Chris0nllyn
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I got this e-mail the other day. Figured it'd be good info for anyone else with historic tags on a vehicle.
New law for those of us with historic tags
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Midnightrider
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on the one hand that sucks. You should be able to drive your historic to and from work occasionally. On the other, 'historic' shouldn't apply to your 1991 civic.
Chris0nllyn
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Why not? I have historic tags on a 95 truck. Nothing special about it, I just drive it to the dump and put a whopping 30 miles on it since January but I don't want to pay $150+ for registration.
MD says the rules are 20 years. Now, if my main car ever breaks down or is out of commission for some time, I, by law, am not allowed to drive my totally stock and legal other vehicle to work because the tags say "HISTORIC". That's ridiculous.
glhs837
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Ya know, if the police spend time enforcing this and no greater amount of time enforcing the no cell phone law, I'm gonna be pretty torqued. I'm good with the equipment violation part, but the work or school this is not a thing any officer should spend any time on at all.
Oddly enough, after getting rid of the Samurai, have not had any Historic tagged vehicles here. But on Sat we are picking up a 1973 F100.
I was also noting the "new" 1998 convertible I picked up a few months back will be eligible in only year and a half.
Oddly enough, after getting rid of the Samurai, have not had any Historic tagged vehicles here. But on Sat we are picking up a 1973 F100.
I was also noting the "new" 1998 convertible I picked up a few months back will be eligible in only year and a half.
I don't understand this. Do you get free tags or something for an historic car? Why would our MD legislature make this new law, except to be arbitrary fascists?
glhs837
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Not free, but much lower cost at $51 dollars for two years. It's $187 for my Charger. And there is a preception that the poors are using this law to drive "historic" vehicles like 1991 Crown Vic police cars every day to avoid paying the man. The previous wording jussst said shall be used only to drive for testing, and driving required to get things for it, and to and from shows and exhibitions, like going to a school to show it, not to attend the school as a student. .
Ya know, if the police spend time enforcing this and no greater amount of time enforcing the no cell phone law, I'm gonna be pretty torqued. I'm good with the equipment violation part, but the work or school this is not a thing any officer should spend any time on at all.
Oddly enough, after getting rid of the Samurai, have not had any Historic tagged vehicles here. But on Sat we are picking up a 1973 F100.
I wish it was geared more towards commercial use. I could give a $hit about someone driving a decently maintained older car to work or school but I cringe when I see a 20+ year old pickup held together by baling wire and zip ties with construction equipment in the back, a sign on the truck advertising the business, running historic tags.
I never realized how much it was abused until I started driving to PG County three days a week.
glhs837
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My recently purchased 73 F100 will most likely never be too loaded down, maybe a couple of kayaks, house trash to the dump down by Ridge, pull my 5x8 open utility trailer once or twice a week, that's one thing. But the roofer with a 91 Chebby 1500, with 1,000lbs of shingles, 200lbs of nails, 300lbs of felt, compressors, table saws, six guys, towing a dual axle trailer with 25 sheets of OSB sheathing bombing around the beltway 15 hours a week, that's a whole different level of abuse.
TimTheToolMan
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Maryland loves to stick it to you with Registration fees. I have a 21 year old truck that I have Historic plates on it since I mainly use it to haul my car to car shows. Like glhs837 said, $51/2 years vice about $210. Even the trailer tags are crazy. Maryland, $160/2 years. Maine, $99/5 years. Guess where my trailers are registered?
Hijinx
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Maryland allows the tags to be the same year as the car under certain circumstances.
I sometimes drive mine on the weekends. I like to cruise with the top down.
glhs837
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http://www.ricksplates.com/maryland/mdyom.htm
So the 73 F100 is eligible, but since the requirement says that the tag must be stamped for the model year. And from 71-75, MD used tags stamped 71 and issued stickers for 72-75. And from what he says,the MVA sometimes says you have to ones stamped with the exact year, even though they dont exist.
TimTheToolMan
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Unfortunately, in my case, the tags from 1995 look almost identical to the historic tags that are on it now, with the exception of the word "Historic" on the bottom. My wife and I have a car from 1966 that we have plates from 1966 displayed.
Why would that make you cringe?
We've been out west for awhile now and it's a different world than the People's Republik. Nobody seems to care how you maintain your own vehicle - or your home, for that matter. It's your business and if someone doesn't like looking at old things, they can poke their eyes out.
I don't really understand why it would be considered "abuse" if it's within the law. It doesn't surprise me that our state legislature scotched that crap because they want every single penny they can squeeze out of us. It just surprises me that there are people who agree with them and call it abuse, rather than being outraged that these money grubbers need to panhandle once again.
littlelady
God bless the USA
Well, they should care because it is creeping their way. Just because they live out in the middle of nowhere; which I know from your posts is beautiful and awesome, does not make them immune to what is happening to America. I like what you said about arbitrary fascists, but you forgot to use the word elitists.
Thanks Chris, I haven't gotten my notice yet.
$ 55 dollars for 2 yrs - but of a greater concern there is no Safety Inspection
so you can get your 25 yr old hoopty slap some historic tags on it and be driving an unsafe motor vehicle
which is kinda stupid because after a couple of yrs, with no annual inspection, you could still be driving an unsafe piece of crap
my 18 foot car trailer is only $ 14 bucks a yr to tag IIRC [unless the fees went up, it has been a few yrs since I tagged it]
I just remembered NO EMISSIONS Test Either
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I've got quite a few vehicles with Historic tags but since I don't drive them regularly (hardly at all), this wouldn't appear to affect me. I was wondering when/if the state was going to crack down on the misuse of the tags...because it is obvious that they are being misused on a wholesale level.
And they do have "free" Historic tags too. If your vehicle is over 50 years old (I think it is), you can get Historic Permanent tags for a one-time fee. I'm going with those on my old Triumph...had them on my '47 Harley.
And they do have "free" Historic tags too. If your vehicle is over 50 years old (I think it is), you can get Historic Permanent tags for a one-time fee. I'm going with those on my old Triumph...had them on my '47 Harley.