COLORADO
I too have the 5 year antique plates..
I get them cause that way I do not have to get an emissions test
every year..
The lady at the license bureau told me to get them..RON
NORTH CROLINA
If you are in North Carolina you may want to think twice about
antique
auto plates. The cost is not a problem, about $30.00, but strange
things happen. I have a 1970 Monte Carlo my mother bought new and
gave
to me some years ago when she quit driving. I keep it for
sentimental
value and the county tax was only $8.00. You can get an antique
plate
when the vehicle is over 35 years old so I applied and put it back on
the road. All was well until I got my property tax statement from
the
county. It jumped from $8.00 to $90.00. When I complained
the people
said the car is a collectable and now more valuable and the State
requires the value to be increased. When I called the State
people
they laughed and said it was the first time they had heard of that and
they would look into it. A week later I received a new tax bill
for
$18.00. I decided discretion was the better part of valor and let
it
go at that. Now I am concerned that since my son has spent the
better
part of a
year restoring the car they will really raise the tax when they
see
it. My motorhome tax is $12.00 based on their $800.00 value so I
am
not going the antique plate route there.
Gene Dotson.
MICHIGAN
I have historic plates on our coach. It was a one time $35
fee.
Most of the GMC Greatlakers have this type of plate on their coaches.
J.R. Wright
I just checked the Michigan SOS website.
The deal in Michigan now is:
"Historical vehicle plates are available for $30, and are valid for 10
years.
A Historical vehicle must be:
. 26 or more years old -- based on model year
. Owned solely as a collector's item
. Used only for events such as historical club activities, parades, and
car shows.
Note: A designated historical vehicle cannot be used for routine
transportation."
The part about "used only for historical club activities" etc. is what
keeps me from doing it, since going to rallies is about 10% of my GMC
driving. Plus, I'm too chicken to take a chance on getting stopped on
my way to my cottage or some other non club activity and having to lie
to the officer about where I'm headed.
Richard
Ohio
- historic plates - one time fee for 50 years - $10.00
John
The listing for Ohio is accurate but
thought you might like more information. Ohio Revised Code allows for
the issuance of historic plates for vehicles (including motorhomes)
that are 25 years of age or older, the two plates issued must be
displayed on the front and rear of the vehicle. The use of the vehicle
is restricted to special events and is not for daily transportation,
according to the Ohio Highway Patrol any travel to rallies and for
service qualify as legitimate uses of historic plates.
You are allowed to attach and display at least
one state-issued license plate from the year of manufacture and it
must be attached to the rear of the vehicle. If the owner chooses to
display the "year" plate(s) the state-issued historic plates must be
carried in the vehicle to be shown to a law enforcement officer upon
request.
In my case I have a single "House
Vehicle" plate displayed on the rear and carry the historic plates in
the coach per the ORC requirement. "Year" plates are easy to find at
auto swap meets, the going price here is about $10 a pair.
Jim Wagner is the GMCer who put me onto
this deal, the usual annual fee for a motorhome is about $62 per year
so a one-time fee of $10 is a real savings.
OREGON
It
was about $81 and
they NEVER EXPIRE! The plate (only 1)
does not have any dates or stickers.
They actually sent me two plates with different numbers but the
registration for only one.
"Vehicles
may only be used for exhibitions, parades, club activities and similar
uses."
Good
reason to join a GMC club.... There is
almost always something going on SOMEWHERE.
You can
find the forms here:
http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/DMV/forms/vehicle.shtml
Antique
Special Interest Vehicle Declaration for Registration, Form 6577
As our
rigs are all over 25 years old, just Fill in the top row, check box
"B"; and sign/date it.
Section 2
is for Special Interest Vehicles LESS than 25 years old.
If
already titled in Oregon, you can mail it...But if you get it person,
at the
DMV office, they will give you a temporary registration. I think it was
$81
total... it is not on the paperwork I have. Mike Miller
Tennessee
Knoxville Tenn. today I changed from Handicap tag to permanent Antique tag.
$27.75 registration fee
2.50 issuance fee
36.00 wheel tax (Knox Co)
$66.25 total
If I had used Mothers address in Anderson Co. next door (6 miles) it
would have been $29.75
C. Boyd.
TEXAS
On May 15, 2009 I registered The Colonel here in San Antonio
using a
value of $3000 and it cost me $273.30 for an
antique
plate.
My registration indicates expiration of 3/2013. I did not have to
have mine weighed as I had with me the paper label from Coachmen
Industries Inc dated 5/77 indicating GVWR of 11,700.
Raef
Here are the rules for Texas:
http://rts.texasonline.state.tx.us/NASApp/txdotrts/SpecialPlateOrderServlet?grpid=10&pltid=1
It's $50.53 for 5 years with the cost being prorated out to the year
2013 (all Texas
antique plates expire in the
same year).
If you make this a webpage, I would just make it a bunk of links to
each states DOT website rules page.
When I got mine, the person I worked with first wasn't convinced that
RVs were allowed. I had to be a little insistent and got someone
with
a little more experience to let them know it was OK
eugene.
VIRGINIA
As the proud owner of the Virginia
Antique
plate number "GMCMH", it was a piece of cake. $50 for lifetime
registration fee, and $10 per year for the "GMCMH". It works for
me.
No annual inspection or emissions. No property tax.
What's not to
love?
Tom Phipps'
Washington
I got a lifetime clasic plate for my '76 GMC
and it cost me $45. WAHOO!! never buy plates
again.<VBG>............Terry
WISCONSIN
to register it as a Collector vehicle.
Issued for vehicles 20 years or
older that have not been altered or modified from
manufacturer's specifications. Must have another vehicle
currently registered. Cannot be operated during the month of January
without a temporary plate.
Cost of the Collector plate is, Non-expiring
one-time $50 application fee plus twice the annual registration fee for
the vehicle type being registered. So, if you already have a
classic
car registered, the cost is 2 X $85 or $170.
If you don't have another
vehicle registered, it is $170 plus the $50 one time fee...or
$220.00...and you never have to register it again. IMO a "good deal"..
Larry :)
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