[Vid]

I got this idea several years ago from a friend of mine down in Oceanside, CA. He has a show winning ‘68 GTO and one day he was raving to me that he had just found a license plate frame that came from the dealership where his car was originally sold. I thought that was pretty cool idea and have since been on the hunt for one from Beranack Pontiac in Berwyn, IL. Haven’t found that one yet, but I did find one from the former local Pontiac dealer here in Reno where I currently live. I had to refurbish the paint but it turned out pretty nice. Just curious if anybody else is OCD enough with their Pontiacs to worry about such details, haha. Top photo is refurbished and bottom photo is how I bought it.



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[65madgoat]

I am with ya. I had to hunt over a decade to find a Manhattan Beach Surfside Pontiac license plate frame.... but as someone else posted elsewhere these frames were tossed in the trash on day 2. Ha. But today many of us not alive then geek out over them.

[Vid]

Originally Posted by 65madgoat

I am with ya. I had to hunt over a decade to find a Manhattan Beach Surfside Pontiac license plate frame.... but as someone else posted elsewhere these frames were tossed in the trash on day 2. Ha. But today many of us not alive then geek out over them.

Obviously when most of our 60’s cars were new, dealers were using the horrible pot metal, riveted on dealer ID badges. I *think* that license plate frames was more of a mid seventies thing?


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[burd]

A friend was selling his dads 64 Lemans, I was over one day an made a comment about the Royal frame and he gave it to me. He was a Chevy guy, so it didn’t matter to him, before the forums, in the poci days, a guy in Ohio got wind I had it and begged me to sell it to him for months, One year at dream cruise, the Royal gang was camped out by 15 mile, wangers was there, I stopped by to shoot the sh!t and asked what the frame was worth, no one would comment lol. I sold it to the guy, I figured it should go on a Royal car, rather than hanging on the wall. wish I’d a kept it.
My 78 is from Jim Causley, I started a nice hoard of frames, key chains, glasses, glovebox envelopes from years of scouring the local swaps. The dealer moved out of Detroit and now is a Buick GMC dealership.

[OG68]

My 68 came from a small town dealer whose main business was the Chevron gas station out front. As such it took over three years to find a frame. Put in a Craigslist WANTED ad in the area where the dealership was located and a retired CHP officer responded several months later. Had one hanging in his shed . He tried to get the other one from his mother's 60s something GMC but she said NO lol.

[OG68]

License frames have been used since the late 40s early 50s, at least out here on the west coast.

[67TIGER]

I'm still in search for one from Frank Woods Pontiac in Charlotte NC.
I periodically check on eBay but no results.

[indymanjoe]

i have mine for my Lemans from mike salta in long beach california. it was on the car for many years and i recently took it off but its in good shape. I took it off after seeing a couple guys at the dream cruise checking it out too close.

[77 TRASHCAN]

Originally Posted by indymanjoe

i have mine for my Lemans from mike salta in long beach california. it was on the car for many years and i recently took it off but its in good shape. I took it off after seeing a couple guys at the dream cruise checking it out too close.

Good idea!!!

[HoovDaddy]

I made one for Ganis Pontiac in Dallas. I did the art in PhotoShop, aged it, printed it, clear coated it and applied it to a license frame on my garage wall from my 71 Camaro (kinda era correct). After all that it covered up too much of the '69 MI license plate. I took it off and put it back on the wall. I have a automatic search on ebay for anything related to that dealer name, nothing has ever shown up for the past 2 years.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by HoovDaddy

I made one for Ganis Pontiac in Dallas. I did the art in PhotoShop, aged it, printed it, clear coated it and applied it to a license frame on my garage wall from my 71 Camaro (kinda era correct). After all that it covered up too much of the '69 MI license plate. I took it off and put it back on the wall. I have a automatic search on ebay for anything related to that dealer name, nothing has ever shown up for the past 2 years.

Speaking of making stuff, I did something similar –

I noticed this on the back of my Grand Prix....very faintly, faded into the chrome (I highlighted it with Sharpy marker so that it would show up for photos and so that I could have a couple stickers reproduced):





Here is the reproduced bumper sticker, based off the ghost images on the bumper. I picked the colors just from my imagination of what they might have used:

[ZeGermanHam]

Pretty neat. I did something similar and found a period original key chain from the dealer where my car was sold new in Miami.

[pontiacstogo]

Originally Posted by Vid

Just curious if anybody else is OCD enough with their Pontiacs to worry about such details, haha.

Not the frame, but I did do something similar with the plate itself;

https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...d.php?t=807387

[OG68]

I ran across this the other day. Not quite the same as original but not bad from a distance.

https://greasepitgraphics.com/product-tag/pontiac/

They have quite a few frames in stock (mostly California) but will custom make one for your dealer of choice.

[1968GTO421]

Originally Posted by OG68

I ran across this the other day. Not quite the same as original but not bad from a distance.

https://greasepitgraphics.com/product-tag/pontiac/

They have quite a few frames in stock (mostly California) but will custom make one for your dealer of choice.

After seeing this in January I went to the site and had one made for Majestic Pontiac in LA where my GTO was originally sold. He did a fantastic job on it.

Our local (and now defunct) Pontiac dealer never had frames that I could find. Mostly small plaques and decals like "ol Pinion head mentioned in post #25. As a result I contacted greasepitgraphics and had one made. An older neighbor (a retired mechanic) saw it and thought it was original so it works for me.

[misterp266]

Here’s a good link for Pontiac plate frames.

https://picclick.com/Popular/vintage...se-plate-frame

Most are on eBay but this makes it easier to find them. I’m looking for Barber Pontiac in Bakersfield. One with the Indian heads on each side of the dealer name. May get grease pit to make one. There’s a set without Indian heads on eBay now but I think I’ll wait for the one I want.

[Formulajones]

Originally Posted by 1968GTO421

After seeing this in January I went to the site and had one made for Majestic Pontiac in LA where my GTO was originally sold. He did a fantastic job on it.

Our local (and now defunct) Pontiac dealer never had frames that I could find. Mostly small plaques and decals like "ol Pinion head mentioned in post #25. As a result I contacted greasepitgraphics and had one made. An older neighbor (a retired mechanic) saw it and thought it was original so it works for me.

And you didn't have to pay an arm and a leg for it, then worry about someone walking off with it when you park somewhere

It looks the part and that's all we're after

[thepontiacman]

Finding any of the dealer items is hit or miss these days.

I got lucky, the dealers family members sent me a dealer emblem, key chains, pen ,and letter opener with dealership name. i also found a front tag, a lighter, and other things.

Some dealers had License plate frames and a lot didn't.

[OG68]

Picked this up on ebay after a search of the dealership name.

[burd]

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