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License Plate Restoration

Posted September 4 2008 09:09 AM by MilesSpeed 
Filed under: Project Cars

I just purchased a 1966 Mustang, and was lucky enough to get the original black and gold plates. Only problem is, the plates look like a kindergartener  finger-painted the letters yellow.


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There are many companies who specialize in restoring old plates with the correct colors and reflectiveness if true to the year. I have never personally used any of them, but the photographs on the website look pretty impressive.

They all seem to be in the $75-$100 price range per plate, so being confident that the company will do a good job and not leave you plateless for too long is important to me.

I would really like to have some comments on this blog to give me and the readers some direction.

Any suggestions?
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Reader Comments:
1. Hi Liz--

Though it's not a restoration of your original plate, this is one possibility that I went with on my '69 Mustang.

I got a new plate from licenseplates.tv. It's a perfect repop of the car's original black plate and you can order whatever number you want. One plate is $75.

You could also have one of these on your car while the original plates are being restored. That '66 plate looks pretty good; much better than the original one that came on my '69.

Though the shot of the plate is pretty small here, you can still see it somewhat:

http://rides.mustangmonthly.com/ride/1008058/milesteched/1969/ford/mustang/photos/5.html

Hope this helps.

Miles Cook
Mustang Monthly

Milesteched    - Posted September 4 2008 10:06 AM

 
2. Liz--

Here's the whole link to the photo I was referencing:

http://rides.mustangmonthly.com/ride/1008058/milesteched/1969/ford/mustang/photos/5.html

Milesteched    - Posted September 4 2008 10:11 AM

 
3. Combine with this:

ford/mustang/photos/5.html

Milesteched    - Posted September 4 2008 10:13 AM

 
4. You know the plate didn't look that bad until I clicked on it and saw it full size. But I do have to say the black and gold plates look much better then the new ones we have on California.

ekimball    - Posted September 4 2008 02:56 PM

 
5. also It is kind of odd to have a license plate start with "THE" almost makes it look like a customized plate, now if you could only make up a story for the "868" part

ekimball    - Posted September 4 2008 02:58 PM

 
6. I agree the "THE" part is kind of weird, but I would feel bad about taking original plates off of a California car.


Thanks for the comments guys!

MilesSpeed    - Posted September 5 2008 08:43 AM

 

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