Show Me Your Vintage P Dealer Plate Frames.

[LiveFromNY]

You have no idea what you're talking about. Here are just some of my VP frames:



Two of the frames pictured are the frames I mentioned earlier as having been salvaged personally by me at the Hermosa Beach dealership while a third is from my 1986 targa with 15k original miles that was purchased new from VP. These black frames are the most recognized and most valuable of the VP frames. Yours are both earlier frames. The Manhattan Beach frame is from the VP location that preceded the Hermosa Beach location. Your other frame is, in my estimation, the second rarest of the known VP frame varieties - second only to the b/w frame with the single Porsche crest as seen in this photo:



Surprisingly, the rarer frames trade at a discount to the more common (but still hard to find) double crest b/w frames. My guess is that people just prefer the look of the double crest black frames as these routinely bring $200 in only fair condition and I've seen NOS ones sell for as much as $500.

As for plateframeking on ebay, your wholly incorrect about them. I've been dealing with them for many years. They make their living digging out these vintage frames wherever they may be and they've been doing it long before there would have been any money in reproducing these things.

If you're looking for a VP frame, the repops out there are easy to spot - they identify the dealership as being in Redondo Beach and, while VP did have an overflow lot in Redondo for a short while, they never advertised this location on their plate frames.