75 New Yorker

[Greg B.]

The 73 is slowly growing on me.

Like a fungus

 

[tbm3fan]

Just had his first price drop from $3000 to $2600 now on the 75 New Yorker.

 

[1978 NYB]

Must have sold......the ad is gone.

 

[commando1]

If it's gone because it sold, we now have a real WIW.

 

[tbm3fan]

Right here...
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/3663955707.html

 

[commando1]

It would interest me more if it was a factory non-vinyl.

 

[tbm3fan]

Now down to 2400 or first decent offer.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/cto/3675078864.html

 

[1978 NYB]

That is a nice coupe for $2400! It appears to be rust free from what I can see.

 

[commando1]

It's getting there.......

 

[polara71]

That is a nice coupe for $2400! It appears to be rust free from what I can see.

California car, its gotta sell for that

 

[tbm3fan]

California car, its gotta sell for that

Maybe and maybe not. Wrong plate for the year that is for sure. That is a 1999 plate on the car and if sold in California it should have the plate pictured below.

 

[commando1]

This whole Blue Plate/Black Plate issue is total nonsense. Means nothing.

 

[cm23uoc]

I love it. I don't want to know how much money I threw out the window to keep some of my period correct original plates.

 

[tbm3fan]

This whole Blue Plate/Black Plate issue is total nonsense. Means nothing.

That just about sums it up. There are definitely two groups when it comes to these plates. To one it is a big deal and to the other it is total BS. Most all who think it is BS are not from California while most who thinks it matters are from California. However, I have run into non-Californians who like it for whatever reason also.

Usually people like to buy rust free cars unless we're nuts. For some reason California has been looked upon as having less rusty cars than elsewhere except near the beach, the Sierra and the wetter North Coast. Arizona is nice and dry but also nice and baking hot. So when I see someone say an original California car, and it has the wrong plates, then that car could have come from the rust belt for all anyone knows till seen in person. In this state, when a car is issued a plate, it stays with the car for life.

Four of my vehicles have black plates while the Dodge has a newer plate as the 2nd owner wasn't smart enough not to turn in the blue plate to the DMV. Now the DMV can reissue the black and blue plates if they get enough people to sign on. However, the plates will be obviously different to the slightly trained eye. Reflective plate and California not embossed. Plus the fact that the blue plate is not the 1970 version, with 6 figures, but the 1980 plate with 7 figures.

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

factory black plate/blue plate cars a re great.
When ever I bought one I made sure the plates stay with the car

 

[tbm3fan]

factory black plate/blue plate cars a re great.
When ever I bought one I made sure the plates stay with the car

See, and he is not even Californian!

 

[commando1]

Sorry. I'm still on the side of the fence that says that anybody that covets a car with these plates is the same guy that boastfully proclaims his car is 1 of only 432,517 with the "rare" Optional Passenger Side Visor Vanity Mirror.
The whole plate schmele was made up by sellers when they they were running out of unique sales-speak to pimp a car.

 

[cm23uoc]

Makes no sense (other than to have it saved) to me if you can't go on using the plates after buying i.e. out of state or country. Referring to our old German non-reflective pre Euro-plates. Somewhat a "crown" of period correctness for my personal taste.

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

to me the old plates car part of the cars history. If these are the plates which got boltet on when the car was new: great.
I never remove them, just bold my plate above it which I can remove at car shows

 

[polara71]

Interesting Carsten, I like the plates to stay with a car