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Quote from: pchmotoho on July 27, 2018, 08:23:58 AMFor the yellow on blue they don't require a model year registration sticker on one of the plates prior to issuance.  Not sure why they required it for any YOM plates to begin with.

It sort of makes sense for the pre-1963 plates, to require the sticker or metal tag that shows the year, but I agree, for the 60s yellow on black, and now the 70s yellow on blue, since those plates can still be on cars with just the month and current year sticker, why require the third sticker that has to match the model year of the car? One plate vendor suggested putting the plate with the model year sticker on the front of the vehicle, and the "normal" looking plate with the month and current year on the back.

My father had a Studebaker, Ford station wagon, and a Model A in 1963. He was issued plates GHT 460, 461, and 462. I dont remember the Model A, he sold it very soon after, before I was old enough to have memories, but a few years later, I see this Model A driving around with the plate one digit off the two cars he still had. When I mentioned it to him, he said yeah, that used to be my car. Over the ensuing years, I always thought about finding the Model A. In the '80s, I tell the story to a friend, and he says his brother is a policeman and can run the plate. The car with that plate was in the system, but had just lapsed current registration the prior year. He gave me the last known address, in Littlerock CA. I wrote a letter, and they called me back and left a voice mail, they knew nothing about the car. Oh so close.

This photo is from 1977, taken at a Vincent motorcycle club gathering at Shadow Lake, Ontario.  I believe this is CSX2460, owned at the time by Phil Ramey.  The gentleman on the Moto Guzzi is Rollie Free, the man that rode a Vincent at 150 MPH at Bonneville, in bathing trunks, in that famous picture.

Last year in Luxembourg, walked past this car in the city center.  Look at the license plate frame, it belongs to a company that rents classic cars for events.

Quote from: Corey Bowcutt on June 15, 2018, 09:29:09 AM
OK so I have added a picture to My Gallery.  Now what?  I do not see how I get the picture from My Gallery to a new post I am creating.  I am sure it is super easy but I just can not figure out how to do it?

When viewing an individual photo in the Gallery, look below the image, where it says Image Linking Codes. Copy the BB Code value, then paste that into your post.

Thanks Jay.  If the 2 hole variety is not any shorter, then I'll try the 4 hole style.  I had a license plate bracket that only attached to the top of the license plate, and apparently, turbulent air behind the car made the plate wobble back and forth, until the bracket broke and I lost my license plate on an elevated freeway transition road.  I went back through, and the plate was nowhere to be seen, I think it went over the side.  I made a bracket that attaches to the car behind both the light and the trunk release handle, so I want to use all 4 holes to hold the plate and frame to my new bracket.  This new bracket is flush with the trunk, and that extra height for the license plate frame will likely interfere with the trunk handle.  The license plate itself, with a thin plain frame (no wording, etc) just fits between the light and handle, not much room for the overhang of the license frames that have wording at the bottom.  If the interference is minimal, I'll see if some minor grinding on the bottom of the frame will provide enough clearance to allow the plate and frame to stay flush to the body.

Can anyone provide the height of the 2 hole style?

Thanks Greg. It's about 6" between the light and the trunk handle. I am trying to mount the plate as flush to the body as I can, maybe I'll try one of those, and see how it would look if I grind a little notch at the bottom.

I see two styles of Cobra license plate frames.  I like the one with all 4 mounting holes, but have limited space.  The frame with 4 holes is available from www.carrollshelbymerchandise.com, while the one with 2 holes is available from Tony Branda www.cobranda.com, and likely other sources.  Can anyone tell me the outside height dimension of either frame?

This went up recently in my neighborhood, quite unusual for this area.

Quote from: ShelbyGuy on May 23, 2018, 07:03:59 PM
We do know the driver, passenger unknown. Both survived, but driver is in critical condition in ICU. Info is too sketchy to report more. When we get more facts, and family permission, we'll share them.

Thanks John

Quote from: CSX 4133 on April 21, 2018, 04:12:23 PM

Very nice sd427, how do you like the harness bar vs. the stock mounting location?

I've been thinking about alternatives.  Functionally, it is nice, it works well, but I don't like the looks of it.  The passenger seat has the shoulder straps going through slots into the trunk, but the bar they attach to is not very hefty, I don't think it is a strong enough anchor.  Although, based on how high my shoulders are above the seat, it might not be good to have a lower mount, I don't think it is good to have the straps lower than my shoulders.

Here is a pic of CSX4017LA

CSX4017LA, 2nd owner