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Post by BR[] on Oct 3, 2011 18:52:52 GMT -5
Speaking of red lines, look where the line was on these original Firestones. People scuffing the tires on curbs made them move the line inward towards the wheel. 65 redlines were in the outward location too.  I never saw red lines that looked like that.............. EVER! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2011 19:07:25 GMT -5
Speaking of red lines, look where the line was on these original Firestones. People scuffing the tires on curbs made them move the line inward towards the wheel. 65 redlines were in the outward location too. I never saw red lines that looked like that.............. EVER! Thought the same thing when I saw them, thought it was just me !! |
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Post by RAM Z on Oct 3, 2011 19:19:23 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2011 19:31:40 GMT -5
I don`t know, the ones on the olds appear to be on the tread side of the crown of the sidewall, on the pontiac they look like there on the bead side of the crown. The olds red line is more right under the us royal trademark that shows up on the pontiac pic. Might be an optical illusion, but whatever.
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Post by shane on Oct 5, 2011 17:58:53 GMT -5
do you think the mom in the pic is telling the mechanic we just got our butt kicked by a GTO or is she telling the mechanic this car is to fast for JR.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2011 11:27:07 GMT -5
That's a late '65 plate, my '66 has the first 3 of RVS and my buddies '65 is NOA. Oh, as for Mom, if it was mine, she would tell them to dial it up!! Of course, she bought a '67 GTO new, the first non Chevy since she got out of drag racing, she got it after my older brother was born since the '65 Vette wasn't family friendly......
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Post by Big Mike on Oct 14, 2011 8:11:46 GMT -5
That's a late '65 plate, my '66 has the first 3 of RVS and my buddies '65 is NOA. Oh, as for Mom, if it was mine, she would tell them to dial it up!! Of course, she bought a '67 GTO new, the first non Chevy since she got out of drag racing, she got it after my older brother was born since the '65 Vette wasn't family friendly...... I've done quite a bit of research on CA plates that would be correct for a 65, since I have a Fremont car that came with a CA black plate. I also belonged to the national license plate collectors group for many years before buying my 442 as I collect plates. Here is what the ALPCA historian says about getting a period correct plate. This applies to CA plates only; Hi Mike:
In 1965- we were in the middle of the alphabet on those 1963 baseplates- and they were issued alphabetically. In 1963-64, we issued from initial letter A thru about N or O- half the alphabet. Your ZFS series is very late- and was issued around 1970.
As many car owners do, you want a legitimate series that could have been assigned to the car at the time. You'd need anything before letter R- there are no lists from the state regarding this, but that fits our working list of numbers.
You could even get an early letter like A- that could have sat in an office until 1965 and been issued- but the actual letters for 1965 include P-Q-R as the initial letter of the 3 letters. Anything before R is good, unfortunately, anything later is impossible!
Check eBay- and good luck!
Jeff Minard
ALPCA license plate historianThe first line of the 3rd paragraph is key, someone could have received an earlier sequence plate if one had been sitting in a DMV office somewhere. Or someone could have a latter sequence plate if they brought their car into CA from another state say in late 67 or later. |
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Post by BR[] on Oct 14, 2011 17:12:08 GMT -5
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Post by RAM Z on Oct 16, 2011 20:09:13 GMT -5
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Post by stan65cutlass on Oct 16, 2011 23:14:32 GMT -5
check out the paper floor mats for test drives
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2011 4:47:21 GMT -5
That's a late '65 plate, my '66 has the first 3 of RVS and my buddies '65 is NOA. Oh, as for Mom, if it was mine, she would tell them to dial it up!! Of course, she bought a '67 GTO new, the first non Chevy since she got out of drag racing, she got it after my older brother was born since the '65 Vette wasn't family friendly...... I've done quite a bit of research on CA plates that would be correct for a 65, since I have a Fremont car that came with a CA black plate. I also belonged to the national license plate collectors group for many years before buying my 442 as I collect plates. Here is what the ALPCA historian says about getting a period correct plate. This applies to CA plates only; Hi Mike:
In 1965- we were in the middle of the alphabet on those 1963 baseplates- and they were issued alphabetically. In 1963-64, we issued from initial letter A thru about N or O- half the alphabet. Your ZFS series is very late- and was issued around 1970.
As many car owners do, you want a legitimate series that could have been assigned to the car at the time. You'd need anything before letter R- there are no lists from the state regarding this, but that fits our working list of numbers.
You could even get an early letter like A- that could have sat in an office until 1965 and been issued- but the actual letters for 1965 include P-Q-R as the initial letter of the 3 letters. Anything before R is good, unfortunately, anything later is impossible!
Check eBay- and good luck!
Jeff Minard
ALPCA license plate historianThe first line of the 3rd paragraph is key, someone could have received an earlier sequence plate if one had been sitting in a DMV office somewhere. Or someone could have a latter sequence plate if they brought their car into CA from another state say in late 67 or later. How about another twist to this. My '66 and my buddies' red '65 BOTH were built in Fremont AND came from the same dealer, Century Olds in Van Nuys and since it's in Los Angeles, I'm sure back then, as like today, DMV's were always busy so I don't think any plates sat around for very long, lol! My '66 is an early run, it has a weird headliner design, not the normal ear muff like usual and the last 6 of the vin is 112687 |
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Post by RAM Z on Oct 23, 2011 8:22:18 GMT -5
My red car was built in March and has its original black plate with orange 1965 sticker on it. Plate reads NHA 259.
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Post by RAM Z on Oct 23, 2011 8:23:36 GMT -5
check out the paper floor mats for test drives I may have some of those made pretty soon. |
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Post by BR[] on Oct 23, 2011 21:57:48 GMT -5
why?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2011 13:51:45 GMT -5
Great pictures!
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Post by RAM Z on Nov 9, 2011 14:41:28 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2011 14:59:33 GMT -5
Mmmmm. A dragster parade car
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Post by stan65cutlass on Nov 9, 2011 20:59:03 GMT -5
neat, dont see the stripe much, and again the headlites are missin'?
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Post by RAM Z on Nov 14, 2011 21:17:41 GMT -5
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![BR[] Avatar](http://aliquippaoutlaws.homestead.com/Bro442_ANIM_150.gif)
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