ILLINOIS TRUCK PLATES
Truck began 1920. Numbers assumed to have begun at 1 all years.
Highest numbers produced in [ ].
Numbers in bold are highest listed in state wheel books on microfilm.
Weight code is letter prefix 1930-33, 1935-68; letter suffix 1934, 1969-present.
Highest numbers listed in state wheel book microfilm index:
1925 161-089, 1930 M125-000, B 7045, C 5020, X 9231,
1932 M37-701, A111-711, B22-769, C 5985, D 4191, E 7314, X 3350, 1933 C9660,
1941 A 7000, E11 000, G 5000, H 4987, X 3000, 1943 B 132000,
1959 A 1781, 1961 B267 023, 1962 B27 8545, 1965 B321 041,
plus custom numbers 1935 A33-901, A36-700, D16-663, F5-637, F6-767, F13-534, several G.
1920 56589 1925 153-851 [165-000]
1921 75168 1926 172-226 [175-500]
1922 97-623 [99-999] 1927 182-005 [190-000]
1923 121-914 1928 185-181 [195-000]
1924 140-852 1929 198-197 [205-000]
WEIGHT 1930 1931 WEIGHT 1932
5,000 M113-096 M114-046 = Minimum 3,000 M34-480
12,000 A56-991 A60-064 8,000 A109-884
16,000 B 2929 12,000 B20-788
20,000 C 16,000 C224
20,001+ X 2981 20,000 D4
TOTAL (175,997) (174,110) 20,001+ (4 WHEEL) E4187
24,001+ (6 WHEEL) X
TOTAL (169,567)
PRODUCTION FIGURES
1930 224,500 P 1936 233,000 P 1942 255,900 P
1931 245,000 P 1937 245,735 P 1943
1932 233,000 P 1938 239,920 P 1944
1933 204,300 P 1939 251,300 P 1945 252,700 P
1934 206,300 P 1940 262,300 P 1946 275,300 P
1935 214,000 P 1941 255,200 P
TRUCKS UP TO 20,000 LBS.
3,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 20,000
1933 A31-917 B102-513 C7336 D12-144 (none) E5277 (F)
1934 23-338A 103-386B 10-291C 8009D 1106E 15F (G)
1935 A33-844 B108-043 C16-038 D14-384 E7-783 F5-481 G2-999
1936 A24-540 B113-151* C19-986* D 13-115 E10-289* F4383 G2284
1937 A-25-905 B-116-904 C-21-751 D-13-750 E-7917 F-977 G-3
1938 A21 854 B123 175 C20 463 D17 080 E9102 F4711 G3859
1939 A13 208 B106 772 C17 305 D2951 E9738 F5690 G867
1940 A668 B122 039 C14 528 D16 626 E8081 F3361 G72
1941 A1693 B130 622 C20 302 D17 921 E11 358 F8756
1942 A 3698 B 117103 C 23 483 D 16 777 E 2362 F 494 G 5717
1943 A 1559 B 120856 C 24 687 D 2811 E 13610 F 6847
1944 A 4577 B 109449 C 24 478 D 16 547 E 9243 F 5786 G 5412
1945 A 4111 B 111514 C 16 006 D 17 503 E 12 032 F 5905 G 3184
1946 A 2971 B 130931 C 27 004 D 17 120 E 17 844 F13 641 G 6260
1947 A1363 B142-419 C27 368 D24 750 E17 300 F15 605 G12 652
1948 A1391 B167 834 C29 272 D26 029 E11 886 F16 762 G12 988
1949 A610 B180948 C27 548 D25 171 E24 037 F3439 G19 372
1950 A1680 B195 788 C22 252 D16 634 E16 863 F13 173 G14 732
1951 A512 B200493 C28 125 D24 643 E21 286 F13 067 G17 725
1952 ORANGE A1506 B200007 C27 152 D12 665 E15 261 F18 274 G17 413
1952 YELLOW (none) B160108 C22 804 D17 087 E14 100 F13 293 G16 856
1953 A887 B216850 C25 666 D20 259 E17 402 F22 615 G22 585
1954 A840 B217735 C20 448 D15 842 E12 790 F13 199 G20 505
1955 A897 B235894 C23 610 D10 854 E8730 F19 202 G23 891
1956 A2517 B244187 C24 874 D19 449 E4374 F17 400 G27 427
1957 A1159 B248615 C23 264 D15 128 E15 718 F18 859 G27 410
1958 A1 549 B252478 C7 135 D10 078 E16 681 F18 284 G 18899
1959 A 1074 B255630 C 1773 D 9496 E 16515 F 17660 G 14895
1960 A 2673 B255 452 C18 598 D 8624 E15 206 F19 523 G27 598
1961 A 1044 B263 360 C22 256 D15 679 E12 589 F19 437 G28 398
1962 A 2359 B269 102 C23 312 D15 664 E15 327 F18 348 G28 277
1963 A 4511 B283 485 C24 655 D16 033 E 7482 F 3940 G19 594
1964 A 3900 B297 325 C22 753 D15 960 E 5865 F18 680 G25 643
1965 A 4679 B307 011 C19 519 D17 061 E 9562 F16 999 G19 997
1966 A 4640 B337 887 C11 681 D14 858 E15 665 F17 478 G28 538
1967 A 4088 B346 299 C17 802 D12 036 E15 698 F12 701 G30 128
1968 A 5255 B387 096 C11 153 D 7968 E13 559 F15 990 G23 393
1969 5668 A 363 602B 20 123C 15 695D 12 153E 19 283F 30 629G
1969/70 5057 A 407 819B 6638 C 8619 D 11 854E 14 832F 29 197G
1970/71 1230 A 417 899B 14 335C 2291 D 12 813E 3124 F 16 325G
JUN 72 2478 A 431 043B 15 181C 13 504D 11 187E 10 636F 14 395G
JUN 73 2750 A 486 711B 15 421C 10 537D 5716 E 15 839F 1905 G
JUN 74 6499 A 533 068B 11 860C 11 999D 8383 E 13 349F 1958 G
JUN 75 7188 A 572 662B 18 815C 11 291D 5431 E 14 073F 9578 G
JUN 76 6438 A 617 967B 27 447C 9694 D 9844 E 8045 F 19 441G
JUN 77 8847 A 672 566B 27 303C 2997 D 11 307E 13 573F 22 009G
JUN 78 8553 A 798 957B 27 843C 13 631D 10 075E 14 577F 10 600G
JUN 79 9581 A 798 325B 32 400C 14 500D 8822 E 14 340F 8802 G
JUN 80 10 891A 822 131B 34 727C 2786 D 10 377E 12 215F 18 969G
JUN 81 10 907A 844 831B 33 387C 2848 D 10 435E 8910 F 16 333G
JUN 82 11 736A 851 130B 32 842C 6718 D 3717 E 12 532F 22 846G
JUN 83 14 814A 871 707B 30 808C 14 001D 8525 E 3390 F 3214 G
JUN 84 (dropped) 896 493B (dropped) 46 949D (dropped) 10 666F (dropped)
JUN 85 - (multiyear) - 48 143D - 15 168F -
JUN 86 - - - 46 147D - 5555 F -
JUN 87 - - - 46 147D - 9502 F -
JUN 88 - - - 46 147D - 10 431F -
JUN 89 - - - 48 669D - 15 819F -
JUN 90 - - - 47 285D - 14 714F -
JUN 91 - - - 50 034D - 13 764F -
JUN 92 - - - 46 147D - 5724 F -
JUN 93 - - - 43 697D - 1962 F -
JUN 94 - - - 52 903D - 17 297F -
JUN 95 - - - 54 806D - 17 465F -
1996-2004 - - - 155095D - 55 780F -
2005-24 - - - 259926D - 89 786F -
TRUCKS 20,001 - 50,000 LBS.
24,000* 28,000** 32,000+ 36,000 41,000++ 45,000 50,000 TOTAL
1933 G3140 (Began (Began (Began (X) (Began (Began (162,327)
1934 4297H 1952) 1952) 1954) 946X 1946) 1946) (151,388)
1935 H4-508 - - - X2-964 - - (196,044)
1936 - - - X2775 - - (190,523)
1937 H-2840 - - - - - (190,047)
1938 - - - X3335 - - (203,579)
1939 H2138 - - - X1209 - - (159,878)
1940 - - - X243 - - (165,618)
1941 H4395 - - - X2375 - - (197,422)
1942 - - - X 2103 - - (171,737)
1943 - - - X 5048 - - (175,418)
1944 - - - X 4670 - - (180,162)
1945 H1474 - - - X 4078 - - (175,807)
1946 - - - X 86 (K) (L)
1947 H6910 - - - X8533 K 87
1948 H7472 - - - X8668
1949 H3801 - - - X7681
1950 H12 698 - - - X2956 K773
1951 H15 040 - - - X861 L101
1952 ORANGE H1838 (H20 000) (H30 000) - X7068
1952 YELLOW H8827 -
1953 H9146 - X 20 K 7 L200
1954 H13 296 H30 562 (H40 000) X1919
1955 H13 266 X8669
1956 H17 500 H30 800 H40 800 X3787 L 1066
1957 H16 212 X9295 L 1
1958 H17451
1959 H 17564 [H 20251] [H 30201] [H 40551] [X 451] [K215] [L 201]
1960 H 1660
1961 H 2987 H31 050 K 553
1962 H14 492 H20 585 H30 438 X 1788
1963 H 796 X 2980
1964 H16 780 [H40 001] X 325 K 1743 L 58
1965 H19 625 X 7645 K 3702 L 981
1966 H14 455 H21 030 H41 478 X 5716
1967 H1 21678 H2 6426 H3 615 L 1105
1968 H1 21839 H2 821 H3 2021 H4 140 X 5515 (K) L 2888
1969 23 361H 1920 J 187 K 1271 L (N) 4493 P 4202 R
1969/70 6328 H 4478 J 1526 L 2376 N 3830 P 3236 R
1970/71 20 758H 1371 L 4255 R
JUN 72 17 298H 2586 J 1224 L 525 N 946 P 6762 R
JUN 73 4320 H 685 J 2061 K 194 L 6633 P 4315 R
JUN 74 4507 H 8934 J 2384 K 3402 L 4598 N 4213 P 8005 R
JUN 75 3301 H 10 705J 2328 K 1399 L 3732 P 6731 R
JUN 76 20 101H 5287 J 2343 K 2114 R
JUN 77 18 534H 12 693J 4903 K 3544 L 6044 P 7641 R
JUN 78 15 777H 6266 J 5252 P 4799 R
JUN 79 20 161H 5460 J 2386 K 1629 L 10 351R
JUN 80 20 624H 6857 J 2315 K 15 L 1 N 2564 P 7235 R
JUN 81 16 051H 7217 J 338 K 4063 P 7533 R
JUN 82 1689 H 338 K 401 L 1237 N 2146 P 6649 R
JUN 83 17 951H 11 311J 4 L 5173 P 7077 R
JUN 84 30 349H 5408 J 5176 K 2181 P 4760 R
JUN 85 29 386H 13 170J 2775 K 857 N 1007 P 4716 R
JUN 86 6068 H 5727 J 4900 K 1234 N 1315 P 3301 R
JUN 87 22 573H 5450 J 187 K 634 L 987 P 5017 Q
JUN 88 24 394H 11 961J 8507 K 549 L 527 N 1883 P 4964 Q
JUN 89 26 718H 6425 J 2128 K 1027 L 389 N 4287 P 7677 Q
JUN 90 29 450H 13 647J 2822 K 523 L 1366 N 4595 P 6059 Q
JUN 91 28 730H 2678 J 8334 K 792 L 4531 P 3398 Q
JUN 92 23 256H 13 495J 9417 K 904 L 4297 P 7450 Q
JUN 93 29 200H 12 327J 8564 K 830 L 25 N 1870 P 4252 Q
JUN 94 26 000H 7685 J 8984 K 1386 L 1467 N 3963 P 5048 Q
JUN 95 23 653H 13 442J 9400 K 840 L 1476 N 2561 P 6887 Q
1996-2004 66 346H 881 J 17 182K 1215 L 1235 N 2548 P 11 776Q
2005-24 97 138H 21 694J 23 945K 9955 L 18 914Q
*26,000 JUN 91-present +36,000 1952-53
**30,000 1952-53 ++24,001+ 1933-45, 40,000 JUN 84-present
TRUCKS OVER 50,000 LBS.
54,000* 59,000** 64,000 72,000*** TOTAL
1946 (Began (N) (Began (Began (215,857)
1947 JUN 87) 1964) 1950) (256,987)
1948 - N1483 - - (280,958)
1949 - - - (292,607)
1950 - N3211 - (P) (300,760)
1951 - - (321,853)
1952 ORANGE - N3549 - (304,733)
1952 YELLOW - N4217 - (257,322)
1953 - N4436 - P 1 (340,074)
1954 - - (317,136)
1955 - N780 - (345,793)
1956 - N8053 - P 3200 (375,434)
1957 - N8305 - (383,966)
1958 - - (339,819)
1959 - [N4401] - [P 401] (334,607)
1960 - - (349,334)
1961 - - (367,353)
1962 - N 4798 - (394,490)
1963 - - P 4998 (368,474)
1964 - [N 13] (N20 000) P 6036 (415,068)
1965 - N 3586 P 9721 (440,088)
1966 - P12 448 (465,874)
1967 - N1 5648 P14 434 (488,658)
1968 - (N1) (N2) P14 276 (511,914)
1969 - (S) (T) 5335 V (507,922)
1969/70 - 3625 S (509,415)
1970/71 - 10 800V (505,201)
JUN 72 - - (527,765)
JUN 73 - - (557,087)
JUN 74 - 5940 S 898 T - (629,997)
JUN 75 - - (667,237)
JUN 76 - - (728,721)
JUN 77 - 5623 S 924 T - (818,508)
JUN 78 - - (916,320)
JUN 79 - 996 T - (927,753)
JUN 80 - 2502 T - (954,209)
JUN 81 - 3101 T - (965,954)
JUN 82 - - (953,981)
JUN 83 - - (987,975)
JUN 84 - - (996,574)
JUN 85 - - (102,052)
JUN 86 - - (69,092)
JUN 87 (R) 7461 S - (97,958)
JUN 88 945 T - (110,308)
JUN 89 4595 R 5951 S - (123,685)
JUN 90 7531 R 5912 S 1460 T - (135,364)
JUN 91 4053 R 5983 S 477 T - (122,774)
JUN 92 5848 S 1068 T - (117,606)
JUN 93 3303 R 5992 S 2295 T - (114,317)
JUN 94 4682 R - (129,415)
JUN 95 7745 R - (138,275)
1996-2004 14 141R - (326,199)
2005-24 26 519R 11 098T -
*54,999 JUN-91-present
**50,001+ 1946-49, 59,500 JUN 84-present
***73,280 1964-71
Weights 73,280 (V), 77,000 (X - began JUN 85), and 80,000
(Z - began JUN 85) only issued in Truck-Tractor series
JUN 72-present. Verify 1970/71 or earlier.
1996 Base: Revalidated with JUN passenger stickers 1997-2006.
Replaced 6/30/2004.
2005 base: Renewals reissued same number.
B TRUCK (8,000 LBS.) MULTIYEAR BASES
1985-2003 BASE No I,O,Q used.* CM,CN,CV omitted.
FORMATS: 1 B - 9999 B, 10 000 B - 99 999 B, 100 000B - 999 999B
Jun.84 "JUN 85" Type 1 1 B - 999 999B (999,999 P)
Dec.85 Type 2 101 BA - 9999 BZ (227,677 P)
Jan.87? "JUN 88" Type 2a 101 AA - 9999 AZ (227,677 P)
Oct.87? "JUN 89" Type 2b 101 CA - 9999 ZZ (4,751,520 P)
(TOTAL 6,206,873 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - No legend, "JUN 85" screened bottom
Type 2 - Vertical "BTRUCK" embossed at right, no screened date
*9439 IE seen.
Wide dies: "JUN 89" 6281 DR, 667 FC, 9750 FR
Thin dies: "JUN 88" 9757 AZ, "JUN 92" 1997 FG, "AUG? 95" 521 JZ
Also reported: Wide numbers mixed with thin letters.
1987 "JUN 88" 072 B seen
Revalidated with JUN stickers marked "TRUCK" 1986, "TRK" 1987-90,
JUN passenger stickers 1991-93.
Monthly Staggered Registration began 1993, expire "JAN 94".
2003-20 BASE No I,O,Q used.
1-10-03 "02-03" Type 1 5001 A - 99 999 Z (2,184,977 P)
2012 Type 1a 1000001 - 2873587 (1,873,587 P)
(TOTAL 4,058,564 P)
Vertical "BTRUCK" screened at right. 3615 L reported.
Renewals reissued their old number in 1 - 999 999 or
101 AA - 9999 ZZ series.
2020-24 NEW BASE
2-24-20 "02-21" 2874125B - 3286349B (412,225 P)
1-4-19 "05-20" 100 001C - 154 177C (54,177 P)
Class C returned for 8,001 - 10,000 lb. trucks, monthly staggered.
LEGENDS
1920-29, 1934, 1937 Vertical "TRUCK" prefix
1930-33, 1938-41 No legends
1935 "TR" over weight code letter
1936 Vertical "TRUCK" suffix
1942-45 Vertical "TRUCK" after weight code letter
1946 Vertical "FRONT" or "REAR" after weight code letter,
except 7-character has legend at top
1947 Vertical "TRUCK" before weight code letter, "FRONT" or
"REAR" bottom
1948-58 Vertical "FRONT" or "REAR" prefix
(except no legends on 1958 A-B series)
(2nd vertical prefix "24000" on 1953 H series)
1950 "ILLINOIS 1950" bottom
1959-69 No legends
1969/70 "69 ILLINOIS 70" top, slogan bottom
1970/71 Slogan top, "70 ILLINOIS 71" bottom
1972-95 Even years "JUN ILLINOIS 72" top, slogan bottom
Odd years Slogan top, "JUN ILLINOIS 73" bottom
(Painted border began 1970/71, square corners JUN 74 only,
small letters began JUN 80, Macomb manufacture began JUN 81)
VARIATIONS
1921: Greenduck manufactured 1 - 8500.
1926-present: 4-digit has no hyphen or space. (1937 is A-0000)
1934, 1936-37: 5-digit B series uses thin dies.
1936: 6-digit has smaller "B" (Verify 1-5-digit size)
1937: All series have hyphen after letter prefix.
1943: Steel, "ILLINOIS 1943" B 13 - B 3036, all other weights,
Embossed fiberboard, "ILLINOIS 43" B 5596 - B 120856.
1944: Steel B 61 - B 9607, all other weights,
Fiberboard B 24 287 - B 109449.
1945: Steel G 3184, X 3797 - X 4078, Fiberboard all weights A - F.
1946 Passenger 969 777 remade over 1945 B121 115.
1946: Steel, vertical "FRONT" or "REAR" after letter prefix - all
up to A 2971, B 124 555, C 23 445, D 4892, E 14 427, F 608,
G 6260, Fiberboard, "FRONT" or "REAR" top - late issues
B126 225, E17 762, F13 641.
1947: All fiberboard.
B25 831 no bottom legend, B12 135 and B26 264 normal.
1948: All steel, unlike passenger.
1949: 1938-42 passenger dies.
1952: 1st issue Dark Blue/Orange 1/1 to 8/3, 2nd issue
Black/Yellow 8/4 to 12/31 to reflect new fee rates.
H series divided into blocks, i.e. H1 = H 1 - H19 999,
H2 = H20 000 - H29 999, etc. (N blocks added 1964)
1959: Thin dies only.
1960 - 69/70: 6-digit B series has thinner dies and thin "B".
1967: B53 536 - B83 083 Arkansas made.
1967-68: H and N series use subscript number after "H".
1969: 1st issue 1/1 to 6/30, 2nd issue (and subsequent
years) 7/1 to 6/30.
1970/71 - 85: 6-digit B series has thinner dies, normal "B".
DIMENSIONS
1923: 4 lengths ordered - 1-2-digit, 3-digit, 4-digit, 5-digit.
1930-31: 1-digit longer than 1928-29.
1936: 6-digit B series reported as 5 3/8" x 12 3/4".
1942: 6-digit B series reported as 5 3/4" x 13"
1943: 5-digit B series extra-long.
1953: 4-digit size minimum.
1958: Uniform 6" x 12" size began.
COLORS All are Fully Reflective 1969/70-present.
1952 2nd issue Black/Yellow
1969/70 Black/White JUN 79 Brown/White
1970/71 Black/Yellow JUN 80 Black/Gold
JUN 72, JUN 75 Black/Orange JUN 81 Red/White
JUN 73, JUN 76 Black/White JUN 82 Black/Green
JUN 74 Black/Blue JUN 83 Black/Yellow
JUN 77 Red/Tan JUN 84 Black/Tan
JUN 78 Red/White JUN 85 Red/Yellow
JUN 86, JUN 89, JUN 92, JUN 95 White/Red
JUN 87, JUN 90, JUN 93 Dark Blue/Light Blue
JUN 88 Green/Yellow
JUN 91, JUN 94 Black/Yellow
JUN 1996-2004 BASE Green/White
JUN 2005-24 BASE Black & Green/White
B TRUCK: JUN 1985-2003 BASE Red/White
2003-20 BASE Dark Blue, Red & Light Blue/White
B-C TRUCK: 2020-24 BASE Dark Blue & Red/White
