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Illustrated History of Connecticut License Plates Joe Wasielewski - ALPCA Member 6996

All-Terrain Ambulance Amateur Radio Apportioned Boat Ramp Bus Camp Trailer to 1957 Camp Trailer 1958- Camper Classic Vehicle Combination 1 Combination 2 Commercial to 1957 Commercial 1958- Common Construction Dealer Motorcycle Dealer New to 1969 Dealer New 1970-1989 Dealer New 1990- Dealer Spec. Equip. Dealer Used to 1969 Dealer Used 1970-1989 Dealer Used 1990- Dismantler Early American Error Plates Exp. Test Factory Farm Fire Apparatus Fish Foreign Consul Gasoline Handicapped Hearse High Mileage Veh. Interstate Junk Livery Marine Trailer M.F.G. Military Miscellaneous/Local Motorcycle Municipal M.V. Dept Official Parade Permits Political - State Political - US Postmaster POW Prototype PUC Repair to 1969 Repair 1970- Sample School Bus Service Bus Snowmobile Special Equipment Sphinx State Student Transport Taxi Temp. Metal Plates Temp. Non-Passenger Temp. Pass. Temp. Reg. Certificate Toll Trailer Trans. Vanpool Veteran Volunteer Firefighter Wrecker Temp. Pass. These plates are issued to passenger vehicles for temporary registrations - such as when purchasing a used car or registering a car temporarily in order to have it inspected for permanent registration. These are verified back into the 1940s, as cardboard plates similar to the design of the 1954 pictured below. Various design tweaks as pictured below took place over the years. These plates have holes punched in them for attachment in the same manner as a regular plate, however they often appear taped inside the rear windshield of the vehicle. These plates are now valid for a period of 10 days. In 2015 the design of these plates was completely overhauled. Up until the early 1980s there were also metal temporary plates of similar design to regular passenger plates, with a 'T' suffix. These were typically used for vehicles whose plates were lost. From 1992 until the late-2000s, when purchasing a new car, the car was issued either regular passenger license plates through the dealer or a yellow 'Temporary Registration Certificate'. These are detailed on their own page.     1951 1954       1964 From a 1937 Cord Phaeton Conv. bought from an individual in Haddam, CT on Nov. 27, 1964           1965 1966     Another 1966 Very nice condition for one of these plates 1967       1968 The "CONN" legend lost its serifs sometime between late 1967 and early 1968, possibly as the numbering series rolled over. The date legend typeface was changed as well. 1968 Next, a letter suffix was introduced.       1971 1978. Numbering series rolled over back to 'A'. I have no idea why the caption was reversed from "TEMP. PASS." to "PASS. TEMP." for a short period of time.     1982 1984         1986 Minor change in formatting. 1987         1987 A new numbering format was introduced in 1987. A full-sized letter was used for the first time. 1988         1988 The "computerized" design came out in 1988, and the plates were changed from printed cardboard to a lighter cardstock. 1989       1990 1991         1992 1995       1996 Very slight changes in the font for the "CONN" and lower legends. 1997 The more "modern-looking" computerized plates came next. However, the fonts for the "CONN" and lower legends took a step backwards to the previous design.         1999 2000         2004 I've about given up on trying to figure out the numbering system on these plates. 2006         2007

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