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Eatkinson
PostPosted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 4:20 pm 
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So in the process of restoring my 1960 V200 Valiant wagon. Many steps still to go, but I've come upon this one right now.

When I bought the wagon, it came with one 'original' 1963 CA series black and yellow plate: black background, yellow numbers. I have the original pink slip showing the previous owner's name and the plate number. Groovy. Under CA license law, I can re-register using this plate as an original YOM plate registration.

BUT, here's my deal:

My wagon is a 1960. It would have originally come with a CA 1956 series Yellow background, Black number plate. I do not have this plate, nor any information on it.

HOW can I find out what the original plate number of the car was? Has anyone tried to obtain an original license plate number by doing a VIN search?

Please advise if you know anything that could help. I am wondering if this would be a lot more work than it's worth, considering I have a 1963 series plate with pinkslip. But the thought of the ORIGINAL plate number on the car strikes me as very cool.

Thoughts?
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Oh man....I just realized my car doesn't have a VIN, just a manufacturer's serial number.

Is there any way to do what I want??
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Of course your car has a VIN. The serial number is the last six digits of the VIN.

(And, um, why typing in big blue letters? The regular small black kind are perfectly readable.)

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The original small black letters are no longer available in California.

Lax Canadian standards mean I can still use them for now.

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