When does a Pickup become a " Historical Vehicle"?

[RobertRyan]

Saw this the other day. It is a F100 Traytop( image quality is not that good)
but it had " historical vehicle" plates, by expanding the photo you can see them. What is your definition of an historical Pickup and would a F100 qualify?

[ppine]

Over 50 years old is one definition.
That is how "historical artifacts" are defined.

[BCSnob]

In MD historic tags are available for cars over 20years. For cars over 50years you get a plate designating over 50 (have one on my 1966 mustang fastback GT). Over 60 there is another plate (no registration renewals).

[PA12DRVR]

Can't speak to the "classic" or "historical vehicle" plate, but my old 1983 GMC truck that was recently stolen (2016) was historical as far as I'm concerned

- Drove the wife and I to our honeymoon cruise when we married
- Taught two kids to drive in it;
- Hauled gear to / from the remote cabin for 20 years
- Hauled son's 1st moose out with it
- Many fishing trips
- Carted 3 grandkids around for a few years
- Helped remind #1 son that maybe the old man and the old truck weren't washed up when son buried his Wrangler more than once and had to be snatched out with the old truck
- Used it for 2-3 road trips on the Alcan

Lots of history in it, so historic as far as I'm concerned.

[RamRider]

Texas Antique License Plate:
In order to qualify for Texas antique vehicle registration, your vehicle must be at least 25 years old, and can only be used on a limited basis such as car shows, exhibitions, parades, and travel to and from repair and maintenance facilities.

[drsteve]

RobertRyan wrote:

colliehauler wrote:

wilber1 wrote:
25 years in BC.
Must own another vehicle that is insured for every day use.
Cannot be driven to school or work.


">66, 300

Grandad had a 68 Imperial. One heck of a nice well built car.

Father nearly bought a 1953 Cadillac mint condition . One unusual one here is the prewar and WW2 Utes based on Chevrolet , Buick, Pontiac or English vehicles.
Buick Ute

English Ute

Chevrolet Ute

Those are really cool...

[SweetLou]

FlatBroke wrote:

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:

Won’t be long until your new neighbors coming from the state a little south of you put a stop to that.

While I agree, the state you are referring to has the permanent trailer license plates where Washington does not.

[RobertRyan]

colliehauler wrote:

wilber1 wrote:
25 years in BC.
Must own another vehicle that is insured for every day use.
Cannot be driven to school or work.


">66, 300

Grandad had a 68 Imperial. One heck of a nice well built car.

Father nearly bought a 1953 Cadillac mint condition . One unusual one here is the prewar and WW2 Utes based on Chevrolet , Buick, Pontiac or English vehicles.
Buick Ute

English Ute

Chevrolet Ute

[RobertRyan]

Grit dog wrote:

wilber1 wrote:
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That's usually what I think when I see a thread or post by RR as well!

Well cannot see your posts or articles?

[Grit_dog]

wilber1 wrote:
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That's usually what I think when I see a thread or post by RR as well!

[wilber1]

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[colliehauler]

wilber1 wrote:
25 years in BC.
Must own another vehicle that is insured for every day use.
Cannot be driven to school or work.


">66, 300

Grandad had a 68 Imperial. One heck of a nice well built car.

[ScottG]

cougar28 wrote:
Arkansas has antique license plate the vehicle up untill this year had to be 25 years or older. They changed it at the begining of this year to 45 yo but grandfather any that already had them from the previous years.
My 1984 Chevy Silverado SW 4X4 all original.

Nice clean rig. I had an 82 for a while. They were super nice driving trucks. The PS was very strong and lacked any "feeling" but that's great for a truck IMO. The brakes were strong as well and the whole truck just had a nice feel to it. I also think they were the last good looking trucks of any make. That goes for the interior too. I really liked the dash layout of those.
Trucks since then are just plain ugly to me and they only seem to get worse.

[cougar28]

Arkansas has antique license plate the vehicle up untill this year had to be 25 years or older. They changed it at the begining of this year to 45 yo but grandfather any that already had them from the previous years.
My 1984 Chevy Silverado SW 4X4 all original.

[ScottG]

wilber1 wrote:
25 years in BC.
Must own another vehicle that is insured for every day use.
Cannot be driven to school or work.


">66, 300

Oh my, that's one sweet ride Wilber!

[RobertRyan]

Thanks for the answers everyone. Very interesting replies