End of an era...

[JsnPpp]

Well, the time has finally come to accept that we have moved from California... After 35 years, 442 KCF has finally been taken down:

And is now this:

Austin is pretty strict on out-of-state registration, but frankly I have been running on expired tags for 2 years (it's always insured butI work from home and don't drive much) and I should have done it a long time ago. It was really hard for me to do! I just didn't want to give up my "blue plate"...

I guess I need to be a New York Giants fan now... :-)

-Jason

[AlaskaMike]

Love the color (car color) what is that called?

[Guest]

my Tii is wearing South Dakota plates in the home of 6 generations of Delks.

The only home I own is in the Black Hills.

An Ur oppa pulled out in front of me without looking I stopped but the 4 light grill on was almost gone ......

Life in small town Texas.

[randerson]

You will certainly want to put your license plate frame back on the new plate. Rock Chalk.

RAnderson

[JsnPpp]

Thanks - original car color is Baikal blue metallic. When we repainted it, we went with AlaskaBlau metallic - a '74 Tii color. It's nice too and has a bit of a mind of it's own - sometimes it's dark blue, sometimes light blue and sometimes purple!

It will someday go back to Baikal...

-Jason

[JsnPpp]

I agree, the bolts I had were ratty and before I put the holder back on I wanted to buy some new ones.

Go Jayhawks!

-Jason

[Kidasters]

The State of Texas is very particular about license plate borders - even though a lot of people have them. The border cannot cover up any part of the word "Texas". If it does, that's something they can ticket you for. A good friend's wife got pulled over for speeding, and they tacked that onto her ticket.

Be careful.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/texasplate.asp

Ken

[TonyHavana]

Don't Mess With Texas.

[JsnPpp]

Good tip - thanks man. I'm lucky I made it as long as I did...

-Jason

[Kidasters]

Not a problem!

Later,

Ken

[dubois]

I think the color fits the car, keep the CA plates! Baikal is nice too! Colors! there are just too many!

[bferman]

Baby got back! I like the new look.

Bob

[Mike Self]

said "Hook 'em Horns" you'd never have a problem...

Hook 'em Horns

(yes, I'm a Longhorns fan living in Ohio...guess who I'm rooting for at the Fiesta Bowl)

mike

[caw901]

In case you don't know, Texas allows you to use Year of Manufacture (YOM) Plates. This links gives you some info http://www.turnerplates.com/index.html. The info on the TX DOT link is hard to find.

Also if this is not your daily driver, check out the antique car registration $50+/- for 5 years instead of $50 every year plus safety inspection is not required. You can order a reproduction YOM inspection sticker.

Chris Ward

1970 Sahara 2002

Houston, TX