Anyone successful in registering YOM Yellow plates on their Replicas?
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Yes. On my JPS coupe/1962 VIN.
Have to do anything special?
Had to take YOM plates in for verification that they were not re-pops and that they were DMV clear. Have current reg with you and old plates to turn in. Pay additional YOM fee and that should do it.
Make sure you have the proper YOM sticker for your plates, which should match the year that your car is registered as. You should be able to obtain the proper sticker from a license plate dealer or on eBay. Good Luck, Have Fun.
Thanks for the info!
@ Tom
IS your JPS a pan based Speedster with an original VW VIN?
Robert, my JPS is a coupe bodied VW pan with VW VIN. And yes, your YOM plates have to have a sticker matching the year of your pan ID.
Just watched an episode of Comedians Having Coffee in Cars. Jerry was driving a 59 RSK. The Plate was a yellow CA plate personalized with 59RSK. It had the current legal stickers on tabs above the plate. That is a fake plate. CA has not made commerative yellow plates, let alone personalized them. Must have subbed it for the program. I have a WA 57 Plate, I guess I might as well put it on.
I have original black and yellow YOM plates on my speedster. All you need is a VIN that matches the year of the plate. Some plates require a registration sticker for the year of the VIN. So in my case I had to have a 67 sticker on a 67 plate for my 67 VIN. I walked in filled out a form. The DMV lady did some searching and then she gave me a temporary registration until the YOM plate cleared the system in Sac.
Yellow with Black letters was the first standardized 6" x 12" series for California. They are valid from 1956 - 62. If you have a VIN for a 56-62, all you will need are two plates which are 'free and clear' from the DMV system. In this case, you will also need a registration sticker for the year of your VIN. Let's say you have a 61 VIN. You'd need one of the red and silver registration sticker. If it was a 62 VIN, you'd need the cream & green registration sticker.
It's a very straight forward process. I've done it on my Speedster and my old 55 Teardrop trailer.
Good luck,
Ted
It is very straight forward Ted, but you cannot have a yellow and black personalized plate. That plate was a fake.
Tom Williams posted:Robert, my JPS is a coupe bodied VW pan with VW VIN. And yes, your YOM plates have to have a sticker matching the year of your pan ID.
I asked because I wasn't sure if JPS was building their own chassis or re-sourcing the VW's. I successfully reg'd black on yellow YOM plates to my 1960 VIN.
But, once someone's car has been reg'd as an SPCNS it gets a new VIN and you won't be able to register YOM plates to it.
majorkahuna posted:It is very straight forward Ted, but you cannot have a yellow and black personalized plate. That plate was a fake.
Huh? Which plate? Oh... The Seinfeld plate you were talking about? I wouldn't know. I was simply making reference to the generic YOM process. Sorry for the confusion.
Game, set, match: Ted.
Art, can you tell me what path you had taken in the CA DMV link to find the available plate you show in your posted reply? I would like to see what else maybe available that has not yet been claimed. Thank you Michael
Michael. Here's the link. Click on "order personalized plate"
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/.../portal/ipp2/welcome
Follow instructions and it will tell you if your choice is taken.
Art, thank you for the link. I did not realize one can still order the 60's plate- so cool. I thought I had missed the opportunity. I really was hoping the 50's was available but noticed not enough interest, compared to the 60's.
