License Plate Restoration services

[billytuffnuts]

Bought some model year specific Ohio license plates for my 72 Dodge Demon and while they're in decent enough shape, I'd be interested in finding out what it would cost to restore them.

Does anyone know of/can recommend a place that can do this? What did it cost you?

 

[3rdLM23P9]

Found this in Hemmings a couple of months ago - have not called yet, so don't know anything about him.

 

[Tanker]

Bought some model year specific Ohio license plates for my 72 Dodge Demon and while they're in decent enough shape, I'd be interested in finding out what it would cost to restore them.

Does anyone know of/can recommend a place that can do this? What did it cost you?

Are these plates porcelain enamel, or are they just painted?

 

[3rdLM23P9]

Is a '72 Ohio plate blue background with yellow letters?

 

[65 Dartman]

You can probably refinish your plates yourself. I took a NOS 65 Virginia plate to my paint supplier. They scanned the basic color (white but not exactly white but a shade of white). the letters/numbers are plain black. I sprayed the white front and back. It matches the cokir and shade of my NOS plates. I still need to do the black. When done I will take them to the DMV for inspection to ensure it meets DMV approval for a YOM plate for my 65 Dart

 

[billytuffnuts]

Is a '72 Ohio plate blue background with yellow letters?

Yes

 

[billytuffnuts]

Are these plates porcelain enamel, or are they just painted?

No idea

 

[billytuffnuts]

You can probably refinish your plates yourself. I took a NOS 65 Virginia plate to my paint supplier. They scanned the basic color (white but not exactly white but a shade of white). the letters/numbers are plain black. I sprayed the white front and back. It matches the cokir and shade of my NOS plates. I still need to do the black. When done I will take them to the DMV for inspection to ensure it meets DMV approval for a YOM plate for my 65 Dart

I could, but I don't really want to if the cost to have someone else do it is reasonable. They'd probably do a better job anyways

 

[65 Dartman]

I was looking around for prices and the consensus for an estimate starts at $100 per plate and that is if there’s no other work involved i.e. media blasting, metal repair, etc. Sounds reasonable to me

 

[A-Body III]

Restore a Plate LLC. They are located in MD. Did some for me, great work, not cheap.
BTW I haven't found anything cheap in the last few years...

 

[RAT ROD AL]

Years ago my buddy almost went to jail for painting his own plates . The po po frownd heavily but just gave him a ticket.
Then the judge frowned on him again when he went to court.
Just saying. Probably ok if you just tow it to a car show and back

 

[Big.J.007]

I used this company a few years ago to restore my 68 Texas Plates. They do very nice work.

Vintage License Plate Restoration

 

[Lefty71]

Are these plates porcelain enamel, or are they just painted?

I think around 74, (seat belts fastened?) OHIO started using a reflective material, almost like a wrap?? Im not sure they were ever painted since then??

 

[MMissile]

Years ago my buddy almost went to jail for painting his own plates . The po po frownd heavily but just gave him a ticket.
Then the judge frowned on him again when he went to court.
Just saying. Probably ok if you just tow it to a car show and back

We have idiots here in Michigan, who paint their plates to match their cars. Mostly street-rod guys. It's not only illegal, it usually looks dumb.

 

[Dana67Dart]

. Mostly street-rod guys. It's not only illegal, it usually looks dumb

Come to Colorado, we have white letters on blue background, white on red and white on black and about 75 other plates

 

[JDMopar]

Come to Colorado, we have white letters on blue background, white on red and white on black and about 75 other plates

I thought all CO plates were green, and all had the same number...OA-5599?

 

[autoxcuda]

Years ago my buddy almost went to jail for painting his own plates . The po po frownd heavily but just gave him a ticket.
Then the judge frowned on him again when he went to court.
Just saying. Probably ok if you just tow it to a car show and back

Did he paint them another color?

How did they know they were painted?

 

[PROSTOCKTOM]

I had a guy that offers his services on eBay do the one for my 1937 Indiana plate.

He did a fabulous job. It was around $250, but he knew what he was doing with it.

Tom

 

[Demonracer]

Check with your local DMV, they can give you all of the rules and regulations about the vintage tags. Again as stated, quality restoration is NOT cheap. I had a set of 1941 Texas tags restored per Texas DMV and it was in the vicinity of $200.00 per plate, that was about 20 years ago. They are still on the 1941 Studebaker Champion even though I no longer own it.

 

[RAT ROD AL]

Did he paint them another color?

How did they know they were painted?

Yes painted to the new color .
His paint wasn't reflective...

 

[MMissile]

Come to Colorado, we have white letters on blue background, white on red and white on black and about 75 other plates

No thanks. Michigan has many, but they're just plates.

 

[tom999w]

Don't overthink this. I've bought numerous new old stock plates from the 1960's, still in their original envelopes, and they had smudges, paint strokes, brush bristles, and even finger prints in the paint. $250 to restore a plate?? Just say no.