<VV> License plate restoration

[RoboMan91324 at aol.com]

The easy solution might be to find a really nice set of plates at a local 
auto swap meet.  Most that I have seen aren't too expensive even for nice 
ones.  Of course, it has been a while since I bought a set.  They may be more 
expensive than I think.  You need to keep in mind the cost of fixing up your 
existing plates including paint, other materials and the value of your time.

You also need to be concerned about whether or not they were recently 
registered.  I imagine most states will not let you use a plate unless it has 
fallen off the computer system.  That could be 10 years or so.

Of course, if the plates are unused and in pristine condition, some 
bureaucratic bonehead might just assume that they are restored.  We know about 
bureaucratic boneheads, right?

Doc
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In a message dated 7/10/2009 11:10:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
virtualvairs-request at corvair.org writes:

> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:05:02 -0700
> From: "Dave Thompson" <dave.thompson at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: <VV> License plate restoration
> To: "'Jim Houston'" <jhouston001 at cfl.rr.com>,    <Sethracer at aol.com>
> Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Message-ID: <76A8F0C0C5C24AD9A6D3CA24B3EC3F49 at littleHP>
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> 
> Carefully cover the sticker with masking tape before you sand blast and
> paint it.
> 
> Dave Thompson
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Houston [mailto:jhouston001 at cfl.rr.com] 
> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:20 AM
> To: Sethracer at aol.com
> Cc: dave.thompson at verizon.net; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> License plate restoration
> 
> When you send it in for approval, they stick the renewal sticker in one 
> corner -- makes it kinda hard to do any restoring and still have a valid 
> sticker (they come all apart if you try to remove them)...
> 
> Jim Houston


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