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In nebraska, if you can find one plate with a tag it is all you need. Luck was with me the day I found a matching set of plates with 47 tags. I picked them up at the freemont swap meet, nice size one for NE. I live in Douglas county, which is 1. Plates I found where in 6 county. Due to rarity they allow us to use out of county tags. I had them restored by a young gentleman down by lincoln.

Will have pictures of his work soon. Dark red plate with white symbols 1946 - Brown 47 tag with white numerals.

FRANKIE47

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You sure have to know what you're doing when dealing with plates. In 1979 (or so) I went to an estate auction. I bought a box of California plates for next to nothing. Lots of 40 plates. I gave a perfect pair of 47s to a friend. I had paid about $11 for them. At the time it was no big deal. When I wanted to get YOM plates on my 47 I didn't have anymore so I went to the Pomona (Ca) swap meet. I found a restored set -THE GUY WANTED $350.

This is when I found out in 1945 California cars had only one plate. I had one and the guy was trying to offer me less because I didn't have a set. Tricky.

Anyway - 47 California plates are worth so much because they used the same plate for 2 or 3 years. In 48 California used a 47 plate with a metal tag that was put in the upper corner.

My 48 pick up (Chevy) and my 47 Plymouth have YOM plates. It's a little thing but I think it gives them a nice touch.

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Yes, I think it's a nice thing. I haven't bothered to register my 47 plate

as I like the antique tags I got back in the 70s. You can tell they are

antique tags and have an older style number. They issued a pair of those

antique ones....so I use them both. Not a big deal to me.

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