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Originally Posted by 87IROCmadman
I am planning on gettting new liscence plates for the camaro
I wanted to get a ClASSIC plate, and did some research and found out that NJ does not offer CLASSIC plates anymore.. only HISTORIC
- i was under the impression that CLASSIC was for cars over 15 years old,a dn HISTORIC for cars 25 years older..
i mostyl wanted to get the plates for insurance purposes, like paying $300 a year, but now im not able to
does anybody know WHEN or WHY tehy did away with the special CLASSIC plates?? or any info about tehm ?
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I think what you are looking for or referring to is classic registration. I have that on my 70 nova which is nice, because it doesn't have the special plates which can bring unwanted attention from the police (techinically vehicles with historic tags are to be driven to and from shows, parades, and repair shops only and not driven at night) this puts a severe cramp on the driveability of such a vehicle unless you want to be hassled by prick cops. The classic registration has all the same benefits, no emissions test, no mechanical inspection, all they care about is that the milage not exceed 3,000 miles per year. When you go to the inspection station they will verify that your speedo works and may even put a tamper proof lock thing on the speedo cable so you can't disconnect it at will. Insurance is much cheaper, but one stipulation is that the insurance is also milage limited, so it all kinda works together. And the only clue that you have it is your inspection sticker will not be a square, but will be a triangle and you will carry two registration cards for the car. One is the normal registration card and the second is the Collector Car Voucher which has all the same info, but simply says "Collector Car Voucher". You can run any plate you wish, meaning a standard issue or a personalized plate.....and the collector car fee is only $25 additional to the standard registration fee. The car must be 20 years old or greater....
Thats what I know.......I registered my Nova in July of 2005 so unless the just stopped doing it, I'd say the program is still in effect.
Just to be clear, with classic registration you can drive the car anywhere, anytime just don't exceed the annual milage....
Chris