60's registration sticker

[Mike S]

Hello Group,

   I've been searching this topic and get conflicting answers from people I ask locally.
The question is: The small license plate sticker seen on, let's say NY or California 60's plates, is the sticker month/year when registration was issued -or- the month/year of registration expiration.

Thanks!
Mike

[bertfam]

I can't speak for NY, but in California the answer is both! The month on the sticker is when the car was registered AND when the registration expires.

Ed

[Pacecar]

For New York - it is the expiration date. So my 68 has a license plate with a 69 sticker to be correct. But lots of people here use the sticker with the year of the car. Same with the inspection sticker

[x66 714]

I can't speak for NY, but in California the answer is both! The month on the sticker is when the car was registered AND when the registration expires.

Ed

Arizona is also the same...Joe

[bertfam]

Let me expand on the California registration a bit. In the 1960's, there wasn't a month sticker. Only a year. All cars and trucks had to renew their registration at the same time. I don't remember what that date was, but I DO remember my dad fuming every time he had to pay the state $12 bucks (TOTAL) to register our two cars!! If he were alive today, he'd REALLY be fuming at the $250 EACH (or more) we now have to pay! Thanks Jerry Brown.

Anyway, the month sticker didn't appear until the mid 1970's (I seem to recall 1973, but I'm not sure about that) when California decided it was easier to get payments throughout the year instead of all at once.

Until then, when you renewed your registration, you got a new year sticker and had to place the odd years on the left and the even years on the right (except for 1964 & 1965 where the "1964" sticker went on the left and the "1965" sticker went on the right).

Ed

[x66 714]

I'll have to look through some of my old registrations but you're right. Arizona didn't add the month till later....Joe

[Mike S]

 Thanks all for the replies!
  My NY 67 plates have a registration sticker with 12/67. The car was delivered to Spielman Chevrolet in Brooklyn in May 67. I figured the 12/67 was wrong and I do have a 5/68 unused NY sticker but I wanted to verify before I use it.
  As for my 67 LOS, that was delivered to Kelsey & Sons in April 67 so I wanted to get a Ca. plate for that period and get stickers that were correct (though this would be only for show in NY). Currently the only Ca sticker is on the windshield and is the California Hwy Patrol safety inspection from 1970.

Mike

[Mike S]

Ed.....all I can say is "WOW"!!!! $250 each car per year? Why so much?

Mike

[bertfam]

Because Jerry Brown needs more money for graft.

http://www.capradio.org/articles/2017/12/19/california-vehicle-registration-fees-increasing-in-2018

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/energy-green/sd-fi-california-gastax-20170413-story.html

I'll get off my soap box now since we're supposed to keep politics off the forum.

Ed

[Mike S]

 Ca. is long overdue for a coup d'état, IMO, especially with today's current events. 
My cousins bailed out of that state a couple of year ago due to the situations.

Mike

[camaroboy68ss]

In Oregon, there were various things tried from the 50's through the 70's. On pre-WWII cars the plate was stamped with either a year or a date on them and then you would have to change plates every time you registered the car. Then in the early 50's they moved to changeable year tabs that were stamped steel and you would just swap the metal tag for the year and then a month was stamped onto the plate, so your plate would expire after that month on the year on the plate. The metal tab plates really only lasted about 5 years. They then went to having the month stamped and then a year decal and that was the norm though the 60's and 70's before going to month and year decals. 

[BULLITT65]

Because Jerry Brown needs more money for graft.

http://www.capradio.org/articles/2017/12/19/california-vehicle-registration-fees-increasing-in-2018

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/energy-green/sd-fi-california-gastax-20170413-story.html

I'll get off my soap box now since we're supposed to keep politics off the forum.

Ed

not politicking, thats just factual Ed.

To play devils advocate, I think 1 benficial thing fo the gas tax is it affects everyone who drives (gasoline powered) vehicles equally. The poor and the rich, those that don't pay taxes and those that do.

I don't buy into the idea that, improving roads is going to save each consumer $700 a year. Thats BS.

There are other states that are able to stay in the black. It is interesting when you look at the political map, how the red states do vs. the blue states, as far as being fiscally responsible. Obviously California is the largest in debt. Although largely considered a blue state, because of the metropolitan voter influence, outside the metropolitan areas California is very RED.

It is also interesting when you look at the history of California's Governors. Arnold Swartznegger got elected based on A recall effort of Gray Davis (former governor) that raised the registration fees for vehicles, and once Arnold was elected he lowered the registration fees, just long enough to AGAIn raise them back up to where Gray Davis had them. But lets not kid ourselves into thinking Arnold was fiscally conservative either.

One more note: California license plates used red letters on a white background for the month sticker intially, and I believe in the early nineties they switched to blue letters on a white background for the stickers.

I have lived in a handful of different states, but grew up and have spent most of my time here in Calfornia. I am not going to tell you California has the best political climate, or its political leaders represent most of the citizens of the state. There is good weather in some parts of the state, and I guess many of us hope there is some sort of revolt , and at some point we get back to sanity here regarding taxes, and the social issues. 

[Mike S]

 I have an ARCO (in Solvang, Ca.) gas receipt I found under the rear seat when I bought the LOS car and it was dated 1-22-71. The sale was for 13.3 gallons at a total cost of $5.31    The plate on the car at that time was U (or V) HE647  I have that saved as a search item on e-bay in the hopes that it may appear one day.

Mike

[BULLITT65]

Solvang is cool dutch town to cruise through, now.

[bertfam]

I have an ARCO (in Solvang, Ca.) gas receipt I found under the rear seat when I bought the LOS car and it was dated 1-22-71. The sale was for 13.3 gallons at a total cost of $5.31

39.9 cents a gallon! Boy do I miss those days.

People tell me all the time that inflation isn't always a bad thing, but I have to disagree.

In 1960 my father was a Lieutenant in the US Navy. His take home pay was just under $500 a month, which included his sea pay, his flight pay (he was a fighter pilot) and his hazardous duty pay. On that, we owned our own 3 bedroom, 2 bath home, ate fairly well (hamburger, chicken and pork chops most of the time, but steak every few weeks), had two cars (one new and one used for mom), went on a 2 week vacation every year in the summer, and on this, my mom was able to stay home and "raise her family". Now it takes at LEAST two incomes to be able to afford a home, a new car, a used car, food, electric, gas, water, etc..., and even with two incomes, it's difficult.

Ed