Or did you buy then register to it. If the later they are the same as Vanity plates and you can transfer to the new Mercury

 

I use Velcro

 

it was odd even gas up time in the late seventies....luckily I had both plates registered to me to keep my 396 a going....it's what we did back then....good luck with your quest !

 

In Missouri you just have to have a letter releasing the old numbers from that car. Then you go through the process and can use them on another.

 

I bought, then registered them. I saw this on the DMV website. I can pull them off when I sign the car over- yay!

 

Thanks for all the replies! Things like Velcro and gas prices are super interesting.

 

Thought that car was the keeper! Interested to see what you do with a merc

 

Just did it--sold a 40 out of state with 40 plates. I kept them and went to DMV and transferred to my 40--$12

 

Just use a screwdriver.

 

Yeah man, I know.... We'll see if it goes through. I found something really cool to start with. It will be bad ass!

 

Awesome!