"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44)
08/24/2016 at 14:58 • Filed to: Cletus-Vette
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"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44)
08/24/2016 at 14:58 • Filed to: Cletus-Vette | 9
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Restored 1970 Ontario plates from YOMplates.ca arrived today. Can’t wait to install them on the Cletus-Vette! I really think authentic license plates look the best on a classic car.
lone_liberal
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
08/24/2016 at 15:01 |
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I agree, and I’m still kicking myself for not picking up a set when I was at a swap meet earlier this year.
gin-san - shitpost specialist
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
08/24/2016 at 15:03 |
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My current plates look like the vinyl wrap or whatever the fuck they use to make the plates is lifting off the metal backing. What pieces of shit.
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cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
> lone_liberal
08/24/2016 at 15:08 |
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What year are you looking for?
McMike
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
08/24/2016 at 15:08 |
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I bought a set of unissued 1970 VA plates for the Jaguar when I registered it.
Did you have many to chose from? I found a dude that had hundreds of brand new sets from the 60s and 70s.
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lone_liberal
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
08/24/2016 at 15:09 |
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Just a set of ‘71 Washington plates. They don’t have fancy crowns on them or anything but they look better than the collector vehicle plates the state issues.
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cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
> McMike
08/24/2016 at 15:14 |
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I just wanted a straight numeric one with no letters. I had about 4 to chose from on YOMplates.ca
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cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
> lone_liberal
08/24/2016 at 15:14 |
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Anything looks better than an old car with new plates
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McMike
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
08/24/2016 at 15:22 |
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I don’t remember my other choices, but I think they were all numbers. I stared at them all trying to find one that wold be easy to remember or had some significance to the car.
I just grabbed the first one on the list the guy sent me.
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cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
> McMike
08/24/2016 at 15:25 |
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You own an E-Type??? How have I never known this? I love the later series cars. We need to get our 1970 sports cars together! What city in Virginia are you in?
LongbowMkII
> McMike
08/24/2016 at 15:30 |
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Lesson learned.
Step one: photoshop Hamilton’s head
Step two: ??!
Step three: collect E-type
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Why aren’t you spamming use with e-type ness? I mean it's almost exactly like a celica but better in every way.
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McMike
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
08/24/2016 at 15:31 |
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I don’t post many photos of it because I haven’t touched it in years.
“Hey everyone, look at the car I have in storage!” doesn’t make for a very good post.
I’m right outside of DC.
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McMike
> LongbowMkII
08/24/2016 at 15:33 |
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Because people would grow tired of looking at a car under a cover on dollies.
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cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
> McMike
08/24/2016 at 15:33 |
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Hmmmm DC is only 9 hrs from me. What’s keeping it in storage? Does it need work?
camaroboy68ss
> lone_liberal
08/24/2016 at 15:59 |
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I might have set, the correct ones for your car are white plates with green letters right? I have a couple sets off cars we have brought over into Oregon.
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lone_liberal
> camaroboy68ss
08/24/2016 at 16:01 |
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Yeah, they would look something like this
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camaroboy68ss
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
08/24/2016 at 16:03 |
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Oh got to have correct plates, Oregon stopped stamping years on the plates around 65/66. The Guy I bought my plates from though has year correct decals. I also find it funny in Oregon that they actually stamped a date for the 33s plates instead of just the year.
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camaroboy68ss
> lone_liberal
08/24/2016 at 16:05 |
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I’ll have to dig through some boxes, also try Jims vintage parts, he is the Oregon/Washington plate go to guy. Bought my 68 plates from him.
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lone_liberal
> camaroboy68ss
08/24/2016 at 16:06 |
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Thanks! I really appreciate it!
pjhusa
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
08/24/2016 at 16:13 |
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I'm now curious about this too
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McMike
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
08/24/2016 at 16:32 |
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Had it on the road about 10 years ago, and was slowly making progress. I took it to a shop to have them look at a rear end noise, and they replaced a handful of u-joints, and replaced rear shocks as well. Freshened up the brakes (because inboard). If you drop the rear subframe, you do as much as you can.
Then I got it home, and realized a few weeks later that it was the differential instead of u-joints. I had just spent a shitload of money to fix everything else but the rear end.
I drove it for a little while longer, and put it away for the winter.
The next spring I bought a Mini, got married, bought another Vanagon a few years later, then another motorcycle......
I need to $lim down the fleet and focu$ on the Jag.
shop-teacher
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
08/24/2016 at 16:36 |
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That’s pretty cool. Sadly, it’s not an option in my state :/