I was out hunting a shipping
box and found this laying in an alley.
Thought it was cool enough to share.
I've just the spot for it.

 

Cool find

 

X2

 

Love it. That was a VERY GOOD YEAR hee hee hee.

 

That looks like something from American Pickers.

If any of you Texans are interested, I have two sets of 1968 Texas Hemisphere plates, one mint set of 1949 and one set of mint 1950 Texas plates. Coincidentally I also have a fair set of 1956 Texas truck plates. I haven't tried to sell them but certainly would.

 

Glenn, you need to find someone with an REO Speedwagon.

 

My Buddy has a 1920's or 30's Reo in his back yard.

 

Glenn, I would like to see some pics of the 68's.
Post em here if ya want.

 

I will try and get that done tomorrow. The weather is supposed to change and that may be a good project.

 

Right, 80* today, low tomorrow nite, 28?
Crazy stuff.

 

Good find! Guess I need to spend more time in your neck of the woods

 

I wonder what the slits on either side of the year are for?Metal tag?
railguy

 

Great question. I looked and saw that from 1952-1960. Also saw that some plates were different colors depending on whether the vehicle was car/truck or tractor trailer.

Who know's the answer?

 

I don't know but will venture a guess. I've never noticed any Tx plate in the '50's that had an update tab on it. They may had punched the slots and had considered using a tab to update the year and keep the base plate for extra years to save money. But we recieved new plates every year. Was easy for law enforcment up until '75 we recieved new plates with different colors and all plates expired March 31st.

In '43 and '44 the base '42 plates were retained and you were issued a small update tag you added to your '42 plate.

Henry

 

1957 and 1959 Texas plates (black on white) also have those slots? I suspect the TX DMV would have the definitive answer.

 

I can remember back in the 60's Texas would alternate the license plates every year. One year they were black lettering on white plates and the next year it would be white lettering on black plates. I guess it made it easy for law enforcement to spot expired plates.

 

Really cool find, I still have two tags from my first rental house that I found buried in insulation in the attic, one Texas '50 and one '54. I collect license plates and display them in my shop area. I restored the '50 and have it up as a reminder from a much different time in lives of my wife and I. One of my good Olds friends asked me to give it to him because he was born on the year of the tag, and the number is the same as his last four SS digits.... Although I wanted to give it to him, it is a snapshot from a very less prosperous yet happy moment of our lives and I remember that time every time I see it.