ALPCA Garden State Region

3rd Annual ALPCA Garden State Region Meet

Due to a last minute problem at the venue, the meet on November 13 is canceled. Please stay tuned for further developments as we hope to reschedule in the Spring.

Last week we took a look at 2006 3M National Correctional Industries Association (NCIA) souvenir plate. This week we look at a Prop “1979 Base” New Jersey Passenger plate.

As we mentioned a few weeks ago when we took a look at a 1970s vintage prop plate doing a poor job of imitating a 1979 base plate, studio art departments and prop houses created prop plates. As time progressed they got better at it as this plate circa the 1980s-1990s proves.

The screen printed “dies” for the state name and Garden State slogan are pretty dead on accurate as are the colors. However, the “dies” for the plate number emulate California ones, as can be seen on this plate from the same supplier with a number 4 in its serial.This use of the California type of dies is fairly typical with prop plates from the 1980s to today.

Now there is one other thing they didn’t get quite right on this particular prop plate. The state shaped separator dash is upside down. Guess the prop makers in Los Angeles don’t know the proper orientation of New Jersey!

If you have a plate you would like featured as a Plate of the Week, please contact us or put a photo of the plate in our flickr group and drop us a line.

From Dave Mackey via Jim Moini:

New Format New Jersey License Plate, photo courtesy of Dave Mackey

3rd Annual ALPCA Garden State Region Meet

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