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Nov 2, 2015 | 07:06 PM

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I don't have 6000 but maybe 500 or so. I have all of SD, except I only have one pre-state. A 1906 according to the number. The lowest year of number issued, fewer than 200.
I am presently mounting them on masonite a decade per board and displaying them at the country treasure office (our DMV) They love them there and get lots of comments.

And this is probably my rarest. My brother found it in a cow pasture and I had it restored. I haven't even found a picture of another 22 Mont. Cycle

I also have a small collection of every material plates were made of. I have leather, Aluminum, Fiber board, brass and my favorite, the 33=34 Arizona copper. Still looking for a porcelain one. And I also like the wartime because everyone was doing something to save metal. And Montana-Wyoming because they are low population density states.

Nov 2, 2015 | 08:54 PM

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I am sitting here LmAO over what happened to this thread. OMG as my girls would say. I feel so much better about myself now. Thanks. And I have some briggs stuff that might be available to a kid....

Nov 2, 2015 | 09:29 PM

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Haha, we do go down rabbit trails sometimes. Apologies to the OP. On that note, do you have any Ford script spark plugs with built in primer cups?

Nov 2, 2015 | 09:46 PM

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I have the correct and rare '45 California PC ( pneumatic commercial) with '46 tab on my '46.
'45 and '46 YOM plates are the only ones you can legally use only one plate here in CA. A front plate is required, except for these 2 years since only one plate was issued to save steel for the war, although I never run a front plate on any of my vehicles.
In CA since '63 plates stay with the vehicle. For instance, my '57 Ford still has the plate issued to it in 1963.

46 ford truck brings up a interesting bit about the 1945 & 46 plates as he said it was the only 2 years California issued a single plate, 1944 was a windshield sticker affixed in the lower right corner, except for trailers which had a tab the same shape as the 43 tab. with a black bear on it, M/cycles had a bear also but the tab was more of a strip & also had the black bear. back to the 45-6, the prefix's of that time & prior was PC, SC, PT, ST, = pneumatic commercial, solid tire commercial, pneumatic trailer, & solid tire trailer, 1946 marked the end of those prefix's. California wanted the solid tires off the roads, my dad started driving truck in 1928, and told me that solid tires played havoc on the roads especially in the summer months. if driving a car and you hit the ruts left behind by a steel wheeled truck it could be a pain in the petuti,

Nov 2, 2015 | 10:05 PM

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And this is probably my rarest. My brother found it in a cow pasture and I had it restored. I haven't even found a picture of another 22 Mont. Cycle

some states during the war and a bit after in this case ILL, were trying that fiberboard and soy bean was in the mix, records show that animals use to nibble & chew on them if it was a plate that could be got'en to.
i saw an article once before on that, Hay can you just see telling the cops that the goat ate your plate.

that S.D 572 is awsome willowbilly

Nov 2, 2015 | 10:32 PM

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Interesting that Montana used the same supplier for soybean plates as Illinois. The 44 Montana is green and looks just like the 43 Illinois. Sometimes you can find a 44 Montana that is a 43 Illinois on the back.

Nov 2, 2015 | 11:03 PM

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thats a new one on me, but it makes Sense when the 43's were done flip them over and use the other side

sort of a dual registration LOL

Nov 3, 2015 | 08:48 AM

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Haha, we do go down rabbit trails sometimes. Apologies to the OP. On that note, do you have any Ford script spark plugs with built in primer cups?

Don't think I have any ford script plugs and I have no plugs with primers. Haven't dug into the box lately. Most of them my son collected at the gas engine meets when he was 6-12 years old. Guys would give him their duplicates, chipped or common ones. I have run a lot of them in my one lung engines and have a couple of 1/2" pipe thread green hexagonal splitdorfs in my aerothrust outboard. What else would you run in an aerothrust?