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casper50

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I want to try and recreate a 1947 Alaska soyboard license plate.  I'm having a hard time coming up with a substitute material for the soyboard itself.  I've got a sign maker that says he can recreate the reflective paint colors and fonts I just need something better than thin aluminum to have it put on.  Any suggestions?

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Casper.....that original board looks a lot like printed circuit board..........I have no idea if it is but would the PCB if obtainable be suitable?............andyd

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That's one of my problems at the moment. I've contacted 2 different DMV sections here in Alaska and this is what I've been told.

 Alaska allows "YOM" (year of manufactur) plates. I had basicly two questions that I asked both the DMV in Soldotna and one in Anchorage.

1. On whether I need two plates since in 1947 they only issued one and Alaska now mandates two. Soldotna said that I could have a personalized plate made for the front and the Anchorage said that I needed two originals. (They only made one for each number)

2. On condition: Anchorage said that the DMV doesn't okay the plate condtion. Soldotna said that I had to have the plate taken into them so that they could okay it.

I figured that if I buy an original plate and make two reproductions of said original plate that looks as close as possible that they might allow that.

An original 1947 Alaska plate runs from $225 to $450. I don't feel like buying one just to find out that I can't use it.  I'm trying to get a definative answer to the questions above but no luck so far.

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