Reunited...PO's, car and CA black plates

[Grun68]

One of the previous owners of my car kept great records...he owned the car from 1981 to 2002. Thanks to those records and google...I was able to contact him and sent him some current pictures of the car. Long story short...he still had the original black plates and sent them to me gratis. Never be afraid of reaching out to PO's...good things can happen!!

Mike

[joegt3cup]

I agree I once traced back the history of a 356 I once owned. When I contacted the second owner Mary a very lovely woman who was very happy to hear from me about her old car. She filled in many of the blanks regarding the first owner and the history of the car. She then wanted to send me the award she received as a result of a second place win at the PCA Parade in San Diego in the late 70's but I declined. The fact that she had kept it all these years I knew it meant a lot to her.

[rgrimm]

Only in a smaller city...

I didn't have to reach out. A few years after buying the '68 I was at a home on the other side of town. Knew I was close to the PO's house, but didn't realize how close. When I left to drive home, I found a 4 inch thick folder of receipts, some going back to even earlier owners.

Had a great time going through it all.

[VZ935]

If you have a friend in CA who's address you can use you can get those black plates back on the car. California now has a YOM (Year of Manufacture) plate program that allows people to put any plate back on as long as the year of production of the car matches the plate . I just got black plates put back on two of my 69 Camaro's

Nothing better than talking to a previous or original owner.