[CobraJM]

I looked into this a few months back after I already ordered my 1965 plate from the same site Bob mentions above.... ultimately I chickened out as I read somewhere it is illegal to use a plate "not issued by the state". Even though the numbers match up in the system and the MVD tag is on the internet plate at the end of the day that specific new plate was not issued by the state. Most LEOs would probably let it go as long as the numbers match in the system, but with my luck I'd get pinched on the first drive with the "new" 1965 plate. Naturally I'm currently unable to find the link to where I read the "issued by the state" info.....

It is legal, however, to get a real vintage 1964 plate (not 1965, more on that in a second) and register it with the MVD to use on your car so long as the year of the vintage plate matches up with the year of the car on the title (since the vintage plate was "issued by the state"). Also, MVD has to check that the plate isn't already in use on one of the newer plate styles that came later. In Arizona the plates issued in 1965 still were embossed with "64" but were validated for 1965 with a sticker showing 1965. As such, if you bought the replica "65" plate from the internet site in Bob's link a savvy LEO might recognize it as fake immediately as Arizona never produced a plate embossed with "65" even though the colors are the same as the 1964 accurate vintage plate. Again, Murphy's law would get me so my replica 65 plate I ordered before learning all this trivia hangs in my garage rather than on the back of my Cobra.

How I know all this but can't remember what I had for dinner any day last week is beyond me. *sigh*