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Originally Posted by SBDave
I was under the impression that you could get these retro plates for any year vehicle (IE putting a black and yellow plate on a modern car). The article makes it sound like it is only for the year vehicles that these plates originally came on. Can anyone clarify this?
Thanks!
Dave
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Yes. "YOM" (Year of Manufacture) is a different program that CA offers. This is reassigning the era correct plate to your car. It's my understanding that currently it's currently valid up to 1969 (last year of the black plates) Blue plates maybe one day, but not yet.
The "Legacy" is what you were reading about, and here is more info on that:
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/legacyplates/index.htm
I looked into this last year, and, as mentioned, it's basically a vanity plate. same cost as one, and up to you if you choose your own lettering, or take a random assigned one. These new plates will be more like new plates with the reflective paint, etc.
I much prefer the YOM as it's the real thing, and cheaper.
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/reg_hdbk/ch21/ch21_36.htm