1972 california commercial license plate.

[pjmoreland]

The CA title on my C/10 says COMMERCIAL on it. For some reason, it's got blue & yellow plates. My assumption is that it spent the first few years as a government vehicle (CalTrans), in which case it would have had exempt plates that were then replaced with regular plates when it was sold off. My blue & yellow plates are 66 069 L. From what I've found, the L series is from approximately 1972.

[Stocker]

Originally Posted by pjmoreland

My blue & yellow plates are 66 069 L. From what I've found, the L series is from approximately 1972.

That's something I never thought about. FWIW, my '72 K20 ends with J.

Also FWIW -- mine is an early '72, built in August 1971. No idea when it was sold and first licensed, though.

[Steeveedee]

Plates are distributed across the state to DMV offices, so it could be tough to tell what year a plate got matched with a truck.

[pjmoreland]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

Plates are distributed across the state to DMV offices, so it could be tough to tell what year a plate got matched with a truck.

Definitely a lot of variation out there. Here are some commercial plates I found on Craigslist.

[desert-rat]

I bought my '87 G20 van from my neighbor after he was using it for landscaping and it had commercial plates, one letter and rest numbers. It now has regular passenger vehicle plates 1ABC123 but the DMV said had to mount at least one seat and belt in the back for passenger plates. It has a folding rear bench now that folds flat. DMV had to inspect it in order to change registration and plates over to non commercial.

[desert-rat]

Originally Posted by pjmoreland

Definitely a lot of variation out there. Here are some commercial plates I found on Craigslist.

Yup, one letter plates are commercial.

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by pjmoreland

Definitely a lot of variation out there. Here are some commercial plates I found on Craigslist.

Hah! I saw that Dodge van on there just yesterday!

[Chevyland]

Typically (not always) 72 trucks came with
Blue and yellow plates
The last digit was K L M N O, sometimes P
71 trucks (usually ) would have ended H I J
73 ended in P or above

Much of this depended what county the truck was originally registered in
I've had 72 trucks registered in a rural counties
That had Black and yellow plates ending in J
(Most likely because that DMV office didn't use up their commercial plates as fast as a DMV in a populated county would)
Hence, why most 72's came with BLUE and ended with K or greater

[KQQL IT]

Originally Posted by Chevyland

Typically (not always) 72 trucks came with
Blue and yellow plates
The last digit was K L M N O, sometimes P
71 trucks (usually ) would have ended H I J
73 ended in P or above

Much of this depended what county the truck was originally registered in
I've had 72 trucks registered in a rural counties
That had Black and yellow plates ending in J
(Most likely because that DMV office didn't use up their commercial plates as fast as a DMV in a populated county would)
Hence, why most 72's came with BLUE and ended with K or greater

Solid information.

I've always figured dad didn't re register the 68 until he had to. Hence the black J plate on it.
I finally quit looking for a pair and got a personalized black plate.
Also seems like for hire commercial trucks. Began with a single letter where a pickup ends with a letter.

[factorystock]

Originally Posted by Chevyland

Typically (not always) 72 trucks came with
Blue and yellow plates
The last digit was K L M N O, sometimes P
Hence, why most 72's came with BLUE and ended with K or greater

Agree