Is this correct without a month sticker?
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Re: 1974 CA Blue License Plate-No Month Sticker
My info says you are correct. The blue plates, through 1974, were validated by the end of February of each year with a 3M reflective sticker bearing the date of the new year. As with the older black plates, the "year" sticker was placed on the right side of the plate in the sticker well. In 1975, California went to year-round registration, with a "month" sticker on the left and a "year" sticker on the right.
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Re: 1974 CA Blue License Plate-No Month Sticker
Paul
it is technically correct for a newly registered car in CA in 1974, in that only a year of registration sticker was issued. Starting in 1976, a month sticker was issued to be applied in the left hand box. To me, the plate looks a little naked with no month sticker, but that is because we have seen them that way for 35 years now. If you decide to buy a month sticker on Ebay for instance, get one that is white with the wide red band through the middle, the old style, rather than the new version that is white with bold blue letters.
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this info is online, and may be accurate --->
1976 was the year that California started staggered registrations.
1975 stickers had been issued for the calendar year 1975, with no month stickers to go with them.
In 1976, drivers received month stickers based on the center two characters of their plate.
In January of 1976, a driver would get an expiration somewhere between July of 1976 and June of 1977.
Therefore, only half of California's vehicles got 1976 stickers.
The system was based on the B and 2 from a type ABC 123 or 123 ABC configuration.Comment
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Re: 1974 CA Blue License Plate-No Month Sticker
Paul-----
It might be. California used to register cars on a Calendar year basis. In other words, the registration ran through December 31 and had to be renewed for the following year prior to that time. During those years there was no month sticker used.
Sometime in the early 70's the process changed. Cars were then registered for one year from the date they were purchased (instead of a pro-rata amount until the end of the year). Existing cars were assigned a registration expiration month based upon, as I recall, the last digit of the license plate number.
I just do not recall when the change took place.In Appreciation of John HinckleyComment
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Re: 1974 CA Blue License Plate-No Month Sticker
the CA registration on my corvette expired on december 31 every year up to 12/31/75. there was a $24 yearly fee. after 1975 i was issued a different sticker and charged $26 which extended my registration to 1/16/77. thereafter registration expired on 1/16.Comment
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Re: 1974 CA Blue License Plate-No Month Sticker
Thanks everyone. That is very useful information. I must conclude that the plate is OK as is without a month.Comment
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Re: 1974 CA Blue License Plate-No Month Sticker
Paul------
If you wish it to be "frozen in time" for 1974, that's correct (based upon the date-of-change information others with better recollection than mine provided).
"Frozen in time" is OK for this. These plates cannot be used for registration in California since California does not yet allow the "retrofit" of blue-and-yellow plates to cars for registration purposes. So, the plates can be used for display purposes only.In Appreciation of John HinckleyComment
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Re: 1974 CA Blue License Plate-No Month Sticker
Joe,
I know my 1974 came from CA via TN based on the seller's (to me from TN in 2008) history. In fact it came from Palm Springs in 2006 East and the solid if unrestored frame shows that. Very nice condition.
What I am trying to do was spawned by the NCRS dealer and zone data. That verified that the car was originally delivered to Dealer 173 in Zone 34 but unfortunately dealer 173 cannot be identified. But zone 34 is NV, AZ, or CA.
I do a lot of local shows in the summer and the car (although just a rubber bumper C3) does attract a lot of attention from the public. So my thought was to get a 1974 CA plate and a repro AAA Enterprises window sticker to reflect the "possible" origins of the car. This has been done. And I contacted a Chevrolet dealer in Cathedral City, CA re a dealer plastic license frame to add to the mix. He (the Principal) graciously offered to send one to me free-of-charge. (His dealership will appear on the AAA window sticker.)
I must emphasize that this is all for show and historic purposes. People who go to shows love such historical (if only "close") references. There is no intent to deceive and my car is properly plated for road service.
Re Don's comments above, I do have a month sticker and after some thought may well use it. I doubt many people here in Canada would know it was not used in CA in 1974.
Last edited by Paul L.; February 7, 2011, 05:22 PM.Comment
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Re: 1974 CA Blue License Plate-No Month Sticker
i have seen the blue and yellow plates on a few older cars. it is in the time frame of the blue and yellow plates that california started issuing vanity plates. i believe if you have blue and yellow plates originally registered to your car they can be used.Comment
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Re: 1974 CA Blue License Plate-No Month Sticker
Sure, if your car has been continuously registered since the 70s with the original blue/yel plate, it can continue to be so registered, as is also the case with a car registered from the 60s with its original black/yel plate. But, I am assuming that his car is currently registered with a CAN plate, and if his car was now a CAL registered car, after it went out of state for a time, it would today have a current 7 digit, white/blue "lipstick" plate. OP is in effect tagging his car with a YOM plate and sticker, but there is no YOM program yet in CA for cars newer than 1969. Since OP is in CAN, this is all mute anyway, because any CA plate he hangs on his car is just for show anyway. To OP, that is the right MAY sticker for your car, and the plate would look most "right" with it on there IMHO.Comment
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Re: 1974 CA Blue License Plate-No Month Sticker
Don------
Exactly correct. Blue and yellow plates cannot be re-assigned for registration purposes to a car they were not originally assigned to (with the exception of special plates that were around during the "blue-and-yellow period" like ham operators, vanity plates, etc.).In Appreciation of John HinckleyComment
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Re: 1974 CA Blue License Plate-No Month Sticker
Paul------Joe,
I know my 1974 came from CA via TN based on the seller's (to me from TN in 2008) history. In fact it came from Palm Springs in 2006 East and the solid if unrestored frame shows that. Very nice condition.
What I am trying to do was spawned by the NCRS dealer and zone data. That verified that the car was originally delivered to Dealer 173 in Zone 34 but unfortunately dealer 173 cannot be identified. But zone 34 is NV, AZ, or CA.
I do a lot of local shows in the summer and the car (although just a rubber bumper C3) does attract a lot of attention from the public. So my thought was to get a 1974 CA plate and a repro AAA Enterprises window sticker to reflect the "possible" origins of the car. This has been done. And I contacted a Chevrolet dealer in Cathedral City, CA re a dealer plastic license frame to add to the mix. He (the Principal) graciously offered to send one to me free-of-charge. (His dealership will appear on the AAA window sticker.)
I must emphasize that this is all for show and historic purposes. People who go to shows love such historical (if only "close") references. There is no intent to deceive and my car is properly plated for road service.
Re Don's comments above, I do have a month sticker and after some thought may well use it. I doubt many people here in Canada would know it was not used in CA in 1974.
The month sticker shown is exactly like the month sticker on my car and it has not been changed since the change-over to the new system in the mid-70's. However, as been previously stated, your 1974 probably did not originally have a month sticker when it was first registered.
Also, in the pre-80's period, most dealers here in California that installed license plate frames with the dealer name used METAL frames, not plastic. Many changed over to plastic later, though.In Appreciation of John HinckleyComment
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Re: 1974 CA Blue License Plate-No Month Sticker
It was finally approved JULY 1, 2010 where the old BLACK and GOLD plates from 1962 thru April 1969 could be used in registering a vintage car of the era. So good luck thinking the blue with gold lettered plates will be used anytime sooner than 2050. It took 41 years to get the above approved.
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Re: 1974 CA Blue License Plate-No Month Sticker
i have purchased old plates to display on my cars, but ncrs likes to retain originality. if i see blue and yellow plates on a california car i know that i am looking at a item that has been with that car for 30 to 40 years. it's nice for the owner of that car to be able to display that plate without a lot of imitators using plates they bought at a flea market!Comment
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Re: 1974 CA Blue License Plate-No Month Sticker
Jim, you might be surprised and find they go YOM for newer cars a little quicker than previously. Being the state is bankrupt, and the YOM program costs DMV nothing, and brings in more money to the state, (YOM registration has a premium cost the first time, and each succeeding year as well I think) they may decide to offer it up to the end of 6 digit plates (I can't remember now when that was) sooner rather than later. One never knows,,,,Comment
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