"Antique" registration and plates in Texas - anyone here have that?

[767Jockey]

I go in this week for title and registration in TX. Look like it'll be pretty straight forward, as the car is already titled in my name in NY. I'm thinking I'll title it as a TX "antique" as I don't need yearly insections to do that. Only thing holding me back is that the antique TX plates are so darned fugly. They have a Model T drawing on them, and I can't see myself putting them on my Cobra. Because of this I might just register as a Classic or Custom. Anyone here been through this? What did you register as? The end goal is to find a set of 1965 plates and try to use them, but to do that I have to try to get TX to change my title from 1984 homebuilt, which is how NY has it titled now, to 1965 Cobra. Not sure how to go about that. I live in Harris County so I have to title and register here. I can't go shopping for a more knowledgable or friendlier office elsewhere in TX.
I'd started a thread a while back on the whole process, and luckily through a bunch of calls with TX DMV it seems like the questions are down to just this now.

Anyone have any input on this?