"USA 1 See America's First" License Plates

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There's an old post on here about the introduction of Chevrolet's License Plate with slogan "USA 1 See America's First!":
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbt...opics/347335/2

In this post it mentions that Chevrolet first made this plate from 65-67, using cardboard backing, and that this plate was reissued during mid 1970 production using a heavier plate that no longer used the cardboard backing. This post also mentions that this reissued plate may have been used as early as 1968, but that wasn't certain. As some of you know I am restoring my '69 Camaro Pacecar #2, and as part of this restoration I was looking at old photos from the Indy500 museum. What I found was that this reissued plate was installed onto the Festival and both Pacecars, so there is photographic evidence showing usage of this plate as early as May of 1969.

Attached are zoom-in pictures I took of pictures I got from the Indy500 museum archives. One pair (in black/white) is the front and rear plates of a Festival car, and the other is the front plate of the #1 Pacecar (in color).

Also, I have one of these plates, but I would like a couple more, in case anyone has one.

- Wade

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