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I'm ready to license a 1950 chevy truck in Texas, someone has told me that truck farm tags for that year plate are not elgible. Any help is appriecated. I already have a 69 Chevelle with YOM plates.

YOM plates are allowed, I don't know about "farm" plates. I spoke to the DMV a month ago about YOM plates (I have a pair of 51 plates) and was told I would be able to use them if no one else had the same numbers on current plates. I don't know why truck plates would matter.

Someone told you? The only ones who can tell you if plates are registrable is someone at the tag office with access to the database. And you may have to talk to the supervisor. The gal at the window in Parker County didn't know squat about them when I registered my 'burb.

Settle down Cletis, it's time to put on your glasses and begin to read. I didn't say I was told my plates would be acceptable. I said I was told they would be if they were unique.

I deal with registrations all the time. Quite often the local Tax assessors office has to call TXDOT in Austin. And if they talk to 2 different people, they may get 2 different answers. The trick is to deal with the one who has the answers I like.

I have 1952 Farm Truck plates and had absolutely no trouble registering with them in Texas.

Well there you go! enuf said...

I wasn't referring to anything you said. I was referring to geb's statement, "...someone has told me that truck farm tags for that year plate are not elgible."

I also have farm truck plates on my 57. The girl at the tax office initially said I couldn't use them without applying for the farm truck exemption, but the other more knowledgable employee there said it wasn't an issue as the registration for YOM plates was different. So it should't be an issue.

I'm running '58 farm truck plates. They were able to get over the "farm truck" designation without too much problem. For them (again, in Parker county, but I'm at the east end ) it was most important that they are the correct color for the year of manufacture. She verified color correctness, then took a photocopy of both plates to show that they were in good usable condition, and handed me back the plates with the tag.

One last thing: the woman at the second window tried giving "advice" to the woman I was working with. She had heartburn over the farm truck designation. I pulled out the argument "If I had '58 dealer tags, I could run them without being a dealer, right? It is the same thing with farm tags and me not using this for farm purposes." She agreed and let it ride.

Bill

Sorry Cletis, I guess I'm the one needing reading lessons.