MICHIGAN TRUCK/COMMERCIAL PLATES
Truck began 1918. Discontinued 1920-25; passenger plates issued.
Commercial began 1926.
1918 -21 - 27283 (27,263*P) (4-digit has dash prefix)
1919 274 - 32044 (31,771 P)
1926 6-751 - 150-547, [1-001 - 151-000 expected]
M135-129 - M137-484 (146,153 P)
1927 2-477 - 164-674 (162,198*P) [1-001 - 176-000 expected]
(167-701 - 168-200 also assigned)
1928 1-203-509 - 1-371-144 (167,636*P)
1929 1-342-247 - 1-479-332 (137,086 P)
1930 1-504-237 - 1-677-332 (173,096*P)
1931 1-502-282 - 1-676-094 (173,813*P)
1932 1-531-771 - 1-665-258 (133,488 P)
1933 515-374 - 641-770 (126,397*P)
1934 534-968 - 633-993 (99,026 P)
1935 546-546 - 641-975 (95,430 P)
1936 537-941 - 639-205 (101,265 P)
1937 500-395 - 681-704 (181,310*P)
1938 500-700 - 650-003 (149,304*P)
1939 500-854 - 621-816 (120,963*P)
1938 HALF YEAR 710541 - 786533 (75,993 P)
1939 HALF YEAR 806481 - 868479 (61,999 P)
1938: Farm vehicles first listed separately in registration
figures. Commercial plates in high number block
665-925 - 691-772 (25,848 P) believed to be Farm.
FORMATS 1940-75 No I,O,Q used. CC SERIES SEEN
1940-43 10-01-AA - 99-50-BZ Consulate: 1942 1012 CC
1944-55 10-01-CA - 99-50-DZ 1946-48 1021 CC
1956-75 1001-CA - 9950-HZ Commercial: 1946 25-53-CC
1947 88-12-CC
1948 15-17-CC
1949 13-82-CC
FULL YEAR HALF YEAR "EXP 8-31"
START: 10-01-AA 10-01-BA
1940 33-10-AR (127,610*P) 46-60-BH (66,310 P)
1941 62-75-AN (112,675 P) 71-50-BG (59,850 P)
(74-42-AN listed in ledger book)
1942 17-05-AT (143,905 P) Windshield Sticker to 9/1/1942
1943 Windshield Sticker to 3/1/1944 Windshield Sticker to 9/1/1943
START: 10-01-CA 10-01-DA
1944 36-38-CP (118,988 S) 95-88-DH (71,238 S)
1945 48-56-CS (138,106*S) 85-34-DG (61,234 S)
1946 90-46-CT (151,246*S) 99-44-DE (44,744 S)
1947 81-73-CV (168,273 S) 80-95-DH (69,745 S)
1948 28-03-DA (207,553*S) (Discontinued)
1949 16-00-DE (242,250*S)
1950 93-98-DG (267,948*S)
1951 13-58-DG (259,908*S)
1952 32-12-DH (270,712*S)
1953 45-20-DJ (280,970*S)
1954 84-76-DK (293,876*S)
1955 71-97-DN (319,447*S)
COMMERCIAL PICKUP (Began 1958)
START: 1001-CA 1001-PA
1956 7862-DN (320,112*S)
1957 8768-DL (303,118 P)
1958 6256-CZ (202,156 P) 9590-PS (142,840 P)
1959 3200-CY (190,150 P) 8980-PV (169,080 P)
1960 7849-CY (194,799 P) 9886-PV (169,986 P)
1961 5190-CZ (201,090 P) 9744-PW (178,794 P)
1962 4450-CZ (200,350 P) 2375-PY (189,325 P)
1963 8744-CX (186,744 P) 9135-PY (196,085 P)
1964 6116-DX (389,966 P) (Discontinued)
1965 6897-DZ (408,647 P)
1966 8031-EB (427,681 P)
1967 9839-EF (465,289 P)
1968 7245-EL (507,445 P)
1969 8796-EU (571,646 P)
1970 1444-EZ (609,044 P)
1971-72 2575-GA (824,975 P)
1973-75 4851-HZ (1,230,001 P)
Registration year 3/1 to 2/28 1969-79, unlike pass.(4/1 to 3/31).
VARIATIONS
1955: 54-59-DM - 74-84-DM have inverted "W".
1957: Thin 1956 dies 1001-CA - 8489-DG,
thick 1958-64 dies 7051-DJ - 8768-DL (19,618 P)
1958: Uniform slogan height 1932-CY,
Taller "WATER" than "WONDERLAND" 6068-CZ.
PA to PH have thin suffix letters, PJ to PS normal dies.
1965: 5801-DY Type 1, non-serif "1".
1968-69: All have unpainted back.
1971-72: Slots, painted back 7777-CS - 2296-ES
Holes, painted back 2107-FD, 5988-FW - 3575-GA
Holes, unpainted back 8981-FF - 7443-FU
1973-75: Type 1 1001-CA - 1314-EB, 5501-FG - 9936-FZ, 9320-GB - 8500-GD
(Using Type 2 7107-EW - 7462-EY, 6639-GA -
Pass. Type 3 6005-GL -
Types) Type 4 6531-GT - 2366-HV
TRUCKS UNDER 20,000 LBS.: (All have passenger design)
1976-78 BASE No I,O,Q, 9951-9999 used.
1001CA - 9379JP (1,359,829 P)
All aluminum. 3440HN has no stripes, 1738HM, 1871HP have stripes.
1979-83 BASE No I,O,Q, 9951-9999 used.
0001-CA - 8800-KJ (1,690,350 P)
All steel. Last pair seen 5538-JN. Single strike 8751-KJ.
1984-2008 GREAT LAKES BASE No I,O,Q*, 9951-9999, RA-RZ used.
Type 1 CA 0001 - EB 8379 (476,029 S)
Type 2 EC 1740 - EP 6405 (114,116 S)
Type 1a EV 3096 - YZ 9950 (4,006,755 S)
Jun.95 "JAN 96" Type 1b 0001 CA - 6324 FA (722,724 S)
"OCT 01" Type 3 6379 FB - 9518 KN (1,067,790 S)
"NOV 03" Type 4 5197 KP - 8525 LJ (192,379 S)
"AUG 04" Type 5 7851 LR - 0802 NB (331,252 S)
Type ? Final 8000 NB
(TOTAL 6,823,750 S)
*Q added at SQ. UQ 0668 has old "Q", WQ 0217 has new "Q".
Green back PC 6521 - SD 7387, unpainted back MD 4521, SW 3024.
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Bolt holes, steel, wide dies, 2 sticker boxes
Type 2 - Aluminum, bolt slots, otherwise as Type 1
Type 3 - Steel, wide dies, no sticker boxes
Type 4 - Steel, thin dies, no sticker boxes
Type 5 - Aluminum, thin dies
1996: Trucks under 20,000 lbs. issued passenger World's Motor
Capital Base plates, for $5 optional fee.
Starting 5/11/2004, all privately-owned pickup trucks and vans
5,000 lbs. or less issued passenger plates; renewals continued
to revalidate old truck plates.
Replaced January 2007 through May 2008.
2007-13 BLUE BAR BASE
1- 3-07 "MAR 07" CA 00000 - CF 13636 (513,637 S)
2013-25 PURE MICHIGAN BASE DA 00000 - DF 03980 (503,981 S)
OPTIONAL BASES: ($5 extra fee)
1997-2008 GREAT LAKES SPLENDOR BASE No I,O, 9951-9999 used.
1- 2-97 " 97" Type 1 C00 01A - D09 88U (418,888 S)
"09-00" Type 2 E78 53A - F99 14C (260,762 S)
Type 3 F09 45D - F20 99D (1,155 S)
(TOTAL 748,349 S)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - "MONTH" and "YEAR" legends, 2 sticker boxes
Type 2 - "MONTH" and "YEAR" legends, no sticker boxes
Type 3 - No "MONTH" and "YEAR" legends, no sticker boxes
2007-22 SPECTACULAR PENINSULAS BASE No I,O used.
1- 3-07 "MAR 07" G00 00A - G65 00K (96,501 S)
TRUCKS OVER 20,000 LBS.: (All have short dies, blank space
at bottom, no stripes or slogan)
1976-78 BASE No I,O,Q, 9951-9999 used.
1001AA - 4609BM (307,909 P)
1979-83 BASE No I,O,Q, 9951-9999 used.
0001-AA - 8861-BK (327,261 P)
1984-2008 BASE No I,O,Q*, 9951-9999 used.
AA 0001 - BZ 9950 (457,700 S)
1989 "FEB 90" ZA 0001 - ZZ 9950 (238,800 S)
1997? "02-99" 0001 AA - 3147 BF (291,697 S)
8/8/06 "FEB 08"(Fla. dies) 8204BF - 2613BG (4,360 S)
(TOTAL 997,613 S)
*Q added at ZQ. Space or no space between letters and numbers.
No optional graphic bases issued.
Replaced January 2007 through May 2008.
2007-13 BLUE BAR BASE
1- 3-07 "MAR 07" AA00000 - AD06018 (306,019 S)
2013-25 PURE MICHIGAN BASE 7-31-13 BA00000 - BD37498 (337,499 S)
LEGENDS
1918-19 Vertical "TRUCK" prefix
1926-27 Vertical "MICH" over horizontal "26" left,
"COMMERCIAL" bottom
1928 "MICH. COMMERCIAL 28" bottom
1929-31, 1933, 1935 "COMMERCIAL MICH. 29" bottom
1932, 1938 "COMMERCIAL MICH. 32" top
1934, 1936 "MICH. COMMERCIAL 34" top
1937 "37 COMMERCIAL MICH" bottom
1939 "MICH COMMERCIAL 39" bottom
1938 HALF YEAR Vertical "MICH" left, "COMM EXP 8-31-38" top
1939 HALF YEAR Vertical "MICH" left, "COMM EXP 8-31-39" bottom
1940-66 No legends
1947 HALF YEAR "MICHIGAN" top, "EXP.8-31-47" bottom
1958-63 PICKUP "PICK UP" in place of slogan ("PICKUP" 1960-63)
1967 "GREAT LAKE STATE/EXP 1-31-68" bottom
1968-75 No slogan or legend, blank space for weight sticker
EGVW (Elected Gross Vehicle Weight) STICKERS 1968-PRESENT
Trucks under 20,000 lbs. display no sticker.
Weight classes in 1,000 lbs.:
24,28,32,36,42,48,54,60,66,72,80,90,100,115,130,131.
FARM added 1969, LOG, LOG FARM, MILK, WRECKER added later.
145 seen 1980, 160 seen 1989, 161 mentioned 1980, seen 2002.
Current maximum is 164,000 lbs.
DIMENSIONS
1926 5-digit 1927 4-digit 5 1/2" x 10 3/4"
6-digit 5-digit 5 1/2" x 12 5/8"
6-digit M 6-digit 5 1/2" x 14 3/8"
PLATE COLORS WINDSHIELD STICKER COLORS
1918 Dark Blue/Gold 1942 HALF YEAR Black/Red
1919 White/Black 1943 FULL YEAR White/Green
1947 HALF YEAR Gold/Black 1943 HALF YEAR Green/White
1960 Green/Yellow
1961 Black/Silver
1963 White/Green
1964 Yellow/Olive Green
EGVW STICKER COLORS All are Fully Reflective.
1968-75 WEIGHT Black/Gold
1976-present WEIGHT Blue/White
MONTH YEAR
1985 Red/White (same as pass.)
1986 White/Red (same as pass.)
1987 White/Black (same as pass.)
1988 Green/White Green/White
1989 Black/Gold Gold/Black
1990 White/Brown White/Brown
1991 White/Red White/Red
1992
1993
1994 White/Red White/Red
1995 Gold/Black Gold/Black
RELATED SERIES
1. Apportioned began 1984, RA 0001 - RW 3415 (with RQ).
2. 5-Year Truck began 1985, expire "FEB 90", RZ 0001 - RZ 9950,
White/Black, short dies, weight sticker bottom.
