We moved to a small farm in SW Colorado this past spring. Lots of projects and a few cool things came with the place. The coolest find of all was this morning as we were rebuilding an old storage shed. Up in the sub roof was a hole that was probably for a wood stove sometime in the past. The hole was covered up with a set of 1940 Colorado plates with very little damage. They were between the sub roof and the tin on top so they were a PITA to get out but I finally succeeded without doing any damage. Not only are they correct for my 40 Tudor, they have the correct county code. Makes me feel like buying this place was meant to be. The place came with a 59 Chevrolet pickup bed that has been made into a junk trailer. Its definitely fixable and I would make a fellow HAMB'er a good deal if it was of use. Another bonus was an old hay trailer that has been sitting for at l1 plus years without being moved. It is a flatbed built on an old Ford frame and has a set of 35 wheels and old tires that have for sure not seen any use since the PO bought the place 11 years ago. Still holding air and not as cracked as my 3 YO POS trailer tires, or the 4 YO Michelins on my OT truck.
Never have really seen how license plates were made... Being from Ohio they were made in the prisons when I was growing up...Would be nice to see how they numbered them...There were different letters for different counties I believe....
Colorado county 32 in 1940 was Montezuma county. Couldn't have been many of them made in 1940, and probably very few remaining. Nice find!!
Yes, and that is where the farm is located. It was originally a ranch but much of the original land has been sold and its now more accurately described as a farm. The farm would be HAMB friendly if it were a car, as it was originally settled in 1930 and the house was built in 48. I posted something about the new place on the Garage Journal https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/basement-garage-and-shop-in-colorado.490273/, as it has an unusual basement single car garage that was never used by the PO. He said the original owner kept a Model A in it and used it in the winter to deliver milk to the intersection a mile away as it was able to run through the snow with its narrow tires. The garage door is different than any I have ever seen as its a set of narrow panels and swings around the corner on a rail. My first project was to tear out all the junk in basement and convert it to a man cave/shop.
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