Antique plate Question

I kind of want to change my tag to a historical ones. So I did some research but it seems bit confusing.

For example, drive it out on weekend just to enjoy cruising and stop by the grocery on the way home.

Is this a pleasure ride or general purpose?

Or drive it to work in the morning, because I am scheduled to get a service after work.

How they determine whether it's pleasure or general use on some cases like that.

Did anybody got pull over by police before, because you have an antique plate?

 

I'd say your best answers would come from your and or other insurance agents. The USA seems a lot like Canada where each state/province has there own BS about use, storage, can I look at my car every day, or only every second day? Sounds crazy, but you are asking insurance questions.

Hope fully some one with experience in your location can give you some guide lines, but your still going to have to ask a insurance agent for the real deal.

 

In Illinois at one time you could get an RV tag on a pick up truck.
About the same basic rules are for an antique tag.
You can not use it for regular use like driving to work everyday and taking the kids/dog places.
On an antique tag I am not sure you can even use the wagon for vacation trips or stopping at the hardware store.
As far as that truck RV tag went, you couldn't even haul one cement block in the bed. So you probably couldn't buy a pot of flowers or bag of dog food and haul it home in the wagon. It's not worth the worry or hassle.
Personally I don't look at anything newer that the early 50's as an antique.
I've only had antique tags on a few cars which we use for cruise ins and other car shows.
Hystorical is usually for much older than 25 year old vehicles.

 

If you plan to use your antique vehicle or trailer solely as a collector's item, you may register your vehicle with antique license plates or permanent vintage license plates.
Registering your vehicle either of these ways limits your use of the vehicle to:

• Participation in antique car club activities, exhibits, tours, parades, and similar events.
• Testing its operation, obtaining repairs or maintenance, selling the vehicle or trailer, transportation to and from events as described in number 1 above and for the occasional pleasure driving not to exceed 250 miles from your residence.
• Carrying or transporting passengers, personal effects or other antique motor vehicles being transported for show purposes.

You may not use your vehicle for general, daily transportation. This includes, but is not limited to, driving to and from work.
If you are providing vintage license plates, then the year embossed on the license plate must match the model year of the vehicle. In addition, DMV must inspect and approve the physical condition of the vintage plates.
To register your vehicle with antique or permanent vintage license plates, DMV charges a one-time $50 registration fee. Use the Vehicle Registration Application (VSA 14) or the License Plate Application (VSA 10), and the Antique Vehicle Applicant Certification (VSA 10B).

• Your license plates will be valid for as long as you own the vehicle.
• You may not transfer your license plates to another vehicle, but you may surrender them to DMV and then register them to a different vehicle for an additional fee.
• Unless the vehicle was manufactured for one license plate only, you must display license plates on the front and the rear of your vehicle.
• Using the Antique Vehicle Applicant Certification (VSA 10B), you must also certify that you own, or have regular use of, another vehicle, without antique plates, for daily use and that the vehicle or trailer you want to register with antique plates can be driven safely on the highways of Virginia.

If you have additional questions, you may find the answers in our Antique Vehicle FAQs.
Using Your Antique Vehicle For Everyday Driving

In order to enjoy unrestricted driving privileges in your antique vehicle, you'll need to either purchase standard license plates (not antique plates) from DMV or provide vintage license plates and register your antique vehicle for general transportation purposes. No matter which option you choose, you will be subject to the same registration requirements. So, remember, if you choose to use vintage license plates, just like owning a modern vehicle, you'll have to:

• Renew your vehicle registration every year or every other year (depending on whether you renew for one or two years), pay the same registration fee you would pay to purchase standard license plates.
• Display month and year decals on your vintage license plates.
• Obtain an annual safety inspection sticker for your vehicle.

If you own another vehicle or trailer of the same model year, you may transfer your general transportation vintage license plates to that vehicle.
Violations of the antique vehicle rules are Class 4 misdemeanors under Virginia Code Section 46.2-730 and will result in the revocation of your antique or permanent vintage license plates for a period of five years from the date DMV is notified of your conviction.

 

About year of manufacture plates (tags) many states, including Florida you can buy a license plate in good usable condition and have it inspected and okayed by the state. They will put the latest year sticker on it and you can use this plate on a vehicle of the same year as the plate.
My 1955 Chevy wagon has a 1955 Florida plate---Tag.
I have used this plate since moving to Florida in 1994. Don't remember all the details, but I drive it everywhere. Only difference in using the regular Florida tag is a YOM costs more each year and there is an additional charge to get it okayed.
Florida seems to have 100+ license plates. One for every school, group, animal, and fish. Most out of staters have no idea where we are from. Watch for the permanent left blinker and people driving onn the sidewalk.

All driver license stations have the information available for tags.

 

I know in GA a historical tag means an INCREASE in annual tag fees so we always say "no" to a special tag at renewal time. I think at one time here it might have been the other way around and you could actually save money displaying a historical tag.

 

I loved it in Illinois when we could get VANITY plates reasonable. I guess they have them in Florida but apparently they are expensive.
My 55 Chevy wagon still has the Illinois vanity plate on the front. Only need one tag here. It is R TOY 55.
On my other 55 Chevy I had USA 1955. On the 57 Chevy SHARP 57 for my name. On my Escort I had MODEL T 1.
Someone else had SHARP 55.
If you got a number with the letters it didn't cost more than the regular plate.
Seems like Florida has ANTIQUE, and HISTORICAL. I believe historical is for very old cars and is a one time buy plate.

 

In OKlahoma, Year-Of-Manufacture (YOM) tags are treated the same as personalized plates, and cost $21.50/yr to renew, in addition to the normal annual tag renewal fee of $21.50, for a total of $43.00 annually. Use is not restricted, other than it can not be used for commercial purposes. The vehicle must be 25 years old or older. Or, you can get an Antique or Classic tag for $15.50/yr or $85.50 for ten years...BUT, they can ONLY be used on a car that is being driven to, from, or participating in a specific car event, and your usage is severely limited...screw that!

Oklahoma state plates have been thirteen kinds of ugly since the early '80s. I'll pay more for a personalized plate or YOM plate and display that, versus the state-issued POS plate.

To answer your question, Parisienne, you need to contact your Virginia licensing authority

 

Parisienne, you need to contact your Virginia licensing authority

When I lived with my grandparents and had my first car, 1949 Dodge, I had a metal tag like those club drag tags that said MADE IN VIRGINIA BY VIRGINS.
Grandma and the vice-principle at school made me take it off!

 

In TN you can use YOM plates as well when your car is registered as an antique. They don't even have a plate inspection requirement. For my GN and Cutlass, I bought some nice YOM plates off eBay and the cops have pulled me over numerous times in the GN for 'expired tags'.

I carry the issued antique tag in the car as required and a copy of the YOM statute to educate the officer. I've taught quite a few of 'em.

 

I'm sure each state is different. Like you, I live in Virginia. I have had vehicles registered with antique tags for many years. I have never been stopped because of the tags.
As I recall, Virginia's law (at least the last time I registered an antique), says "limited pleasure use within 200 miles of home. Beyond 200 miles, it would be driving the car to an event such as a car show or parade. Limited pleasure use means you cannot drive the car for any kind of regular use, You cannot drive the car to work. You cannot use the car for your weekly grocery shopping. The registration is permanent and does not need to be renewed each year. It is exempt from annual safety inspections, but a notarized form is required stating that the vehicle's safety equipment is maintained regularly. I would suggest getting the safety inspection anyway to eliminate questions in the event of an accident.
I have driven the cars to work on rare occasions (mostly when I was dropping it off at a nearby repair shop). I have driven it to a grocery store, but not as a regular practice. I think that as long as a police officer doesn't see you driving on antique tags on a regular basis, and doesn't see antique tags on your vehicle at your place of employment, then you're probably okay.
Some of the rules may have changed a little over the years, so I suggest getting a copy of the law and keeping it in the glove box of your car if you are concerned. As for me, I seldom drive my antiques unless I am going to a car show or cruise in, or unless I'm just out for a pleasure drive to keep the battery charged up.

 

I'm just out for a pleasure drive to keep the battery charged up. __________________
That's mostly why I drive my old cars.......To keep my battery charged!

 

Gentlemen.
My posting was taken directly from the website of Virginia's DMV, therefore it should be the most current and complete information for Virginia.

 

Have you been to your local DMV lately? Most employees will give you that deer in the headlights look when asked questions. Their only job is drivers license and license plates but questions about either seem confusing.

 

Thanks guys!! I went to DMV this morning, it was crowded.. I mean..CROWDED. So I decide to go back on next weekdays.