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[Nate Bargmann]

* On 2024 19 Sep 07:31 -0500, Michael Philbrick wrote:
> For those of us
> in the over 50 group, I find it hard to believe the state is having such a
> challenge with license plates as for years of our driving experiences, one
> received a new plate yearly.

I think one would need to be considerably older than 50!  Most likely
65+ to have owned a vehicle when plates were issued annually in Kansas.

The state stopped issuing new plates each year in 1975 for light and
medium duty trucks.  Passenger cars might've been '76 but my memory is
foggy on that one.  Those actually issued in '75 were steel.  I have a
couple of rusty examples on the wall.  In late '79 I bought my first
pickup at the tender age of 16 and for it I received an aluminum plate
that was still embossed with '75 in the upper right corner.  Like the
originals issued in '75 it was green.

A few years ago I learned that the legislature had authorized the DMV to
issue a special sticker for antique vehicles that fell into the '76 and
later group since annual plates had been discontinued.  On a '76 medium
duty grain truck I have the aluminum plate I got in '79 only with an
orange sticker that has "1976" on it as the antique plate even though
the plate itself is embossed '75.

As I recall in 1980 all vehicles got a new blue plate that was embossed
with 80 in the upper right corner.  I have a few examples laying around
of that period too.  In 1984 I got my first ham plate for my Blazer and
it had a white background with blue lettering.  I always thought it was
a rather attractive plate--better than some they've conjured up.

Now I have the printed version on both the Acadia--plated as a car--and
the Dakota--plated as a pickup.  That has to give the HP in other states
fits, but I only use the Dakota locally so that probably won't be much
of an issue.

73, Nate

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