1972 california commercial license plate.

[desert-rat]

So for us Californians trucks are registered as commercial and have different plates.
For a passenger vehicle in '72, the format would be
123 ABC. My '72 C10 format is 1A12345 on blue plates. My question is, is that the correct format for a '72 truck??
I tried researching DMV and on line. Can't find anything. How far back did commercial plates for pick up trucks go? I know that the letter can be elsewhere instead of the second character on the plate.

[Steeveedee]

They were ##_###_ 'Letter' where _ is a space. Black with yellow letters from '63 to '70, and blue with yellow letters for yours. I don't recall what format the plates were prior to '63, but there were indeed commercial plates before then. I do know that '55 to '62 plates were yellow with black characters. Is your license plate white? I'm not familiar with the car/truck format for those.

[KQQL IT]

Pop moved here in june 71
It was xx219 J when they re-registered it.
I've yet to find a pic of the entire sequence.

Black plate yellow character

['68OrangeSunshine]

The original Cal plates on my '68 C/10 Stepside [bought 6/73] were Black w/ Yellow digits:

10 566 A

Note the spacing.
When I registered the truck in Arizona in 1974, I had to surrender the Cal plates to the MVD, who returned them to the DMV.
[By military regulations, my vehicle registration had to match my drivers license by state]
I might have a '50s Cal commercial plate in my garage. It's Yellow w/ Black digits.
I'll look later.

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by KQQL IT

Pop moved here in june 71
It was xx219 J when they re-registered it.
I've yet to find a pic of the entire sequence.

Black plate yellow character

The black with yellow commercial plates were used until the local DMV offices ran out. Small towns could have had a lot of them in stock.

[Smitty]

My ‘71 is an original San Diego truck with black and yellow.

[Stocker]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

The original Cal plates on my '68 C/10 Stepside [bought 6/73] were Black w/ Yellow digits:

10 566 A

Note the spacing.

That's the exact format of the original California plates on my '72 (Fremont) K20, including the colors. They are still on the truck.

[FirstOwner69]

I'm not sure if adds anything to this thread, but here is a picture of the plates that were issued in Orange County for my new '69 truck purchased and registered the last week of November, 1969.

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by Stocker

That's the exact format of the original California plates on my '72 (Fremont) K20, including the colors. They are still on the truck.

Case in point, though I'm kind of surprised that the black/yellow plates were still being used in '72. Given the strange things we see from year to year with our trucks, I shouldn't be surprised, I guess.

[HotWheelsFan]

I had a 74 truck in Ca. it had blue with yellow letters/numbers and plate was 1L26450, or close to it.

Bob

[KQQL IT]

If you're purchasing plates check for back registration fees prior to purchase.

I bought this pair. And they have 547 in fees to re-register.

https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/handbo...icense-plates/

[PbFut]

In California a c10 does not require a commercial plate. All c20 require commercial unless a permanent camper was mounted. If a c10 has commercial plates it is because the truck was likely registered in a corporate name and used as a commercial vehicle. If you have a c10 registered as commercial you can save a few bucks a year by changing to private.