1950 Colorful Colorado TT License Plates Arrived
Roxanne deserves proper badging, starting with period correct license plates. When we first met she was showing off a 1970’s Colorado Collector Series license plates, which is nice and they do have just the right amount of wear for a truck of this age. When I drove her down to get her registered in my name, they wouldn’t let me use the plates she came with. I ended up buying the Horseless Carriage plates – I think there about $12.00 for a year or so. I’ve been re-thinking that decision because those plates limit your mileage to about two thousand miles per year, and Roxanne isn’t exactly a horseless carriage. Horseless yes, but carriage? No.
Epay is the place to shop for vintage plates for your collectible automobiles. Prices range from $20.00 to well over $69.95. While there are plenty of Colorado plates, finding one with 19 50 stamped into the metal is nigh impossible – or so I thought. I ended up finding three different sets. I lost out in a bidding war for the first set, second offer was for one plate only and the third offer was for a set of TT (Truck Tractor) plates for a modest $39.95 plus shipping and tax. It was a Buy Now scenario and the plates arrived today.
The seller on EBAY was Tom & Margaret Boyd who goes by ‘licpl8s’. Tom it turns out is a license plate collector who happens to live in Boulder. Yeah, I lost a little respect for him just because he was from Boulder ;-P He is a bonafide member of APCL. Tom joined the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association in 1982 and has been active at both the international and local level. He served as Vice President of ALPCA and was Editor of ALPCA’s magazine. Locally, Tom was Secretary/Treasurer of Rocky Mountain Regional branch of ALPCA for nineteen years. Tom has co-authored three books on license plates.
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Wow, great find. I never thought about rounding up original plates for my old girl, so thank for this great idea. You truck looks awesome and congratulations on your retro, authentic license plates.
Just popping in to say thanks. I found this site through a Facebook link in one of the old trucks group. I’ve thinking about rescuing one of these old girls and had never considered a Dodge. You may have pushed me in a new direction. I’m really starting to love the looks of the pre 1953 Dodge Pilothouse trucks. I see yours isn’t a “five window”, which I think is pretty cool when you view it from behind, but what about blind spot visibility?
Yeah, blink spot visibility is low to be sure, but I don’t drive in the city her. I’ve found she really likes country roads! I like country roads too, but not so much the dirt one, except if they’re short and sweet 🙂
I would give my right arm for a plate like that for my pilothouse. Well, not actually, but seriously dude, that is awesome.