I want to put a 1956 florida plate on my 56 f100.i have had a 1951 plate on my 51 f1 and I have a 1953 plate on my 53 mercury convertible.now I want a 1956 florida plate .I go to swap meets and see these guys selling plates from all different states,but so far no 56 florida plate.if anyone out there finds a real nice 56 plate let me kno 7 I will send you the money for it.if I get lucky & find one I will let you know.thank you

 

How about ebay? I've purchased a few NY plates on there before. I've also contacted dealers listed on ALPCA (The Automobile License Plate Collectors Association) to inquire about particular numbers/ letters. Hemmings may have listings for license plate dealers as well.

A few currently on Ebay:






I'm not sure if Florida DMV has the ability to look up plate numbers to see if they are available.

 

Found it - https://services.flhsmv.gov/mvcheckpersonalplate/
This way you can check availability before purchasing. I found a pristine set of un-used plates before and the number had already been taken. They would have been expensive wall decorations!

 

Bob the real find for a FL plate is one with the correct county number I think you are in Pasco Co and that would be county code 28.

I need one for 1953 FL county code 18.

 

Here is where I got my plate:
1956 Florida license plates for sale

 

BT,that site is for personalized plates,like your name or something like that.

 

Merten, I bought both of my florida plates at different places.i bought my 1951 florida plate at a pawn shop here in Hudson for $25,and it was in excellent condition-I bought a 1953 florida plate at a swap meet I paid $30 for it and it was in great shape.neither one on my plates had a county # on them like a 28-they were just regular numbers

 

Correct, but you can also use it to check the availability of a particular plate number. For example, say you ran across an original 1956 plate with the number "1956". Status: NOT AVAILABLE You would know that you couldn't register that plate. Whereas plate number "4-30075" says Status: AVAILABLE.

 

 

OK, just found a pretty complete explanation as curiosity got the best of me. Go here. I deleted my brief attempt I had posted here to inform. Earlier FL tags carried a wealth of information.

http://www.floridalicenseplates.com/codes.php

 

Not sure what county "7" is but I found this one at
PlateVault

 

That 7 W would have been on a heavy passenger car, 3500-4500 lbs, from Orange County. See link above

 

In KY we can use reproduction plates as long as we keep the historical plate in the car so I got mine here for $35
US USA License Plate Number Plate Custom Embossed Personalized white option 2 | eBay

They have all states covered

 

Gotcha....I didn't look at the link. Slept in and still working on coffee