Antique Plates

[NEK5]

Anyone running them on their rigs? If it`s as cheap as I hear it is, I should definitely be able to afford a new DD. I may consider it for the rig, and just drive it on the weekends, and maybe to and from shows if its worth.

How many of you guys are doing this?

 

[tRustyK5]

My pick-up qualifies for "Collector" plates here. The rules here are that it has to be very near stock, 25 years or older. The cool part is no emissions testing, and insurance is comparitively cheap. The bad part is it's also limited coverage...as in you can't drive it to work more than once a week. The restrictions are what keep me from getting collector plates...that and the sneers I'd likely get when people see "Collector" plates on a 73-87 pick-up.

Rene

 

[4X4HIGH]

Oops, sorry the odometer broke and i had to replace it with a different one. The replacement one didn't have the same mileage as my broken one.

 

[tRustyK5]

LOL...it's not the mileage that's really limited. If you're driving to work everyday, and get in a wreck they won't have a hard time confirming you're using the vehicle for a DD and can deny coverage or a portion of the coverage.

Same deal for where you normally drive. I could claim I drive mostly in or around rural Vancouver Island and pay a lot less for insurance...then get screwed if I get in a wreck.

The closest I come to coloring outside the lines with insurance is claiming a GVW of 5001kg (11,002 lbs) on my pick-up. This is enough to exempt me from emissions testing...

Rene

 

[NEK5]

I think the regulations here are it can only be driven on Sundays, to and from shows, shops, or for maintenence..Just trying to think of ways I can keep this thing with gas prices the way they are.....and will eventually be. My truck will technically be an 82, so it qualifies, assuming thats the only qualification..I`ll check it out now...

 

[Citizen Rider]

here your insurance limits your mileage when classified as a classic car. Only so many miles and this and that. And honestly, insurance would question a trail rig on big tires imo.

 

[boz42]

In Tennessee any vehicle over 25 years old can be issued a permant antique tag. Rules are it most be completely stock & you can only drive it to parades, car shows & club meetings. No ordinary everyday use. No limits on mileage or what day it is. It just has to be some sort of car related function.

With that said I know plenty of people that drive antique tags on an every day basis. I really don't think that most cops know the law on this one. But it would only take one to catch you.

Punishment is revoked antique tag & back pay for regular tags however long you have had the antique tag.

 

[bp71k5]

In CA, it's a little different. It not only has to be really old, but you have to prove the vehicle has some sort of historical value, or it literally must come from the "depression era" circa 1929.

Mine has the original plates from 1971.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

I got collector plates on my truck

basiacaly my only restrications are I cant drive in January(i did anyway), and I cant haul more than 1000lbs in the back of my K5.

And I am emmision exempt and the plates are good for a lifetime.

 

[Babaganoosh]

I have historical plates on my truck, in Arizona it's 25 years old. I get people asking me what year it is all the time and they think it's cool. The reason I got them was because to be different and I like the look of them.

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I hope soon to make it look worthy of those plates.

 

[dbabicky]

I got collector plates on my truck

basiacaly my only restrications are I cant drive in January(i did anyway), and I cant haul more than 1000lbs in the back of my K5.

And I am emmision exempt and the plates are good for a lifetime.

Where are you at in Wisconsin that emissions are required. I live in Oconto County, no emissions here. You must be in southern Wisconsin.