Disposal of License Plates

[Todah Tear]

Thanks guys...loads of creative ideas and "official" information .

I did not want to take them to the dump because I don't want someone to find them and use them on their car.

Maybe I can make them into some snow shoes for January in Texas.

Todah

[BPFox]

I'll go on a limb and say this, plates should be AL, (at least they are in KS, NE, and AR) They are recyclable with any local metal recycler.

The sheet metal ones make good scrap as well.

[Aaron Coffee]

save enough of them and skin a teardrop in them.

[48Rob]

save enough of them and skin a teardrop in them.

Now THAT would be unique!

A shingle style teardrop...

I did a general search, and as usual the idea has been in use for some time as a roof covering...though no teardrops showed up...

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Rob

[Joe G]

Another idea....

[Todah Tear]

***********AN UPDATE*************

Some of my license plates were very old. Others were not. When I purchased the cars that I have now, they had a temp license plate installed in the back. There wasn't even a plate holder or even holes for a plate in the front. They came from the dealership that way. They have never had a plate on the front. When the permanent plates arrived, I installed one and put the other aside.

Well, about 2 weeks ago, I decided to go to the state park. I left after 30 minutes. The heat was just too much to bear. Anyway, on my way out, the rangers stopped me and gave me a warning. They said that the law says that in Texas you must have a plate in the front and back. I have noticed hundreds of cars w/o them in the front. I looked it up on the web, and sure enough almost all states require both. That was news to me because I have only had 1 car in the last 10 years that had a plate in the front. This was the first time that I was stopped for that...and I have been stopped before for being a speed limit overachiever, but nothing was said about the plateless front.

Todah

[asianflava]

Only like 20 states only require rear plates. One car I had in TX was a European model. The front plate did not fit physically, I just stuck it in the windshield. I saw many cars like that.