JHZR2
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That’s downright recent. Back when it was blue with yellow. Some used to say “you’ve got a friend in Pennsylvania”Pennsylvania?
Blue line at the top, yellow at the bottom
Maybe US Government plates might qualify
That’s downright recent. Back when it was blue with yellow. Some used to say “you’ve got a friend in Pennsylvania”Pennsylvania?
Blue line at the top, yellow at the bottom
Maybe US Government plates might qualify
Party plates!I know Ohio has that one particular plate that has been the same since 1967. Not one you would want on your car though...
Michigan appears to have gone back in time 40 years recently with the “new” 2 color plates
The red numbers used to fade quickly, so that was probably what prompted the change.The numeral colors have changed (from red to black),
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Could be those are just minor detail differences, such as when old dies wear out and they make new ones. New more-reflective paint formula, etc.OP, you may have to qualify what "same plate design" equals. Here are two Alaska standard/ default plates. They are different designs, to include the size of the stars on the flag. But a casual look- the plates look the same.
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According to a web search, the changes which appear very minor, are official license plate generational change. I would not have identified the changes without the web search description of the official/formal changes, which seem very small, but I guess not according to the Alaska DMV.Could be those are just minor detail differences, such as when old dies wear out and they make new ones. New more-reflective paint formula, etc.
LOL It must've been a slow day at the DMV.... "The new lemony-yellow paint and revised star layout on the flag will spur greater attentiveness and safety amongst our licensed drivers".According to a web search, the changes which appear very minor, are official license plate generational change. I would not have identified the changes without the web search description of the official/formal changes, which seem very small, but I guess not according to the Alaska DMV.
Blue and yellow?Besides the Michigan colored one? (have one of those)
Delaware must have been the first to issue “reflective” plates…I remember when the letters would reflect WHITE when in your car headlightsWhen I lived in Delaware they were reissuing some numbers below a certain number, amd then you could reissue a non-traditional black porcelain plate that dates back far. It is a 1942 style.
But the standard Delaware plate itself is the same as far as I remember. It is consistent,y the same plate dating back to 1962, with the screening approach being the only change. Virginia white and standard NC plates seem to never change either.
But I vote Delaware - same since 1962.
nice roll pan.I like the vintage Cali black and yellow.
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California is different than I’m used to because apparently the plate stays with the car. So an old car could have the same plate forever. When I bought my 300CD in LA, I drove it home across country because the plate was mine since it stayed with the car and I had a bill of sale.Someone should quantify that a plate has to have been attached to a car in 19xx and aside from validation stickers it will be the same piece of metal and stay legally valid. The California and Delaware examples seem to be at the top of this contest.
Seems like there are a few "well these plates pretty much look the same." If one is compelled to unscrew an old one and replace it at renewal time, the old style is, in fact, invalid.
KY is that way also, which was completely foreign to me when I first sold/bought a car here.California is different than I’m used to because apparently the plate stays with the car.
Yep!Blue and yellow?
State of Delaware does not directly reissue the small black plates. They just allow the recipient of certain low number digits sets below a threshold to apply to a third party service to make state approved black plate with the allowed low numbers on them and with a valid registration sticker, be installed on a registered Delaware vehicle.When I lived in Delaware they were reissuing some numbers below a certain number, amd then you could reissue a non-traditional black porcelain plate that dates back far. It is a 1942 style.
But the standard Delaware plate itself is the same as far as I remember. It is consistent,y the same plate dating back to 1962, with the screening approach being the only change. Virginia white and standard NC plates seem to never change either.
But I vote Delaware - same since 1962.
That's the first plate I had when I moved to NC in 1984 and was still using the same plate when I left in 2010. It wouldn't surprise me if that's the longest running plate today.North Carolina "First in Flight" since 1982 and still going strong in 2022.
NC First in Flight Plate