I have a feeling most every time many of us drive our trucks it can be considered testing. 
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Anyone running historic or antique plates?
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I have a feeling most every time many of us drive our trucks it can be considered testing.
Here in MD we have a "historic" tag which is anything 20yrs or older, an Antique plate and a street rod plate, both of those are 25 or older with street rod being for vehicles "substantially altered from stock form" . All have restrictions for use but no actual mileage limits, basically it says you can't DD it or use it for work or commercial purposes. I run street rod tags on the K30, because , well , it is definitely "altered" from stock form
. The street rod tags basically allow for almost anything, you could technically run open headers, of course if you are operating in a town with a noise ordinance you can still be ticketed. With all that being said, I don't drive the K30 a lot, but when I do I've never had a problem at all. I once had a state trooper turn around and follow me for about 10 miles then pull in behind me at the gas station to get a closer look, just to ask me who built it and how I liked the tires
I smiled and told him I built it and we proceeded to bs for the next 15 minutes about off roading and how he's been working on a first gen Bronco for the last few years.
blazerz
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i have 4 vehicles with historic tags here in maryland....2 lifted blazerz, a 40 coupe street rod and a 67 chevelle that is more of a race car...i drive them all alot around here with no problems....i used to live in baltimore and i had alot of problems with the police then, and my friends that still live there say nothing has changed.....i stay away from the city....
Yes, this is an old thread, but I don't see the point of a new one to talk about the same thing.
If I drive the K5 to dunefest or a build and greet or even an overland event, it should be easy to call these "historical club activities" since CK5 is mostly filled with vehicles over 25 years old, we look at the other vehicles, take pictures, etc. I think you could also get off the hook driving to work once in a while, based on your regular vehicle being broken (you're running for parts?). But what about a quick run to town just for the fun of it? It's hard to accept that historic vehicles shouldn't go on pleasure drives. I see no mileage limitations in MI. It all seems perfectly fine as long as you have at least 1 non-historic vehicle (per driver) that gets the majority of use.
I agree with Dorian - I'm always testing something on it. If I go to a friends house and they have old vehicles, who's to say that's not a show, display or meeting? Any effects on the insurance?
If I drive the K5 to dunefest or a build and greet or even an overland event, it should be easy to call these "historical club activities" since CK5 is mostly filled with vehicles over 25 years old, we look at the other vehicles, take pictures, etc. I think you could also get off the hook driving to work once in a while, based on your regular vehicle being broken (you're running for parts?). But what about a quick run to town just for the fun of it? It's hard to accept that historic vehicles shouldn't go on pleasure drives. I see no mileage limitations in MI. It all seems perfectly fine as long as you have at least 1 non-historic vehicle (per driver) that gets the majority of use.
I agree with Dorian - I'm always testing something on it. If I go to a friends house and they have old vehicles, who's to say that's not a show, display or meeting? Any effects on the insurance?
I got a Vintage plate for my '72 K5 here in TX. Hasn't arrived in the mail (yet) since it's special order.
No annual inspection required.
No window sticker required.
Fees are good for 5 years before renewal is due again.
Parades, Car Shows, Repairs, etc. Only.... not intended for DD use.
Seemed fine for a truck that sits in my garage and inoperable. Once it's functional, I doubt I'd leave the Vintage plates though. It old enough not to require smog checks... but I'd have to renew every year and pass a basic safety inspection.
-G
No annual inspection required.
No window sticker required.
Fees are good for 5 years before renewal is due again.
Parades, Car Shows, Repairs, etc. Only.... not intended for DD use.
Seemed fine for a truck that sits in my garage and inoperable. Once it's functional, I doubt I'd leave the Vintage plates though. It old enough not to require smog checks... but I'd have to renew every year and pass a basic safety inspection.
-G
I had collector plates in OH. My dad got a ticket driving it one night. Got the ticket thrown out, but the judge recommended getting classic plates. Apparently the difference is that it doesn't have the BS restrictions about only going to car shows, etc. I just had to buy some original 72 plates, then they register them to me. It's good for like 20 years. Still not supposed to drive it a ton, but it's totally legal on a vehicle that's old enough.
I'm getting more and more tempted to run vintage plates. Renewal fees seem to keep going up, and for a rig that is run maybe two weeks a year, $80 seems ridiculous. I'm sure that's pennies compared to some states, but for two weeks use, it sucks IMO. It's far more percentage-wise than my car, which is used more than 25,000 miles, and the tabs are around $50. Weight based fee kills the truck. Heck, even just for the hassle of having to get tabs it seems worth going vintage.
Not sure about other places, but a few years back a local news channel ran a "crack down" on people abusing vintage plates. So it's a fairly tight rope to walk. Daily driving is definitely a no-no, but infrequent use, even for pleasure, I think would be hard to prove you weren't doing for testing purposes, repairs, etc. I believe ours even has a statement of "for the pleasure of others", and if that isn't open to interpretation, I don't know what is.
Not sure about other places, but a few years back a local news channel ran a "crack down" on people abusing vintage plates. So it's a fairly tight rope to walk. Daily driving is definitely a no-no, but infrequent use, even for pleasure, I think would be hard to prove you weren't doing for testing purposes, repairs, etc. I believe ours even has a statement of "for the pleasure of others", and if that isn't open to interpretation, I don't know what is.
I had them on the cucv and drove it to work daily. I work at a truck shop so it was for exhibition use only. I exhibit it every day.
I have historic plates but I'm not running. In WA with historic plates you only register once for life.
I run Authentic plates on my Blazer. $35 for lifetime registration is hard to beat!
I do however pass on the "Historic" insurance. I do use my truck outside the bounds of a historic vehicle sometimes (Dunes, Pleasure cruises, towing, etc.). I prefer to keep standard insurance on it for those purposes.
-Rob
I do however pass on the "Historic" insurance. I do use my truck outside the bounds of a historic vehicle sometimes (Dunes, Pleasure cruises, towing, etc.). I prefer to keep standard insurance on it for those purposes.
-Rob
WI has a bunch of plate types available. I run four different types among my vehicles. Each one has its own set of restrictions. Collector plates have no annual fee, but they restrict load capacities in pickups, for example (but not suburbans). They'll probably never check my weight, but I pay the biannual farm truck fee to make sure I stay on their good side.
Michigan State Patrol did pull me over last summer saying that they couldn't find my military plate in their database.
Cntymnty77
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I’m getting ready to. Here in Missouri we have historic plates and then YOM (year of manufacture) plates.
Our historic sounds like everyone else’s. Log books, mileage limits, no inspections, etc..
YOM is what I want to do, find a plate the same year as the vehicle, no inspections, no mileage limitations, no logs.
Our historic sounds like everyone else’s. Log books, mileage limits, no inspections, etc..
YOM is what I want to do, find a plate the same year as the vehicle, no inspections, no mileage limitations, no logs.
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No option here in TN but Antique. Pretty strict on the uses. Parade, event, or weekend.
Ohio has Historical or Collector plates. For Historical plates the vehicle has to be at least 25 years old and only used for special events (parades, exhibition, etc...). For Collector plates you have to prove the vehicle is actually considered a collectible, such as referring to certain "collector car guides" that are published. You also have to list another vehicle as your primary transportation by listing it's plate number and info on the application.
I've heard stories both ways regarding running Historical plates in Ohio. I know guys with nice restored old muscle cars that regularly drive them out to eat on the weekends and periodically to work and have never had an issue. I also know a guy who ran these on his highly modified off-road Toyota truck (40" tires, tube bed, etc...) who got pulled over and the tags confiscated in the town he lived in.....kinda' ironic because he is a police officer for an adjoining district..... Based on those stories it seems like those with nice and shiny vintage cars, like like old 'Vette and Camaros, never have a problem but highly modified and not "show car" pretty vehicles often do. Overall I would hope a cop has something better to do then to pull over an old car with Historical plates that is cruising down to the local restaurant for dinner.....
I've heard stories both ways regarding running Historical plates in Ohio. I know guys with nice restored old muscle cars that regularly drive them out to eat on the weekends and periodically to work and have never had an issue. I also know a guy who ran these on his highly modified off-road Toyota truck (40" tires, tube bed, etc...) who got pulled over and the tags confiscated in the town he lived in.....kinda' ironic because he is a police officer for an adjoining district..... Based on those stories it seems like those with nice and shiny vintage cars, like like old 'Vette and Camaros, never have a problem but highly modified and not "show car" pretty vehicles often do. Overall I would hope a cop has something better to do then to pull over an old car with Historical plates that is cruising down to the local restaurant for dinner.....
It's worth it. I'm running year correct plates on my C10 that are a one time fee that is good for life. I drive it at least once a week but it's easy to say I'm taking it in for a repair estimate of I were to get stopped.
As an added bonus, you only need a rear plate.
Carcinogen
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That's totally worth it right there. I don't remember how much the ticket was for but I've been pulled over for front license to high(behind the windshield). I'm sure it would have more than covered the cost of collector plates.
