What style of vintage license plate to put on 1976 2002?

[HarryBMW]

I am hoping to put a vintage German license plate on my 1976 2002 and wondering which style would be authentic to the 1976 year. Would anyone have an image of one that is fitting? Thanks!

[HBChris]

Period correct is the plain white background like this company offers.  You can google more about the correct numbers and pattern, don’t get the left side blue band eec plate.  It should have an M for Munich which is the state.

 

https://www.customeuropeanplates.com/?gclid=CjwKCAiAi4fwBRBxEiwAEO8_Ho28n0mMWb3lhdgAOTt3yl3uKY1cuysqaQ6of6pvJuVwZEgZ6W868RoCCiUQAvD_BwE

[Mike Self]

If you're licensing your '02 as an antique or historic vehicle in your home state, check to see if they have a "year of manufacture" law.  That allows you to find a 1976 license plate from your state, register it with your DMV (procedures vary from state to state), and then display that plate in lieu of the regular historic or antique plate.  Then use the German plate in front, as most states don't require a pair of YOM plates, even those who still have two plates.  

 

mike

[albatcha]

A normal license plate issued in 1976 Germany would be like the one in the photo, white background black letters. The first letters are the place where the car is registered, M for Munich, KN for Konstanz, BL for Balingen, etc. Then there's a dash and then two random letters then random numbers. If the area code is one letter like M, then there are four numbers at the end, if the area code is two letters like KN, then there are three numbers at the end.

 

[2002#3]

Options...

 

1.  REAR

     a.  Your State's Official Historical Plate.  Official historical.  Easy for others to comprehend and  appreciate.  See photo.

     b.  Your State's Year of Manufacture (see Mike above).  Your state might/not allow this.  My YOM plate (1974) was $5 on eBay.  Ohio allows YOM plates for only $4.50 more after you obtain a historical plate.  See photo.

 

2.  FRONT

     a.  Genuine 1976 German Plate.  An original 1976 German plate (see albatcha above).  Cool.  eBay?

     b.  Genuine German Historical Plate.  Again, eBay.  Inexpensive (mine was $15.00).  A GGHP will (i) will have been on a German car that is >30 years old, (ii) indicate the district in which the plate/car was registered, (iii) the seal of the district, (iv) a number, and (v) the cool part, an "H" to show it is a historical German car.

NOTE:  German law mandates the seal on a GGHP must be removed before selling the plate, so yours likely will be scraped away.  Bummer.  However, such seals of many districts are available through searches on the internet, Google, etc.  I found an exact match for Markisher district (kreis) for a few dollars and applied it easily.  Bob's your uncle!

 

"Classic cars (known in German by the pseudo-English expression Oldtimer) can get an H (historisch, historic) at the end of the plate, such as K-AA 100H in order to preserve the so-called "vehicle of cultural value" (kraftfahrtechnisches Kulturgut). It also includes a flat tax of around €190 per year. It is popular to choose the digits so that they indicate the car's year of manufacture.  The first documented registration lies at least 30 years in the past."

 

Regards.

 

Edited December 25, 2019 by 2002#3
Removed redundant phrases

[uai]

You want the old DIN font and non-reflective Background.

Shouldn‘t be a problem to find some on eBay.de

e.g. https://www.ebay.de/itm/altes-KFZ-Kennzeichen-Nummernschild-Munchen-original-1960er-Jahre/123927248795?hash=item1cdaa3bf9b:g:H2UAAOSwPk1dlfFa

 

Edited December 25, 2019 by uai