CA black plates....just picked up a car....

At one time having black plates on a California car indicated the car was originally a California car, some people seam to think that is important.

Now (from about 2008) you can have old black plates assigned to a car (63-69) that never had them so having the plates no longer is an indication the car is an original California car.

Always it was possible to have a car not from California have black plates on it if it was brought into the state between 63 and 69.

I think a lot of the mystique just comes from the car culture, it is a cool looking plate that was on cars at a great time in automotive history. California has always been at the center of all things automotive.


Alan