Congrats on bein legal, Rodney!!
Sure sounds like a major hassle, tho. In Texas, we can use old plates, but we have to take them to the DMV, and have a Trooper inspect them for reflectivity, and paint surface(to be sure you can read the numbers). Then they check to see if the plates are registered to another vehicle, and that's it. I found a set of brand new, never issued '74 plates on fleabay a few years back..still got the paper between them, still in brand new condition, so there's no worry about them being registered to any other vehicle.
It's kewl to see an old car with old plates...takes me back to the day....
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