When does a Pickup become a " Historical Vehicle"?

In Florida it's the type of insurance you carry which restricts how much you can drive the vehicle, not your antique plate. There is a horseless carry plate available to certain vehicles which may restrict driving.

mich800 wrote:
Not sure how we could answer you country's criteria for a historical plate.

Here (Michigan)it is 26 years and there are use restrictions to run a historical plate.

Yep, no historical plate for your daily driver no matter how old it is.

The name Suburban was used as far back as the 30's. Carryall was the windowless panel trucks

My brother will not put antique plates on his 70+ year old Chevy "Carryall" (Before the "Suburban" name") because he would rather pay the tax, and drive it when he wants.
He uses it to tow his TT that turns 80 this year.

I bought into a partner deal with a friend. A 1973 Mack fire truck. Registered it as Historical.
Went to pumper demonstrations, parades, etc.
We broke down once and it took us until late night to get it fixed.
Had to Flat bed it to a lot that would store it because you are not permitted to drive Historical vehicles at night!

Scott.. First car was a 64 T-Bird.. Nice.. And you still have it in mint condition!!
WOW....

Mine was a 71 LTD from Grandpa. Sold it to me when I was 15 for $10. I think he said that's what it cost to transfer the title. :) It was a white 2dr with the 400ci in it. Wish I still had it.. It was a fun car to have in HS.. Wish I still had all of my old cars come to think of it! Oh well...

That's one nice rig Mitch! One of the most handsome truck platforms ever and it so nice to see it in an unmolested state.

And Thanks Biofgren. It was my first car when I was a kid in the late 70's.

Dad's old 71 F250 Camper Special - Custom has the WA state historical plates on it.. He "refreshed" it a couple of years ago. He bought it brand new in late 1970 in Southern California. Had the old black and yellow CAL plates on it too.. I was around 7 years old then... Wish we had those old plates!





He could not find a green steering wheel.. The original was cracked in several places so he just replaced it with what he could get..

It has the 390 2bbl, auto, power brakes but no power steering...

We used this thing to camp from day one, slide in campers, travel trailers, just sleeping in the bed... Such fun and pretty much why I'm a Ford guy myself.

Mitch

ScottG wrote:
I have historical vehicle plates on my 1964 Thunderbird. You can get them when the vehicle is a certain age and falls under the usage rules required by the state (non DD, etc.).

Their great, no more yearly tabs or any other fee's what so ever.



One can even use old original plates:

Beautiful!

Arizona has 2 plates, Classic and Historical.

Classic must be listed on some register of classic cars by a recognized classic car association. There are limits on use.

Historical must be over 25 years for standard passenger class registered vehicles. For non standard passenger registered vehicles, they are supposed to be over 25 years with a connection to something that makes it special. Most motorized RV's in AZ with Historical's are those that are over 25 years and the first or last year of a chassis production, or less than 10 of that model remaining in use, or special design, or a one year only production, or one that is commemorative, and of course those with a direct historical connection to AZ.

You rarely see AZ Historical plates on RV's and I only know of one Classic plated RV in AZ.