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12/26/2010 04:44:02 PM · #1 |
The family enjoys finding state license plates and I can identify a lot of them by now, but I saw one i'd never seen before and can't seem to find it on Google. It was an old state plate with no design on it. Background was blue like an old california plate, but the letters were a dark red. IIRC, it was the standard three letters and three numbers.
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12/26/2010 06:06:15 PM · #2 |
This site might be of help:
//www.15q.net/usindex.html
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12/26/2010 06:23:37 PM · #3 |
| In deep procrastination mode, I went through that entire site and didn't see a blue background with red letters. Could it have been an early vanity plate? |
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12/26/2010 06:48:45 PM · #4 |
It seems like you've just seen a "time traveler" :)
Message edited by author 2010-12-26 18:55:01. |
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12/26/2010 07:27:16 PM · #5 |
Illinois had a red on black in 1929 (useless things you find in your searches online). but i didn't see any with red on blue.
I would imagine that would be a difficult color combo to see from distances, so i guess it wasn't widely used. |
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12/27/2010 12:41:10 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by karmat:
Illinois had a red on black in 1929 (useless things you find in your searches online). but i didn't see any with red on blue.
I would imagine that would be a difficult color combo to see from distances, so i guess it wasn't widely used. |
It was very difficult and that's why I couldn't read the state. It was dark and I couldn't even read it from less than a car length. I don't think it was a vanity plate because it didn't spell anything obvious and looked to be in the standard three letter / three number format.
Maybe I got the colors wrong because it was dark, but I don't think so. I'm pretty positive the letters were red. Dang! It's going to be a mystery now.
It's also possible it was painted? Which I would assume would be illegal, but we've got all kinds here in Eugene.
Message edited by author 2010-12-27 00:43:59. |
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12/27/2010 12:58:25 AM · #7 |
Ya sure it wasn't a product of the 'shroom finding hobby? :)
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12/27/2010 02:59:36 AM · #8 |
My plates are GR8 42N. They're vanity plates.
A "tanguera comment" on the picture of your choice to the first who figures it out (not such a challenging, um, challenge...)
My point is, they could have been vanity plates. |
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12/27/2010 03:03:54 AM · #9 |
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12/27/2010 03:20:39 AM · #10 |
Ta da! That didn't take very long :-)
Name your shot, Ken! |
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12/27/2010 01:39:10 PM · #11 |
Maybe it was a Wisconsin Collector Plate? Those are red text on dark blue, and pretty difficult to read.
//www.plateshack.com/y2k/Wisconsin2/wi2y2k.htm |
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12/27/2010 01:48:08 PM · #12 |
nevermind
Message edited by author 2010-12-27 13:48:37. |
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12/27/2010 02:07:55 PM · #13 |
YES!!!! That was it. I remember there being centered words on both the top and the bottom! Thanks a zillion! |
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12/27/2010 03:28:15 PM · #14 |
man, I'm glad that's settled. Now we can get back to work on that Middle East peace thing.
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