Year of Manufacture Plates - Massachusetts... One or Two Plates??

[GrumpyOne]

Does Massachusetts allow year of manufacture plates on antique vehicles?

[StudeRich]

This should be a start:

https://www.mass.gov/vehicle-registration-and-title

https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-registry-of-motor-vehicles

[Skip Lackie]

Yes. Vehicles must be 26 years old or older. If pairs were issued, one plate may be used.

[garyash]

The plate or plates must be taken to the Mass. Registry of Motor Vehicles for inspection when you register the plates to your car. They have to be legible, not too bent or rusty, and cannot have been repainted. Of course, once they have been approved, they never have to go back to the Registry again...

If you have old plates from a number that has been in the family for a long time, you can have one modern car registered with the current year plate and one old car with a YOM plate having the same number. My wife inherited her grandfather's plate number (and a pile of old plates), has it on her Ford Edge, and I have the 1964 plate with the same number on my Studebaker Wagonaire.

Carry a copy of the Mass. YOM regulations in your glove compartment because not all policemen know the details, and the rules in other states are different. We recently got pulled over in NH by a local cop who didn't think you could drive on the highway with YOM plates. He was polite, but wanted some explanation.

[rodnutrandy]

In Ohio , I only have to run a plate on rear because a 1946 , during war to save metal only issued one plate.

[GrumpyOne]

Thanks guys...

I'm not from MA but I "inherited" a single plate a bit rusty but undamaged otherwise and was just wondering if it was worth anything. I'm having it sent out to me and once received, I'll post a pix...

[57pack]

I remember one year of Massachusetts license plates that rusted badly. 1963 or 1964 are the years that stick in my mind.
We had a cottage on a lake in NH and had a visit from relatives who lived in Weymouth Mass and the plates were quite rusty. I mentioned it to my cousins and they shushed me and said don’t mention it to my uncle as he was upset about it. Seems he had a new Ford and didn’t like the rusty plates on his new car.