[s-cars] free breathing slots to primp up car

[Kneale Brownson]

At 10:03 PM 02/05/2001 -0500, Kent McLean wrote:

>Mike Pederson wrote:
> > Has anyone tried to relocate a front plate to the right or left of center?
> > Any Lister ideas or leads for a plate backing bracket?
>
>I bought my '89 200 TQ without the normal (centered) bracket.
>The best suggestion I heard was to use 4 pieces of hard plastic
>tubing as standoffs to hang the plate vertically in front of the
>bumper.
>
>In my case, before I got around to this I had to get my car inspected.
>It would not pass inspection without the front license plate, so the
>inspector/mechanic used two plastic ties to secure it. It's been that
>way for over a year. At least, I think it is still that way.


Back in the days when Michigan had two license plates, I had a cosmetically 
altered '54 Dorf  (lowered, dechromed, no doorhandles, Frenched head-& 
taillights, etc.)  and, in my first version, I swung the front plate from a 
hinged bracket below the bumper so it wouldn't get banged all to heck on 
parking blocks, etc.  Cops said it had to be rigidly attached to meet state 
codes.