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Originally Posted by mrmustang
Twice:
a 1972 Mustang convertible in 2014
a 1968 Shelby GT 500 fastback in 2016
Both came back that they could not find the records in their archives.
Both cars were original family cars, both had their original black plates on them.
Go figure.
Bill S.
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Hi Bill,
In California the transition from black & yellow plates to blue & yellow plates happened right around 1970.
If the GT500 was licensed in Calif when new in '68, it would have had a black and yellow plate (3 letters & 3 numbers). If the '72 Mustang was licensed in Calif when new in '72, it should have had a blue and yellow plate (3 numbers & 3 letters).
I have a car that was issued a black plate in July of '69 and it starts with a 'Z'. Had another car licensed in '72 with a blue plate and it started with an 'F'.
Some people have painted blue plates black or perhaps someone put a black plate on the '72 Mustang that you had, but that would not have been the norm.
- Tim