The attached image of the maroon plate, is a vehicle '49-'54. They used a metal tab for the specific year until September '53, when they went to stickers.

From what my research indicates, those years used the same plate for trucks and cars, but a different tag. The white tag is for a passenger car, the yellow tag is for a truck.

-Kevin
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Last edited by Shakey61; 12/27/2022 6:34 PM.
This is what happens when you live with a house-full of women, the wife and daughters name all the cars:
1960 Impala - "Frankie" (Frank Sinatra)
1961 Apache - " 'Mater Jr." (wrecker)
1965 Corvair Monza Convertible
1967 C20 "Ol' Blue" (hidden in a log cabin for 30 years)
1972 SuperBeetle Convertible - "Juliet"
1976 SuperBeetle Convertible - "Olaf"
1988 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce - "Romeo"